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Request: custom exercises in workout builder (i.e. strength training) and BUG REPORT

This tool is actually quite good. being able to build a time weight workout with cues as to weights reps and exercises. The list of exercises available in the workout builder for strength training activities is quite good. however...it can never be comprehensive. there are too many out there.

1) problem: all exercises desired in a given workout are not available in the exercise picker within the workout builder

request: would be nice to have the ability to add user defined exercises to this list. doesn't seem like it would be too cumbersome to do so. e.g. rather than just having 1 arm dumnbbell rows" with a note (which you can't read effectively on the watch during the workout) about the position you are doing it in (bent over, plank, etc) you could add exercise "1 arm DB rows in plank"...other examples exist where the exercise is entirely not in the list. a good example of this is stretches...there are in fact only 2 listed. i might like to add specific stretches to my workout.

2) problem: unit of measurement for weights isn't correct

for some reason (maybe i'm missing something?) the watch is changing my unit of measure. on my workout builder and in my settings i have units set to LBS. on the watch during the workout, however, it changes the unit to KG then converts it back (incorrectly) to lbs in the logged activity. e.g. i've entered "20 lbs" in the workout builder for an individual exercise and during the workout it prompts me "20 KG" (which could be worse..at least i know which dumbbell to pick up)..but when it uploads the activity afterwords...it converts "20 kgs" (from the watch) to "44 lbs" in the log. this is problematic for progress tracking.
  • Love the idea and how it's made but I have two issues in workout-builder:
    1) The names of the individual, pre-made, exercises doesn't show on my watch. It says "GO" between exercises and only "EXERCISE/REST/WARM-UP" at the top?
    2) I have a Fenix 3 HR, both the app and Connect says my model is not compatible. However I managed to get work around it by scheduling the workout in the calender. Not really an issue, just weird/buggy.
  • + another for this feature.customer workout...2yrs and still nothing......
  • Yes please +1 for this feature! I'd imagine this must be pretty easy to implement too??
  • Absolutely stunned there is no custom naming of exercises.This should be a basic facility surely? Freeform notes, but no freeform custom name, why not?

    Custom should mean custom; allowing to add any name or metrics that I wish to measure, including Pulse Ox. Naming the exercises with only whats available causes confusion, and its easy to forget which name you used for what exercise. The current custom facility for me is useless in this regard.

    Also having the choice whether or not to include GPS tracking, would be nice as well or do Garmin assume that ALL cardio must be done outside. Maybe, I don't know how how to switch it off in recording and I'm missing something.
  • On my 935 I can turn GPS on or off for the Cardio activity:
    Hold UP > Cardio Settings > GPS

    You could even create a copy of Cardio and have one with GPS, one without, assuming your watch works the same way.
  • Great idea! Thanks for taking the time to respond.
    I have just looked and it appears that GPS is switches off. However it seems that "distance" etc shows up on the Garmin Connet metrics, along with elevation.
    Meaningless info if GPS is switched off..
    maybe it shows up on Connect, despite the GPS being switched off.

    Thanks for the pointer, it gives me a place to start to try to understand Garmin thinking.
  • No worries! Yeah, distance will still show up because Garmin watches track distance using the wrist accelerometer and you can't turn that off. Elevation probably shows up because many Garmin watches have a barometric altimeter to count floors based on elevation changes.

    Some activities like Strength Training won't show distance or elevation, tho.
  • +1 for the custom exercise Field!

    is it possible to get a preview of the next exercise without starting it?
    is it possible to take over the exercises (name, reps and weight) from the training plan in the connect workout, without add it manually?
  • What is the point of having a forum if the manufacturer ignores it????

    Looks like a hundred request for the same thing over the past 2 years. Have a free text field to enter a workout name. Simple request.

    AND NOTHING FROM GARMIN???