strength training automatically begins and ends sets in "free training" (and always gets it wrong)

I don't know when it started because I have not been using "Free" training much before. I typically use it when traveling. And sometimes at home when I don't have time for a full planned training. Anyway, in "Free" training, my Fenix 6X Pro appears to be guessing when a set ends (and begins). And it get's it completely wrong. So while I'm in the middle of a set, the watch beeps and ends a set. Sometimes it starts another set, if I continue doing reps. Sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it starts a rep while I'm resting. "Free" training is completely useless for tracking a workout because the recorded sets is more noise than matching what I did.

I looked for a setting that controls this artificial non-intelligence, but no luck. What's going on here?

0 Willy1983 10 months ago

Did you have any joy with this? I am having the same issue (only just started after 5 months of having the watch) and it is very frustrating!!

0 Matthias 10 months ago in reply to Willy1983

Free training continues to be useless. But I found a workaround: create a structured strength training with one set of whatever you want to do for warmup. Save and transfer to your watch. Now start that training instead of "Free". After the first set, when you press lap, the "workout done" music plays but you can just continue with recording more sets. And, oh joy, it's not trying to be smart and works as "Free" was supposed to work.

0 Willy1983 10 months ago in reply to Matthias

Ok, I’ll try that… Thanks.

0 noelhar 3 months ago

This has started happening in free training on my Fenix 7 solar. It is so frustrating. It was fine for over a year and now its constantly stopping and starting the sets randomly. Thinking about a hard reset.

0 noelhar 3 months ago

@garmin please please fix this