Set health and fitness goals in the Google Health app to stay motivated and check your progress throughout the day.
Using the Google Health app for health and fitness goals
Important: This feature offers general guidance supporting your fitness journey. If you have cardiovascular, metabolic, or renal disease, or are unaccustomed to strenuous activity, consult a doctor before starting any Google Health exercise program. You should consider seeking medical clearance before participating in any exercise program offered by the Google Health Service.
In the Fitness tab, you can explore the workout video library, track various activities, and explore comprehensive fitness metrics like weekly cardio load. If you have Google Health Premium, the Fitness tab is also home to the personalized weekly fitness plan you create with your Google Health Coach.
- Recent activities: Find a summary of your latest exercises in the Fitness tab.
- Key metrics: Monitor your daily steps and overall fitness trends, such as your weekly cardio load.
- Leaderboard: Stay motivated by seeing how you rank against friends and the Google Health community.
- Open the Google Health app
and tap the Health tab
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- Scroll to “Personal info” and tap Goals.
- Tap the goal you want to edit.
- Edit the value of the desired goal and tap Set goal.
To provide flexible training guidance, the Google Health app uses a personalized weekly cardio target.
- Track your progress: On the Today tab, your weekly cardio ring closes as you earn cardio load. The ring displays your daily contribution and overall weekly percentage.
- Flexibility: A weekly target allows you to adjust your activity day-to-day. If you miss a workout, you can make up the load later in the week.
- Personalization: Your target is typically based on your average cardio load from the last 4 weeks. For Google Health Premium members, your Google Health Coach dynamically sets this target based on your current Training Focus (Recovery, Maintain, or Build).
- Requirement: You’ll receive your first personalized weekly target after wearing your device and earning cardio load for at least 7 days.
Tip: For new users, your personalized weekly target could take up to 14 days depending on when you started.
Explore a library of videos and structured routines to keep your routine fresh.
- Workout categories: Browse and complete workouts across multiple categories.
- Saved workouts: Find your favorite videos and custom routines you’ve created in the "Saved" section.
- Premium content (Premium only): Access to additional categories like Yoga and Mobility and recovery requires a Premium subscription.
The default goal is to take 10,000 steps per day. Choose to change the number of steps or pick a different activity goal depending on your device. When you reach your goal, your device flashes and vibrates. Here’s more information on what activity goals can be tracked on each device.
| Device | Daily activity goal |
|---|---|
| Google Fitbit Air, Google Pixel Watch series, Fitbit Sense 2, Fitbit Sense, Fitbit Versa 3, Fitbit Charge 4, Fitbit Versa 2, Fitbit Versa | Steps, Floors, Distance, Energy burned, Active Zone Minutes |
| Fitbit Ace series | Steps, Active minutes |
| Fitbit Charge 6, Fitbit Inspire 3, Fitbit Charge 5, Fitbit Luxe, Fitbit Inspire 2, Fitbit Versa Lite Edition | Steps, Distance, Energy burned, Active Zone Minutes |
| Fitbit Charge 3, Fitbit Charge 2 | Steps, Floors, Distance, Energy burned, Active Zone Minutes |
| Fitbit Inspire, Fitbit Inspire HR, Fitbit Flex 2, Fitbit Alta series | Steps, Distance, Energy burned, Active Zone Minutes |
| Fitbit Blaze | Steps, Floors, Distance, Energy burned |
Track your fitness goals with personalized guidance (Google Health Premium only)
The Google Health Coach is included with Google Health Premium. The coach provides personalized guidance on how to reach your fitness goals. To begin, visit Get started with the Google Health Coach. After you’re signed up, you can take the following actions to customize your Google Health experience.
You can adjust your plan, targets, and workouts at any time by talking to the coach directly or selecting the “Adjust” buttons.
- Make changes
For a flexible experience, you can talk to the coach directly to request changes in your own words. You can also tap Make changes on the Fitness tab. Talking to the coach is best for adjusting to real-life situations, such as:
- “I’m traveling this week, can we adjust my plan accordingly?”
- "The treadmill is busy today"
- "I've injured my foot"
- "Make this workout longer" or "make it easier"
- Adjust a specific workout
To change one workout recommended by the coach, talk to your coach about the change. You can also tap Adjust on the workout overview screen.
You can also manually edit your workouts:
- Movement details: Change the reps, sets, weights, or duration.
- Exercise list: Add, reorder, or delete individual exercises.
Important: Do not rely on the coach to determine the safety of an exercise if you're in pain. Seek professional advice as needed.
Troubleshoot a missing workout plan
If you successfully set up the personal health coach but don’t see your weekly workout plan:
- In the Google Health app
- Tap Google Health settings
Activity.
- Scroll to the bottom and tap Regenerate weekly plan.
- Wait up to 10 minutes for your workout plan to show up on the fitness tab.
For Public Previews users looking for their previously available scheduled weekly workouts
For Public Preview users only: Previous scheduled plans are being retired. You can still download or delete your completed plans.
- To export your data:
- In the Google Health app
.
- Tap Manage data and privacy
- Follow the instructions to export your selected data.
- In the Google Health app
You can choose to adjust your overall fitness goal, such as weight loss or strength training, at any time to better align with your current needs.
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Open the Google Health app
.
- At the top, tap Goal
- A conversation will open and you'll need to complete it to fully adjust and save your new goal in the app.
If you want to stop your current fitness plan and stop receiving tailored workout recommendations, you can leave the plan anytime:
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Open the Google Health app
- Tap on your active plan to open the plan details screen.
- Scroll to the bottom of the screen.
- Tap Leave plan to terminate your active coaching plan.