Focus sessions

A focus session is a timer for an activity. It shows your steps one at a time and keeps a timer running on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.

Start a session

Open an activity and tap Start focus. The button appears for activities that have Focus session turned on and aren’t completed, skipped or cancelled. Workouts, runs, rides, swims, yoga, Pilates, mobility and stretching have it on by default. You can turn it on for any activity under This activity on its detail page.

During a session

• The timer counts up from when you started.
• Now shows the current step. Skip ahead to move on. Up next shows what’s coming.
• A bar at the bottom of the app shows the running session wherever you are. Tap it to return.
• The Lock Screen and Dynamic Island show the activity name and timer. Tap to jump back in.

Pause only affects the timer on screen. The Lock Screen timer keeps counting from your start time.

Finish a session

• Tap Done to mark the activity complete. Your health data syncs straight afterwards so your coach can review the workout.
• Tap Cancel and then Cancel session to stop without completing the activity.

You can only run one session at a time. Starting another asks you to end the current one first.

If you forget to stop, the session ends itself: 30 minutes after the planned duration, or after an hour if the activity has no duration.

Pre-workout reminders

If notifications are on, you’ll get a reminder 5 minutes before a timed focus activity: “Ready to start?”. Long-press the notification to Start, Remind in 15 min or Skip.

These reminders are set up while flourish is open, so open the app at least once on the day for them to be scheduled.