A simple app that just records time spent doing the activity. Maybe one that's "Other" and you can choose weights or yoga or something. Or one for each. Thanks.
When I weight train, I like to measure my heart rate and currently use an app that is a timer for every 1:30 seconds will warn me to start again. This typically will allow me to do the reps, change the weights and have a small 30-60 second rest to begin the next set.
So I would request heart rate and a timer with intervals that can be selected and vibrate the vivoactive, selectable between 1 minute and 2 minutes in 30 second segments.
You just want to select the activity type and then start/stop the timer? Is it not sufficient to just create a custom activity profile with gps disabled on your device? The only thing I see that this application would provide is a way to skip changing the activity type on Garmin Connect after uploading.
Yeah. I realized that when I wrote the follow up post.
I've got a very simple app working that allows you to select an activity type and the sensors types you want to enable, and then records the activity. When you upload to Garmin Connect, it uses the activity type you selected. I have a few issues with the code in that it doesn't behave like the native apps when exiting (yet), and I want to add support for displaying simple data fields. Unfortunately, I'm working on another project on the weekends, so I'm not dedicating much time to this.
Additionally, I'm thinking over how to best implement a workout app that allows the user to define and perform workouts with criteria. It would be very similar to what is offered to other devices (like the 920) with the Garmin Connect workout feature. Again, that idea is three items back in the queue...
I've already got this started. Unfortunately, you select several activity sub-types cannot be used because of a ConnectIQ bug. Instead of releasing the app now with crippled functionality, I'm going to take some time to add features to it.
I've already got this started. Unfortunately, you select several activity sub-types cannot be used because of a ConnectIQ bug. Instead of releasing the app now with crippled functionality, I'm going to take some time to add features to it.
Just to update, on my fenix 3 today I created a custom app on the watch, called it weights and there is even a weight lifting icon to choose!
I then set screen 1 as heart rate, timer and clock.
Screen two is avg hr, %age of max and hr level.
I think it still tries to guess a distance but that's not a problem.
Seemed easy to do though.
How did you set the custom icon? I used a bike trainer app as the base but I didn't see an option to change the icon. Therefore, when I log my activity it comes up with the trainer icon as well as logs it as a bike ride with no distance for my "Weight Training" custom app. Can I change the icon post creation of the custom app?
I would like to use Garmin vivoactive for my workout weights training using heart rate strap, any app ready for this watch? any suggestions are welcome.
