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Strength training exercise video

HeikiPruul
3 months ago

When creating strength training workout then despite the fact selecting exercises from list what have in Garmin universe video guidelines as well, can't see them after training is created.

Videos are only available when using workouts pre-made by Garmin.

Is there something what I as a user can do or this is somehow not developed like that by Garmin?

  • 0 3 months ago

    In Strength training Activity Mode you have in ON the option: "Workout Videos"?
    An alternative could be to use a Garmin Workout and then edit it to assign only your own exercises.
    Also keep in mind that many exercises do not have video from what I saw.
    I hope that helps.

  • 0 3 months ago

    Here you are the most comprehensive list of animation workouts

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1p3lsvV9mmS4BWgT8Yf8wztBNLtPSbUjysVauqVQQUXA/edit#gid=0

    Be aware that "officially" you can mix workouts from two different groups like Strength, Yoga or Pilates.

    Unofficially there are workouts like that suggested to beta users.

    The best is to edit existing one as G141592653589793238 has already mentioned.

    By the way, @G141592653589793238 could you share a screen shot where this option exists?

  • 0 3 months ago

    Thank you both.

    I have "Workout Videos" ON set from watch for strength training.

    I have selected to manual strength training workout exercises which have videos.

    So looks that only workaround currently is to re-use Garmin created workout and replace exercises with my own - will try, let's see will it solve the issue.

  • 0 3 months ago

    So, after testing, looks that if to just use Garmin created strength workout and replace exercises with my own, then videos are nicely generated and visible.

    Interesting bug if to say like that Slight smile

  • 0 3 months ago in reply to HeikiPruul

    Technically you could mix workouts from different groups like strength or pillates but it is not possible to do in current editor.

    It is a feature not a bug

  • 0 3 months ago in reply to pdurys

    Looks you might have mis-understood me Slight smile

    Bug is that when I'm using same strength exercises in strength workout what I have created myself from scratch then I don't see video guidelines of those exercises. But I do see those videos when I'm selecting strength workout what has been created by Garmin, save that workout under my workouts and edit it, by removing all exercises what were in and replace them with those what I used in workout what I did create myself.

    So same exercise depending how used either has video or not.

  • 0 3 months ago in reply to HeikiPruul

    I guess I should add emoji after my previous reply.

    I understand you perfectly.

    We all in the same boat when Garmin "knows" which bits set in theirs workouts to make them animated.

    If you will read my post you will find out that there are several "preset" workouts with animations

    For Strength, for Pilates, for yoga.

    Even if you would like to combine Lotos pose with Stretch hamstring and Dead lift you are not able as Garmin do not provide editor for that.

    That's I have called this a feature not a bug ;-)

    Have a nice weekend

  • 0 3 months ago in reply to pdurys

    Why not?
    Or did I misunderstand something?
    (From GCW)



    pdurys said:
    but it is not possible to do in current editor.
    pdurys said:
    Even if you would like to combine Lotos pose with Stretch hamstring and Dead lift you are not able as Garmin do not provide editor for that.
  • 0 3 months ago in reply to G141592653589793238

    Maybe by coincidence I have quoted 3 random exercises which actually exists in Strength type workout.

    My point was that at the very first step of creation of new workout you have to select its Type

    For example Strength, and then you will be able to pick one particular exercise from the list of 1540 possibilities.

     

    Even it is very long list there is no (in my case) possibility to pick eg Single Leg Circles

    because it is only available when you select in the first step Pilates as workout Type.

    I hope it is clear now. And I do not discuss if such mix would make any sense.

    But there is a catch. Despite editor do not allow us to mix such exercises you could have valid and operational workout containing exercises and even animation from two or more different Type groups by binary edit / creation of workout file.

    You will not be able to have it visible in Connect, but certainly will be visible on the Watch after manual copy to Workouts folder.