Why would you make a fitness tracking device that could not receive workouts! Especially important is the timers and distance tracking within a wirkout plan, and HIIT timers si you don't have to manually time your segments! What's the point? If all I wanted was a heart rate monitor and step monitor, there are definitely cheaper options that do an awesome job!

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Workouts and Timers

6612240 over 2 years ago

Why would you make a fitness tracking device that could not receive workouts! Especially important is the timers and distance tracking within a wirkout plan, and HIIT timers si you don't have to manually time your segments! What's the point? If all I wanted was a heart rate monitor and step monitor, there are definitely cheaper options that do an awesome job!

0 e7andy over 2 years ago

Which watch do you have?

Most watches support workouts, but maybe not workouts of all types. It depends on what activity types the watch supports. Time and distance tracking works good. HIIT timer is only for watches that support HIIT.

0 6612240 over 2 years ago in reply to e7andy

The Vivosmart 4 does not even support time and distance.

0 e7andy over 2 years ago in reply to 6612240

It does, but it is a very limited device. It got no GPS so you use your phone to track distance.

Check here how you do it: https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/vivosmart4/EN-US/GUID-30591B3B-2970-4D9C-BDAE-0925718DE243.html

0 e7andy over 2 years ago

Garmin got lots of watches. The Vivosmart and Vivofit watches are created to be cheap and simple activity trackers with some limited training features. You can see and compare all functions at the Garmin site.