What workout data can Tona record?

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Tona records any workout type and any exercise, and tracks metrics including reps, sets, calories, load, time, pace, and distance. If you work out with an Apple Watch, Tona can also pull in calories, heart rate, and percentages of max heart rate. That combination makes it useful whether you're logging a strength session rep by rep, a run by pace and distance, or a mixed routine where you care about time and load.

Metrics Tona tracks

Based on what Tona states on its site, the app covers:

  • Reps and sets — logged rep by rep, set by set, for any exercise
  • Calories — recorded as part of your workout metrics
  • Load — the weight or resistance you're working against
  • Time — duration of exercises and sessions
  • Pace — useful for running, rowing, and similar activities
  • Distance — for any distance-based workout
  • Heart rate — pulled from Apple Watch
  • Percentage of max heart rate — also pulled from Apple Watch

The site frames this as "track every metric of your workout," with the specific list above as the examples it names.

How recording works

The core loop is simple: log any workout type, any exercise, anywhere. You record as you go — rep by rep, set by set — rather than reconstructing the session afterward.

If you own an Apple Watch, the watch supplies the heart-rate side of the picture: calories, heart rate, and percentage of max heart rate flow into your record automatically. Without a watch, you're still logging the manual metrics (reps, sets, load, time, pace, distance) yourself.

What you can do with the data afterward

Recording is only the input. Tona also gives you:

  • Progress tracking — compare daily, weekly, and monthly achievements
  • All-time stats — viewable whenever and wherever you want
  • Filtering — narrow stats to the exercises and body areas you're trying to improve
  • Leaderboards — for every level, so you can compete against yourself, friends, gym buddies, or the wider community
  • Challenges — head-to-head workout challenges with friends and gym buddies

Tona cites a 2016 University of Pennsylvania study claiming competition can make people exercise up to 90% more. Treat that as the app's own marketing claim rather than a guarantee of your results — the practical point is that the data you record feeds directly into comparisons and challenges.

Choosing whether this fits you

Tona is aimed at gym users and gyms, and the site says it's trusted by over fifty gyms, PTs, and studios. It suits you if:

  • You want one app for any workout type rather than separate trackers per activity
  • You care about granular strength logging (reps, sets, load) as well as cardio metrics (pace, distance, time)
  • You already wear an Apple Watch and want heart-rate data folded into the same record
  • You're motivated by leaderboards, PBs, and challenges with friends

It may be less of a fit if you only want passive step counting, or if you don't wear a watch and don't want to log sets manually. The site also notes thousands of free community workouts you can repeat, which is worth checking if you want ready-made sessions rather than building plans from scratch.

For the exact current feature set and any account requirements, check Tona directly on the App Store, Google Play, or tona.fit, since the site content above is the source for everything described here.