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# HKWorkoutConfiguration

An object that contains configuration information about a workout session.

```
class HKWorkoutConfiguration
```

## Overview

As with many HealthKit classes, don’t subclass the [`HKWorkoutConfiguration`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKWorkoutConfiguration) class.

## Topics

### Session settings

[`activityType`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKWorkoutConfiguration/activityType)

The workout session’s activity type.

[`locationType`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKWorkoutConfiguration/locationType)

The workout session’s location.

[`HKWorkoutSessionLocationType`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKWorkoutSessionLocationType)

A constant indicating whether the workout session takes place indoors or outdoors.

[`swimmingLocationType`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKWorkoutConfiguration/swimmingLocationType)

The workout session’s swimming location.

[`HKWorkoutSwimmingLocationType`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKWorkoutSwimmingLocationType)

The possible locations for swimming.

[`lapLength`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKWorkoutConfiguration/lapLength)

The length of the lap for a workout session.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`CVarArg`](/documentation/Swift/CVarArg)

[`CustomStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible)

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

[`NSCopying`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCopying)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`NSCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCoding)

[`CustomDebugStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomDebugStringConvertible)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`NSSecureCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSSecureCoding)

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

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