How to manually add activities in Samsung Health

How do I record my steps or other exercise using the Samsung health app?

Samsung Health tracks your activity, nutrition and sleep, and delivers insights based on your progress. You can also share your progress with other people and access activity programmes to help you achieve your fitness and wellness goals.

If you don’t already have the Samsung Health app installed on your phone you can download it from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. 

Please note: the Samsung Health app is solely intended for fitness and wellness purposes and is not intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease.

Please note: the Samsung Health app is intended to provide an approximation of the amount of steps you've made rather than an exact recording. There are a number of factors that can impact how steps are calculated including: 

  • Movement of a vehicle, your hand, or your movement while on a sofa or in bed
  • Where the device is located (pocket or bag)
  • Stride calculations

Once you've opened the Samsung Health app for the first time, it will automatically turn on the step recording function. You can view your steps for the day or set a target in the "steps" section.

Tap Steps

If you click on the steps section you can view more information such as how many steps you've taken, the total distance, how many calories you've burnt and your pace. You can also adjust the daily step target and look at previous days’ step counts.

1 Tap the menu icon
Tap the menu icon
2 Tap Set target
Tap Set target
3 Scroll up or down to set your step target
Scroll up or down

Samsung Health comes loaded with a wide variety of exercises that can be tracked to calculate the number of calories you've burnt.

Please note: Samsung Health provides an estimation of calories burnt based on the time you have been exercising. If you've been exercising in a way that isn't listed, please select the most similar type of exercise.

1 Tap More
Tap More
2 Tap the + icon
Tap the plus icon
3 Tap Select from exercise list > Select the exercise you would like to do

Please note: You can favourite up to three exercises to show on your Health home screen, making it easier to add these types of workouts.

Select from exercise list Select from exercise list
Select exercise Select exercise

If you can't see your exercise listed, tap Create new exercise to add it. In the drop-down lists, you can add a range of data related to this exercise. Tap Save

Tap Create new exercise Tap Create new exercise
Tap Save Tap Save
4 Tap the exercise you just created > Set a target for your exercise by tapping the down arrow towards the bottom of the screen. If you don't want a target, select No target
Tap Bicep Curls Tap Bicep Curls
Tap down arrow Tap down arrow
Tap No target Tap No target
5 To start recording your workout, tap Start
Tap Start
6 Tap the lock icon to save power and prevent accidental touches of your device
Tap lock icon
7 Slide the lock icon right to unlock your device
Slide lock icon
8 To pause or end your workout tap Pause
Tap Pause
9 To end your workout tap Finish
Tap Finish

A breakdown of your workout will be displayed. Tap Notes to add more details about your workout.

Tap Notes

Sometimes it's easier to leave your phone behind when you exercise. Fortunately, you can add in the details of your workout to the Samsung Health app afterwards.

Please note: if you are using a separate fitness device and are looking to add data to Samsung Health, it is not currently possible to add calorie details. Samsung Health calculates calorie details automatically based on time spent exercising and distance. 

1 Tap More
Tap More
2 Tap the exercise you would like to add
Tap an exercise
3 Tap the three dots in the top right corner
Tap three dots
4 Tap Enter data
Tap Enter data
5 Enter the Start time and Duration of the exercise, as well as any images or notes you would like to add

Please note: depending on the type of exercise you are adding there may be additional data to input such as distance

Enter the Start time and Duration of the exercise

Samsung Health will automatically calculate the number of calories burned during the workout. 

6 Tap Save
Tap Save

1 Tap Ready for some exercise?
Tap Ready for some exercise
2 Scroll up or down to view previous workouts, grouped by date
Scroll up or down
3 You can change the view to see only particular exercises by tapping the down arrow next to All exercises
Tap All exercises
4 Tap the calendar icon to search for exercises on particular days or months
Tap calendar icon
5 Tap on a workout to view more details about it and to share it with other people (by tapping on the share icon in the top right corner)
Tap share icon

1 Tap Ready for some exercise?
Tap Ready for some exercise
2 Select the workout you want to delete
Select workout
3 Tap the three dots in the top right-hand corner > Tap Delete
Tap three dots Tap three dots
Tap Delete Tap Delete
4 Tap Delete
Tap Delete

If you're experiencing unusual behaviour on Samsung mobiles, tablets or wearables, you can send us an error report or ask us a question in the Samsung Members app.

This allows us to take a closer look at what is happening. The data is anonymised and only held for the duration of the investigation. Find out more about sending an error report through the Samsung Members app.

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