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Garmin Forerunner 955 - stop \ disable activity tracking

I have Garmin Forerunner 955. I want to stop \ disable activity tracking, because when i am in "strength" training i don't want every rep i do (such as pull-ups) to be counted as steps. Sadly, i don't have the option to do so. Please help.

0 6788654 over 2 years ago

I have the same issue

Since 13.22 I haven't been able to disable activity tracking and it looks like it was automatically enabled upon updating

0 NISIMNAIM761 over 2 years ago in reply to 6788654

How can we report a bug or request a feature?

0 Andy275 over 2 years ago in reply to NISIMNAIM761

I'd suggest you download the new beta firmware and report it there, as well as any other long-standing bugs.

0 DPSK over 2 years ago

Do you really need to both the number of steps precisely ?

When you do strength training, its probably adding 10-20 steps ?

Assuming you do 10,000 steps daily, that 10-20 steps are insignificant.

0 NISIMNAIM761 over 2 years ago in reply to DPSK

No. You are wrong. When doing strength training, in less than 5 minutes the watch can "count" about 300 steps, as i am doing many reps. Each rep of squat, pull-up, push-up - is "counted" as a 1-2 steps. It doesn't make sense at all. I used to have the option to temporarily disable this feature.

0 DPSK over 2 years ago in reply to NISIMNAIM761

I see.

If that's the case, Garmin should just automatically stop the steps tracking when a user starts a strength.

Make it an option for user to configure.

0 NISIMNAIM761 over 2 years ago in reply to DPSK

I think a better option will be to restore the previous behavior - allow the user to decide when to disable \ enable steps tracking. It doesn't have to do during strength training. It can also be when cleaning the house, doing laundry or other stuff. Using my Garmin 935 I used this "disable" option a lot.