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Custom Workouts and Data Screens/Fields

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I am building custom workouts in Garmin Connect and downloading them to my 935. When I start the workout I am presented with a data screen with 3 fields of data that I cannot edit.

The top half of the screen is a data field with a Heart Rate gauge that shows my current heart rate and it has a heart icon dead center above it and this icon never moves.
The bottom left is the time remaining, or countdown, for the current step/lap I am in.
The bottom right is my current pace.

I train by Heart Rate and do the majority of my training on the treadmill.

The top half data field, since its a gauge that doesn't have a needle or anything that moves is useless for knowing if I am in my target range or not. I need to try to remember what my heart rate range is that I am targeting for that step/lap or rely on the beeping alerts when my heart rate goes to high or to low. I like to steadily increase my HR throughout the target range and this method doesn't lend itself to that.
The bottom left time remaining/countdown for the current step/lap I am in is great.
The bottom right pace i don't care about during training on the treadmill.

So logically i just tried to create my own data screen with the fields of data i need.
1. Is their a data field that a gauge with a needle or anything that moves so you can see if you are in your target range?
2. Better yet, if your target HR for a step/lap is for example 120-130, is there a data field that shows that target heart rate for the current step/lap you are in?
3. Is there a data field that shows a countdown for the current step/lap that you are in? Obviously its some where as the data screen that I am automatically presented when I start the workout has it, but when I try to create/customize my own data screen I don't see it.

If none of this is available out of the box, does anyone know of a specific app that would give me the data fields I need?

Thanks in Advance
Ken
  • If you are on a treadmill, maybe you could just write it down?

    Am aware that there is a notes data field in CIQ for a slightly less low tech workaround.

    But it is an interesting point as don't recall seeing many, if any, CIQ data fields that deal with lap/workout step data and you clearly illustrated a gap in functionality that could certainly be useful.
  • does anyone know of a specific app that would give me the data fields I need?


    Not unless the structure of the workout is coded in the Connect‑IQ app itself, outside of the custom workouts building facility in Garmin Connect.

    But it is an interesting point as don't recall seeing many, if any, CIQ data fields that deal with lap/workout step data


    “As of right now, Connect IQ does not have access to structured Workouts or Training plan data from Garmin Connect.”