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Strength training tracking

I love my Garmin for tracking cardio and running, but my experience with using it for tracking weight lifting workouts is disappointing.

a) I *swear* the heart rate isn't accurate - I can have a super high perceived exertion, but my heart rate is barely in Zone 1. I keep meaning to do a cross check using a pulse oximeter but haven't done it yet. Do other folks experience this? I'm training reasonably hard using supersets instead of inter-set rest periods, and moving around a lot, but I almost never get intensity minutes from weight training.

b) The behavior of tracking sets is super annoying, but I can't seem to turn that off. I'd be perfectly happy showing a 45 minute duration and a heart rate.

Other experiences/thoughts?

0 ACTAR1372 over 3 years ago

Yes, absolutely the same. The core of my personal fitness revolves around HIIT sessions using kettlebells. After similar results to your own, I tried with a Polar chest strap HRM. My Vivo3 was ~40bpm lower than the Polar chest strap. I now have the Garmin HRM Pro chest strap (and am here on the message board looking for a bit of help with getting data displayed back to connect). HTH, Bill

0 The Mighty Scottster over 3 years ago in reply to ACTAR1372

Funny - what led me to the Garmin was buying a Polar strap and being surprised that it didn't come with a watch, the way it used to several decades back.

0 Spotto over 3 years ago

I'm having the same problem with my HIIT sessions.

My HR actually starts going down as I start to exert myself.

0 Spotto over 3 years ago

I'm having the same problem with my HIIT sessions.

My HR actually starts going down as I start to exert myself.