Hey, new Garmin Fenix user here who lifts and runs and I was utterly confused about how strength training works: you did a great job outlining it simply. Thank you!

I appreciate this video as I was starting to get in the weeds with and its good to just do the start/stop and move on. When it gets to in depth I just won't do it. Sometimes it's hard enough to count my reps let alone remember to click track and edit counts during. Appreciate you bringing me back to simplicity.

Great video. Have used Fenix 5 since first came out. I, like you, have tried the various options for strength training. You are 100%correct. Stop and go is the best way and for exactly the reason you stated. Like to go back in time to ck the time and metrics. Thank you for your videos very informative.

Great video super informative! Please keep the videos coming! Especially if you have ever set up a HIIT workout, how would you recommend setting that up in a circuit class training!

i really wish garmin would just buy the strong app and literally implement it as is into garmin connect, so that you can use that interface. It is SO much better. (yes they have not been improving it for years, but it is still better than any other app out there for weight training)

@brucelin5842

2 ай бұрын

U mean the strong app for iPhone ?

@MichelK7

Ай бұрын

@@brucelin5842 yes.

I went from using a apple watch to a Garmin mainly because I liked the golf feature. This video is exactly what I was looking for! I've been trying to research this for a while, but have never been able to get any real answers. Thank you

I’m of the other camp. I love having the workout already loaded in my Garmin before I hit the weights. If I change or add something, I can edit the completed workout later. The Garmin Connect tool to create a strength workout was a bit daunting at first, but after creating a few custom workouts, it’s really a snap.

Thanks a lot. Santa "brought me" 😆 a Garmin G1 to use for my dives, but I was looking for info on how to get the most out of it out of the water as well.

Have to agree with the comment below, very good. Track and go for me. I tried creating my 17 exercises 10 repeats and 3 reps. It was a nightmare on the watch. The gym was full and I could not easily jump from exercise 2 to 14 and back to 3. Will keep it simple for now. Track and go. thanks

This video is exactly what I was looking for! I've been trying to research this for a while, but have never been able to get any real answers. Thank you 🙏

@sethjbesse

11 ай бұрын

happy to help!!!

As a weight lifting newbie, I find pre-planning the workouts super helpful. I like the structure and prompts for each exercise. Maybe after I've become more seasoned, I'll prefer the freedom to make up a workout on the fly, but for now, this really keeps me motivated and on track.

@SenexGames

5 ай бұрын

can you pre plan different ones? or edit on the fly sets?

@patrik0carlsson

5 ай бұрын

​@@SenexGames Garmin has some predefined workouts, i.e a legday but no upper body day - you are pretty much left to make a new one by adding on one by one. Also the list of workouts and exercises are filled with yoga and alternative variants, then translated to your language so good luck finding the normal variant of "squat" out of the 15 available. So there is support for loading workouts, you can set up your own - but this functionality somehow did not leave beta so you cannot really get a pre-made workout program schedule from the web and load into your watch. Which would have made sense - there are hundreds of sites and PT's offering apps or simple excel sheets screaming for this functionality. So if it really worked you would just get a list of exercises on your watch with weight suggestions based on your history? No, you'd have to manually edit the weight and if the station is occupied there is no way to change the order and do the next one first. So maybe not beta functionality just yet, early alpha. If you do get all of this to work for you I guess they have animated explanations for each workout and shows the heatmap of muscles on the body, so garmin kind of pretended that they implemented strength training and covered it in sugar.

@jamiebg3952

2 ай бұрын

@@SenexGames yes you can plan different ones. Watch will hold up to 25 plans in total so its worth syncing regular ones to the watch. For one off or irregular ones rather sync to the calendar and then pick up from the calendar (as these do not count to the 25 plan limit). Sets - you can to a limited degree in that you can skip a set and add it back in later on in the set list; and when you have finished plan you can continue to just track using lap button to record each set (will have to review exercise post activity to correct it if garmin gets it wrong). Of course you can edit reps and weight after each set.

Thank you Seth - very helpful

Good video. I use my Garmin for strength training. The "Free" training option is the only way to go. I really like its because it helps me track my sets and reps and keeps me organized. After you finished your workout, you can go in and edit the exercises you did for which sets/reps. The Garmin chest HR monitor helps a lot with accurate weight lifting HR. The watch itself isn't horrible (Tactix Delta), but it has obvious gaps at times

@iangrant3615

Ай бұрын

Yes indeed, editing is very do-able (especially if you make a note on your phone in rest times of your reps/weight, as I personally can't remember my whole workout after I finish).

Amazing videos. I am new to fitness trackers. Would you recommend Garmin compared to apple. I am looking into getting a Gamrin myself. I have an AW7.

I agree with your approach. I just upgraded from a Fenix 3 to a 6X pro for this app. I really don't want the level of detail to plan each exercise in the gym. I really just want to track my HR and duration. I use MyFitness pal to track nutrition and it does a good job in integrating my Garmin bike computer details. My question is does My FitnessPal recognize the strength app and adjust my calories like my bike computer?

Designing your workouts directly on your Garmin watch offers the optimal solution for tracking your fitness regimen. This approach you can program workout routine, including Push-Pull Legs, a comprehensive Full Body workout, and a structured five-day workout plan: Monday for Chest, Tuesday for Arms, Wednesday for Legs, Thursday for Shoulders, and Friday for Back. When you arrive at the gym, operating the watch buttons is a straightforward task that shouldn't pose any significant challenges. Moreover, it's advisable to maintain a detailed workout journal from the outset, a practice that's expected from a fitness enthusiast like yourself. As an individual interested in fitness, these fundamental aspects should be well within your grasp.

@mr.c6674

8 ай бұрын

I agree with you. I don't understand not preplanning. Once it's setup in Garmin, the watch and app simply aids by providing metrics of progress.

@01tonghab17

8 ай бұрын

Exactly…. It's about keeping your program in track, and managing ur rest time during exercise, so much more helpful.

@brucelin5842

8 ай бұрын

Which Garmin Watch do u think it’s best to track your gym workout?

@Eddie-3466

8 ай бұрын

@@brucelin5842 I have a Garmin 965. I track the volume I do with my workouts.

@iangrant3615

Ай бұрын

Agreed, I honestly don't know why he even uses the watch during a workout as using it the way he tends to will give you limited data/inaccurate data, so what will that really do for him as a personal trainer?

Thanks for the video! I own the Polar H10 chest strap and use it almost exclusively for rowing on my Concept2 and for the fitness age determination or whatever it is called. It's fun. For a while I have benn considering buying a smartwatch for sport and fitness tracking, but I think only Garmin is somewhat suited for strength training. I agree with what you said, that the effort of typing in everything is not worth the money and time. Most important to me is: - tracking training over long periods of time and automated and fast graphic representation - there should be a Garmin coach which reminds you to really stick to your training via calender and sound of the watch or vibration notification - these "smart" devices should make life easier and not add extra work - it would be so much better and comfortable to just talk to your watch via Google assistant. Just say "3 times 12 with 15 kg" and the results are logged. Or "pause" or "resume" the next set. It would be way less annoying. The coach then should tell you to use more weight next time, or how to vary the excercise with bands / different equipment / velocity etc. to keep training interesting. But I think this requires wifi for the assistant. Until then, I think it is a nice, overpriced toy I will not buy. I think these watches are mostly beneficial for cardio. I am excited to see, how this tech develops.

@sethjbesse

11 ай бұрын

You should work for Garmin! lol those are all great ideas! But I totally agree, until the tech can do things like that it’s not worth it!

Hmm disagree. I really like programming my regular workouts into the watch and following the prompts when I’m in the gym.

@lucianoradici9178

10 ай бұрын

Would you be able to tell me how to add multiple sets to an exercise?

@gk_knight

10 ай бұрын

@@lucianoradici9178 in Garmin software (either desktop or app) sets are called “rounds”. You need to add a round, and in there you can specify # sets. Took a bit of fiddling but I figured it out in the end. Good luck!

@GregoryLopez1

10 ай бұрын

Agree with your disagree! I program mine in ahead of time for progressive overload. It shows me what weight I was at last time, and if I hit my rep range, I bump the weight up back home in the app and send to my watch for next time. No longer need my phone at the gym!

@mr.c6674

8 ай бұрын

I agree with you. He says people should be following a program. I agree with that. You then put the program you're following in the app to get all the metrics. That's the point of "Option 3"! This helps with knowing what you're increasing for all following workouts.

@andreiluigi

5 ай бұрын

I also agree with the disagree. It might not be relevant for everyone, but there can be so many benefits of options 3, regarding having planned workouts, setting goals, not mentionning the workouts calendar option... I would have thought that it would also be "a personal trainer" pov... It is not just about tracking.. there is also about planning... Well that's said, at this stage it is true that I find it still cumbersome to set with the current app, and not that easy to handle in the gym.. some improvements of app would be really needed...

There is an option to download some standard strength workout and follow it based on time. That is my default mode if I've taken a longer pause in a vacation or bussines trip. I download a one hour program and it gets me going fast as normally I would waste time thinking about exercises instead of doing them.

I do option 3 for push, pull, legs, it allows me to keep the program that I have created on my wrist, rather than a separate log, but we are all different.

I create the workout upfront. It's more work but I do a lot of kettlebell work where I'll have three exercises in a set. I just edit later actual reps and weight

Question for you: how do you track your adherence to your strength programs? Do you use another app (e.g., StrongLifts) or pen and paper?

Top, thanks! Exactly what I wanted to know 👍I'm going for option 1 and have a separate plan.

@iangrant3615

Ай бұрын

I'm interested in how you will track a separate plan? is it on another app, or notes on phone? I use Garmin app to add my reps/weight at end of each set (by pausing workout), or I make a note in notes app, then at end of workout in Garmin, I Edit the whole thing to add the reps/weight.

I disable rep counter on my Garmin Epix Pro as it is always wrong and started just designing my workouts based on time only. I don't track weight or reps because it wastes so much of my time entering that manually. I just do example 30 second chin ups, 1 minute push ups, 30 second body weight dip, 30 second bodyweight leg raises, rest until bpm is less than 100, repeat 8 rounds. 30 seconds of jumping jacks before all that. That is exercise I did this morning.

Only Option 1 makes sense to me. I can't imagine pressing on my watch all the time in between sets. I want just to do my job and watch to count my calories and heart rate, thats all. Thanks for this vid, thats what I was looking for for a long time.:)

Can you add sets to a pre-loaded exercise or do you have to repeat the exercise within the workout? Thanks!

You're damn right. the first way is the best. pre planning is useful just for newbies

Is the stop&go Option the „free Training“ ? I have the Forderungen 265 and can just Select the one with select and track…..

Does this apply to the Garmin Venu sq 2? I just ordered one with hopes of strength training like you said, start and go.

Does venu 3 have traning effect? Do u think traning effect accurate?

Can you link this all to apple so you can sync a smart ring that you take of for the gym and garmin together

Good to know 👏🏽👏🏽

nice! good point though. can you review the treadmill running tracker in garmin too?

@sethjbesse

11 ай бұрын

Coming soon!

Does anybody know a list of the available exercises? I'm willing to edit if after the session, but for example I still did not find the proper exercise representation for the pull over machine in my gym and im not sure shat I should choose for the classic butterfly machine to reflect everything correctly in the muscle heat map.

HI I'm new to Garmin and got the forerunner 245 like Garmin themselves suggested this would be best for me if i was to be in gym, using weights, aswell we walking etc. But i reallyt dont have a clue wot I'm doing here. So you're saying u dont track your weighted workouts?

I use Apple Watch for years but considering the Garmin. I wonder if there’s an option to let Garmin automatically increase my weight load. Like if I benched 180lb. If i do the same workout it will auto increase it to 190 or something

great video, thanks

I'm not sure I understand/agree as someone who is a beginner/relative new weight training person. I think the key is what you said - you're an experienced Personal Trainer and so you already have your program documented elsewhere and (somehow?) you know/remember/track(?) what reps/weight you ended up doing in each workout, unless you always do the full reps and weights you expected you would do in each workout? For non-PTs/experts, the Garmin connect app/watches offer something really helpful in my experience - if you do option 1 'start and go', the watch will guess what you're doing and capture half of the data needed (still useful). During the rest periods, I would make a note in my phone of what reps/weight I did for each set, which is pretty easy to capture those two numbers during 30-60 second rest periods. Once I've Stopped the workout in Garmin, it saves it, then I can use my notes afterward to Edit the Sets/Reps/Weight to complete the data. It then tracks my progress over time (because I have no other way of doing this). If I choose option 2 or 3, it is even more integrated in that the workout data is captured in the app (no need for me to be capturing notes offline or just trying to make a mental note. It also means I have a workout to follow - I don't have my workouts just memorized, I need them captured and the app also gives me a visual reminder on how to do the exercises (very useful if I forget the name/form). If I get a PT who uses Garmin, they can send the workout into my Garmin Connect for me to complete when I'm with them/working out on my own, and either he/I update it with reps done/weight lifted to get the complete data. In every respect, whether creating/uploading first, or working out then editing it after, it is super helpful to me. I just think you're in the minority of people as an experienced PT who see little value in this.

Thanks so much

I think the info is cool, but it seems like a big PITA to me. I just start free strength and then end it at the end of my workout. I know if I’m improving or not, or having a bad day etc. I don’t need to be constantly pushing buttons on the watch in the middle of my sets.

Very useful

Great!!! Tank's 👏🏼👏🏼

yeah i also thought that constantly having to put info into the watch while exercising could be annoying and very distracting... the problem i have is memorizing my workout plan, since i have 5 different workouts in the week. But i guess i will just get a galaxy pro 5 and put my pdf scheme in the display and follow it using my gymboss timer... since i am not a runner, i am still in doubt if a garmin would be a life changer, im just a gym rat 😆

How come I don’t have the total weight I lifted on my venu sq ? So is this strength straining on Garmin useless in ur opinion?

@brucelin5842

8 ай бұрын

And also is the training effect accurate ?

Is there a way to relabel the set for the exercise in real time? If i relabel after the session i sometimes forget what exercise that set was for

@sethjbesse

11 ай бұрын

i dont believe so :(

@iangrant3615

Ай бұрын

I would open notes app in phone and make a note of what I did during my rest periods, then edit in Garmin app to add reps/weight done.

Excelent video.

Lol. "Start and Go" is literallt just using the strength activity incorrectly

i can not find start and go. where is it? i am using garmin epix pro

@RexSpoof

10 ай бұрын

I believe he's just referring to the "Free" option in the "Strength" activity.

@BilalMuhammad

10 ай бұрын

@@RexSpoof ok thx u.

👏👏👏👏

My garmin fénix 7 does not count reps and no recognize any exercise

@iangrant3615

Ай бұрын

It should recognise some, and mine does count my reps pretty accurately and knows when I'm taking a rest (without me pushing any buttons). Might be worth contacting them if it's still in Warranty period. Best wishes.

Try it, option 3 Coz option 1 is for amateur Option 3 - u have a plan And watch helps u keep it. Stupid will say, ”i never do it”

@petergrantlloyd6754

5 ай бұрын

I tried option 3 today and it was a nightmare 😂😂

@Jarek.

3 ай бұрын

@@petergrantlloyd6754 Using my new FR965 as a good reason to try this approach.... But I'm afraid I will be seriously disappointed...