# A pause button for timed workouts

**URL:** <https://forum.freeletics.com/t/a-pause-button-for-timed-workouts/2503>\
**Category:** App Feedback\
**Created:** [April 1, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/a-pause-button-for-timed-workouts/2503 "2022-04-01T23:11:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Belindas](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/belindas/32/809_2.png) [@Belindas](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/Belindas)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/a-pause-button-for-timed-workouts/2503/1 "2022-04-01T23:11:43Z")

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It’d be great to be able to pause a workout. I am doing the HIIT and Run program and I was doing a timed run but had to go to the washroom so I had to pause the treadmill but there is no way on the app to pause the running time.

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**Author:** ![melaLetics](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/melaletics/32/1821_2.png) [@melaLetics](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/melaLetics)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/a-pause-button-for-timed-workouts/2503/2 "2022-04-16T12:43:37Z")

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This is because you are supposed to do these kind of intervals as fast as possible. No matter for what reason you need breaks - if you have to do a break, just do it and be better/faster next time 😊

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**Author:** ![luolong](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/luolong/32/1906_2.png) [@luolong](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/luolong)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/a-pause-button-for-timed-workouts/2503/3 "2023-04-03T18:51:09Z")

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What about cool down exercises?

And what about life happening around you when you do the exercise?

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**Author:** ![melaLetics](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/melaletics/32/1821_2.png) [@melaLetics](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/melaLetics)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/a-pause-button-for-timed-workouts/2503/4 "2023-04-04T04:15:37Z")

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For cool down and warm-up you can pause with a trick (being in w-lan): just go to the video explanation. The countdown will be stopped and continues after turning back.

> And what about life happening around you when you do the exercise?

As I said before (concerning intervals and workouts) :  
**No matter for what reason you need breaks** - if you have to do a break, just do it and be better/faster next time 😊

At the end and actually in all situations in life, it’s about priorities. If life happening around is more important than training / a time-based exercise, then pausing or canceling a time-based exercise is not a bad thing. And if you miss a PB with Kerberos, Orpheus, Erebos or the other ones with a time-based exercise because of an interruption, then you just attack again next time 💪