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Strength training - some basic questions for a new user

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over 1 year ago

Hi

I recently bought a Forerunner 255, mostly for running. However, twice a week I go to a strength training class and have been using the Forerunner to record this. Sorry for asking a possibly silly question but when adding in the weight for, say, a dumbbell bicep curl, do I enter the total I am lifting (ie 2x dumbells, 12.5kg each = 50kg) or the weight of one dumbbell?

Also, we use a Skierg machine, I'm not looking to sync with it (that would slow the class down), just enter the excercise correcly into Garmin Connect but can't find anything close, any thoughts on a suitable excercise name?

Many thanks for your help

  • 0 over 1 year ago

    The weight you enter is just for your own reference, so just make a system and stick to it. 

    If you miss an activity type, you can make your own. You can base it on another activity type (Other, Cardio, Rowing Machine or something), and give it a suitable name.

    I made it quite simple. I made an activity called Gym, which I use for almost all indoor training.

  • 0 over 1 year ago

    Wow, being new to the world of tracking my sets, I had exactly the same question as you when I got my 265! After a few months, this is what I settled on:
    - If I'm using BOTH arms at the SAME TIME to lift the weight, then I log the TOTAL of BOTH dumbbells. (Such as a dumbbell bench press... 45lbs in each hand would be logged as a 90lb lift). 
    - But if I'm doing an alternating workout, such as dumbbell curls, where I do right arm, then left arm, then right arm, and so on, then I log only the weight of a SINGLE DUMBBELL. 

    Basically, I log the weight for EACH REP.  If each rep requires both arms, then I log the total of both dumbbells. If each rep requires one arm, then I log the weight of only one dumbbell.