Garmin can you spot me on this strength workout?

I want to talk a bit about the strength workout and how it could be improved.

1. Rep counting

Rep counting is bad, 4 reps out of 12 bad. But, even when it's kind of right, it's still not. Shout out to my nemesis, the number 11, on a 12 rep set. Maybe it can be turned off? I didn't check but it either should be, or it should be improved. My form isn't that bad.

2. Creating a workout

It is cumbersome, clunky, awkward, slow, painful, hard to find the name of the exercise you want, and, lets just call it awkclunkersome. I'm not a fan, especially after using something like Strong on the Apple Watch.

3. Let me copy the outcome

Hey, I only did 7 reps, but I increased the weight by 5 pounds because my first set was easy. Let me copy the workout for my next workout. That way I don't have to go back to #2 above.

I could do a bit more but the 3 above are my main gripes.

Thanks!

0 EnormoDerClown over 5 years ago

1. Rep counting can be disabled, but is working quite good for me. Training with Barbell, Machines and dumbbells. Yes it is off a few times, but nowhere near your numbers. Maybe 2 or 3 and these are my bad readings.

2. I have not really used it until now, just tried it with basic workouts (online in garmin connect), as squats or benchpressing. It was not nice, but did the job. But no idea in detail, just a 2-3 minute basic look on it. I use a coach on my mobile which generates my weekly workouts. So no real help here

3. No idea what you mean to be honest. You mean copy for another day? Because weight can be changed after each set on the watch?

0 DontGetTheSwiss over 5 years ago in reply to EnormoDerClown

Regarding 3. Can you change the weight or reps on the watch during the workout and update the workout so that next time it has the new values? Or, do you have to go back into the app? My understanding is that you can only change the workout via the app.

This is available in the AW app Strong, and it's allows you next workout to be based on the prior workout. I can see cases where people wouldn't want that but it would be a big step forward in my opinion.

Also, if you've used Strong on the phone to set up a workout, well, it's a lot easier.

0 Otto-Destruct over 5 years ago

I use this all the time.

It may be in my head but I find the rep-counter works better if I'm doing a routine I've saved (like it "knows" I'm doing a bicep curl versus a chest press), and it seems to work better when I'm wearing a chest-strap HRM. (maybe detecting respiration?)

Regardless, I usually have to edit 1 in 10 sets on the fly when it misses a few reps - otherwise, fine. Oh, and a firm "start/stop" point in the rep seems to make a difference - a "jolt" to tell it I've reached the end of a rep.

The Workout building in the Garmin Connect Mobile app is a bit clunky. It's easier to build using the web-interface.

I'm ambivalent about the weight issue. It's using what you had programmed into the workout - I don't really want it changing that, even if I decide to hulk out for one set. XD