There should be a ruck activity added. It's not only synonymous with the military, it's gaining popularity in the civilian world. There should be a data field for weight of the ruck in lbs, that should be factored in the calorie counter.
There should be a ruck activity added. It's not only synonymous with the military, it's gaining popularity in the civilian world. There should be a data field for weight of the ruck in lbs, that should be factored in the calorie counter.
I 100% feel this! The rucking community is massive and it sucks to not be able to correctly log ruck workouts. To Tess's point, fine. Even if the weight wouldn't actively be used to calculate anything…
Garmin please add rucking to your activities. Also, it would be nice to have some rucking training plans. I had knee replacement in 2017, and before that I used your running training plans. I currently…
Rucking is definitely becoming popular and is likely to gain traction with influential exercise gurus like Dr. Peter Attia and others recommending it. Three problems with not being able to track ruck weight…
This is not an app, but is written to specifically address rucking:
Rucking calories: https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/3bf3d9aa-8493-4ace-91c8-d63e1f4cf7ca
You can add it to a walk activity app to utilize it.
The process is generally the same for all Garmin watches, but there are some differences.
For watches with UP/DOWN buttons like the Fenix and Forerunner series, the process is like that described here:
fēnix 6 Series Owners Manual - Customizing the Data Screens (garmin.com)
For watches without UP/DOWN buttons like the Venu and Vivoactive series, the process is like that described here: