Turn an Apple Watch workout into a video
Record with an Apple Watch and don’t use Strava? You can still put your real stats on screen. overlay.fit reads your workouts straight from Apple Health, so your heart rate, pace and route go right onto your video.
In overlay.fit, open Create → Add activity data → Apple Health, allow access when iOS asks, and pick the workout your Apple Watch recorded. Choose your video clip, align the start, place your stat widgets, and render. On Android, choose Health Connect instead - everything else is the same.
Why Apple Health, not just Strava
A lot of people record every ride and run on their Apple Watch but never sync to Strava. For them, Apple Health is the most direct path: the workout your watch saved - heart rate, distance, speed, and the GPS route - is already on your iPhone. overlay.fit reads it from there, so there’s no extra account to connect and no export step.
Step by step (iPhone)
- Open the Create tab and tap Add activity data.
- Choose Apple Health. iOS shows a permission sheet - tap Turn On All, then Allow, so overlay.fit can read your workouts.
- Pick your workout. Your recent Apple Watch activities appear in the list. Tap the one that matches your footage; overlay.fit loads its heart-rate, speed, route and other samples.
- Add and trim your video from the camera roll.
- Align and place widgets - nudge the start so the numbers track the action, then drop a route map, heart rate and pace where they look best.
- Render and share. You get a 1080p portrait clip in your camera roll, ready for Reels or TikTok.
Already have a FIT or GPX file from your watch?
You can skip Health entirely and import a file instead. On Apple Watch you can export an activity via the Workouts app, or use the Health app’s GPX export, then load that file in overlay.fit. The same works for a FIT, GPX or TCX file from a Garmin, Wahoo, Coros, Polar or Suunto. The main guide walks through file import.
On Android: Health Connect
The Android version reads from Health Connect, the system-level hub that other fitness apps write to. Connect it once and overlay.fit can use workouts captured by Fitbit, Samsung Health, Google Fit and others - heart rate, distance, power, cadence and GPS route all come through. Choose Health Connect in step 2 above; the rest is identical.
Once your data’s in, it’s all about the overlay - here’s what each stat looks like on screen.
Common questions
Do I need Strava to use my Apple Watch workouts?
No. Apple Health is a first-class source in overlay.fit. If you record with an Apple Watch and never use Strava, the Apple Health import is the direct way to get those workouts into your video.
Which stats come from an Apple Watch workout?
Typically heart rate, distance, speed/pace and the GPS route (with altitude). If you record cycling power or cadence - for example with a paired sensor - those flow through too.
What about Android phones?
On Android, overlay.fit reads from Health Connect, which collects workouts written by Fitbit, Samsung Health, Google Fit and other apps. The steps are the same - choose Health Connect instead of Apple Health.
Is my health data uploaded?
No. Workout and route data is read on-device only, used to draw the overlay, and never sent to a server. Read the privacy policy.