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pool swim - manual lap setting?

ph900921
over 3 years ago

I want to be able to press one button everytime I finish a lap without having it go to rest. I guess I can press the lap button twice every lap, but I swim a lot that's quite tedious. Is there a way to set it up without rests so that the lap button doesn't go into rest mode?

Another reason is that I'm training for triathlons where I dont get a kick and therefore dont want to push off the wall too hard and the laps arent registering well.

  • +1 over 3 years ago

    It is going to require a strong push off the wall to get the laps to register since there is no GPS being used and it is your watch sensors being used to pick up the subtleness of what is taking place to register your laps for you.

    - Tips to Improve Swim Distance Accuracy

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    I suppose you could use drill mode and then manually tell it how far you swam, though you'd lose most stats like stroke count and your average pace would be messed up.

    I'm a triathlete as well and my experience is most of the triathletes I know just go ahead and push off when pool swimming. It kind of balances out anyway since in open water you don't get the push off the wall but you also don't have to make a complete stop and reverse direction every 25 meters/yards (or whatever the length of the pool is).

  • 0 over 2 years ago
    ph900921 said:
    Another reason is that I'm training for triathlons where I dont get a kick and therefore dont want to push off the wall too hard and the laps arent registering well.

    I had issues with fenix 3, 3HR, 5X, 6X, Epix 2 and the 7X with pool swimming and the laps being miscounted, sometimes too little, but more often a few laps too many.

    For me this is what fixed it, and it has been absolutely spot on ever since.

    I push very gently off the wall as well, not hard, BUT, I keep the watch arm extended just an extra second, before starting the swim strokes, the watch now counts perfect laps.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Maruzko

    That is my experience too. I always takes the first stroke with my right arm since I have the watch on my left. I also tries to end the lap by setting my left hand on the wall but I am not shure this makes any difference.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Maruzko

    Thanks for that! Hope that will work. Pools here are mostly overcrowded and pushing off the wall is often not possible.