This is probably one of the best youtube videos both for fitnes and "how to" tech that I have ever seen. No time is wasted; your illustrations of the exercises are perfectly edited to just the critical form and movement parts. You put a lot of effort into the video editing here and it shows!
I've got the Forerunner 935 and have tried using the Strength and Cardio settings for my gym work. I tend to use the cardio setting, as it tracks HR and calories and then a good old pen/paper for my weights or I go into the Garmin Connect app and add it manually after my work out. As long as I can track my training time and stress to the body (HR), it fits in with my other Triathlon training and is easier to monitor. I use Cardio for both low intensity strength and conditioning session and higher intensity CrossFit style sessions. Great channel and super informative.
This is awesome! I was shaking my head looking at my same topic on a older video of mine with the rudimentary quality and came across this one of yours! Gotta love the old videos! So awesome to see how you’ve grown. Gives me hope for myself.
I understand there was massive time invested by you to put this video together ...but 😉 it would be super nice to have a 2021 Pandemic Times update on this type of video. Focusing on gym workouts, strength workouts and what's new in Garmin world (if anything).
Great review! I think this is just the beginning of accurate strength training auto ID for Garmin. There is an option to buy the chest heart rate strap, I believe. You need 2 sensors to properly ID a more complex gym movement, for instance a pull up. i would love to suggest to Garmin to add another shoe sensor or something similar to work together with the wrist GPS to properly 'guess' the actual exercise; when wrists are not in motion; it does actually very well with current setup.
I did close press ups today and my Garmin Venu 2 read every single rep (I was blown away). 100% for bench dumbbell fly's but was not so good with rings press ups, almost reading double. So looking forward to using this watch for my workouts, definitely keeps me on track and avoids me wasting endless time looking at my phone when I should be training.
Love your reviews, getting my VivoActive 3 this week. Very thorough and I truly admire your workout routine. My quads hurt just viewing your leg day exercises!
Hi Des, a big shout from India. Thanks for the demo and please keep up the good work! Easily the best review. Absolutely saved me a some precious time as I also don’t have much patience with tech! I bought the Fenix 5x after your review and am in love with the cardio metrics it throws up when it comes to running, swimming or even cycling. Here’s a quick question; The weight (in the Add weight section) is set to 44 kilos for some strange reason and I don’t know how to change it. Would appreciate any help, thanks.
Great video for those who wants to use their Garmin wearable in the Gym weight training. Clear illustrations and surely you are one of my favoured youtuber. VA3 seems fairly user friendly in this type of workout.
I have an Epix Pro but I juts disabled the rep counter and do all my strength training exercises for time instead of reps. e.g. 1 minutes of pull ups. followed by 2 minutes of push ups, followed by 1 minute of leg raises, followed by 1 minute of dips, followed by waiting for heartrate to go down to 100, repeat for 6 rounds.
UPDATE: I’m not sure about the VivoActive, but the Fenix 5x now tracks my press-ups, and is usually very accurate. Within +/- 1 rep. Thanks for the video.
Is fenix 5x also with auto rep counting feature? I trade my Vivoactive 3 with instinct, unfortunately it didn't have auto rep counting like Vivoactive 3, maybe i'll try fenix 5x
Works great on my Forerunner 945. For some exercises it miscounts reps, but it’s very easy to edit reps at the end of each set. My only complaint is some of the exercises I want to do are not in the Garmin Connect exercises library.
Great video. You'd think they'd make use of any connected HRM Pro to help with the rep counting as the running dynamics sensors must be able to help when the watch itself isn't moving much.
Great Video! These are the most useful. Hope you do more of these giving examples on the pre-programmed exercises, and example custom ones like Crossfit or some other non-pre programmed one. Keep up the great work!!
Thanks for watching and Follow on Twitter for updates! 👉 twitter.com/GetDesFit UPDATE: New firmware has changed how it functions on a VivoActive 3. To End or Start a new set, you will now double tap the screen.
Thanks a lot, I was wondering why it would register sometimes, only when taping hard because it was getting on my nerves. Now I know how to double-tap it.
Great video. Thanks! Does the watch also store what you have done in weights and repetitions and show them in the next workout so you can try to do more?
finally a video of what I was really looking for! I'll check out ur channel for more recent videos on the same topic. I'm looking for a fitness tracker that can can count reps properly while I'm in the gym.
Great Tutorial. The Only Issue I Have In the Fenix 6 Tutorials Is The Presenter Placing Their Fingers Simultaneously On Opposing Sides Of The Bezel Making It Difficult To Determine Which Of The Two Opposing Buttons Is Being Pushed.
I don't know about your watch, but I have a fenix 5x and I create my strength workout in Garmin Connect. Once imported in my watch, when I select this training, my watch already knows what I'm doing and I only have to edit my reps. I hope this help :)
I want this for lifting, but don't care about reps. If you start the activity for strength training and don't push any other buttons it will still track calories. Right? (With an added heart rate strap for accuracy of course)
I guess you'd be better off without any automatic Rep Counting and just stick to a traditional manual input in a dedicated Gym Tracking app. Garmin is the leader when it comes to Gym Workouts, but not even them can make this a completely automated process. It's just too much to ask for a Watch with some motion sensors in it. Just use the watch for the Heart Rate and SPO2 readings while working out. And leave the rep counting aside, or use another app for that as I mentioned. Thank you DesFit for this review! Seeing how much you struggled with the automatic rep counting here, I concluded that this should not be a decisive feature for a Fitness Tracker.
Hi @DesFit, great video. Is it possible to have the list of workouts and simply select on your Garmin which exercise you're going to do before you start each set?
Great video. Would you know how to clear the recent menu when selecting the exercise? Also, is there a way to turn the word 'Body' off, or at least prevent it from overwriting the weight you recorded with the word body?
Hi great video, I'm brazilian and just bought my vivoactive 3, I tried this for a Strength training. Do you know if we can create a exercise name? Because i did some exercises and aren't in the list. Sorry my English
Hi, first of all thank you very much for all the informative and detailed reviews! Please allow me one question. I am doing strength training, treadmill running, swimming and sometimes biking or walking outdoors. I watched a ton of videos already but I am more than uncertain what kind of fitness watch best fits for that sports. based on your experience and expertise, can you please give me a hint what few models I could best look into? So far I did not use a fitness tracker at all but now want to get some more insights and improve. Any feedback would be higly appreciated! thanks and greetings from Austria
Hey Des. Thanks for pointing out about the weight edit. I thought it was ridiculous to press the plus key 150 times. I just noticed you can also use the tickle strip on the side of the watch to get higher numbers easier. Just FYI.
Just got a Fenix 6 as a gift. Love the functionality by my God it's too much to fidget with if you are seriously training. I can barely close my hands after a set now I must fiddle with little buttons and add all sorts of metrics??? Makes it useless. May as well just go back to a written journal. Just need it to tell me where my heart rate is going.
Hi Des. Great video! I have a Fenix 5 Plus and have been trying the automatic rep counting quite successfully on upper body training. Since I have a Garmin foot pod, I was wondering if there is a way to use it for automatic rep counting for leg exercises. Any hope Garmin will enable this feature? It will give a good additional use for the foot pod. Maybe Ray Maker can ask Garmin to do it...
Venu 3 or FR 965? For an intense 5 days a week, gym training & HIIT, 3 to 4 days a week cycling or swimming, and some cardio. Which out of these two is worth?
Yeah, I'd like to know if you can plan a workout and just follow it and also what it does with the stats. Does it compare them with the last workout or anything?
For strength training it’ll just be a point of reference. However for other workouts such as running or cycling it will show details like your split time, cadence and it will even leave a little trophy 🏆 next to your best workouts. So your fastest mile/ 5k/ 10 k/ half marathon/ marathon or farthest runs: cycles (miles and time) etc etc will be marked with a symbol. That can be used as a way to compare
Solid and through deep dive. I'm in the market for a watch that tracks weightlifting specifically, and the one thing you noted was the seated lifts or machine based. I'm recovering from an L5 disc injury and relying on a lot of those for form. Doesn't sound like it does real well in that regard. Do you recommend an alternative for those or have you found anything geared towards that? Thanks!
Hey des, I'm considering a the vivoactive 3 ($209) or the amazefit stratos ($160) I do a lot of cardio workout (insanity videos) and strength training. Which one should I get? Thank you.
I had to go with the Fenix 3 HR after that detailed long-term review you gave, and I found one on sale bundled with the HRM-Run strap for only $368 on Amazon. Such a deal, I definitely got lucky!
I had the Vivoactive 3 music for a bit, pretty alright at guessing the workout but it was like only 40% wrong. I recently bought a Fenix 5X and I was really surprised at how accurate it was at guessing the workouts I did, like around 70%.
Hi and well done on the great job you do....Quick question. Having bought the Fenix 3HR, is there a good suggested app for weight lifting.....I am interested in a like a "guide" like app that can split total rime in rest and work time....of course showing hr rate and Kcal....using genius wrist is kind of good but cannot split time per activity...Any suggestions?
+shiv shankar very much the same as pretty much all wrist based HR...has a hard time keeping up and giving up-to-the-second data with about a 5 second lag but no worse nor better than any other. Thanks!
Correct me if I'm mistaken - but it seems quite an effort to make a full workout, adding each exercise/reps and weights. And if you end up adding more weights on the 3rd or 4th sets? Can you edit that? Also, does it use the weights +/- reps to calculate calories burned during a strength training workout? Or does it just use HR data to calculate calories burned?
Des, I have heard that android wear 2.0 compatible watches also do a really good job with exercise detection using google fit workout. I think that would be an interesting video to see.
Any wear OS 2.0 compatible watch (I know you got the tic watch S already) + Google fit workout should do. It would be fun to see Google's version of exercise detection and rep counting given all their AI might vs Garmin's. Thanks for making awesome videos!
Just tried the strength app today and it was very off. I was hoping for the same effectiveness as my moto 360 sport which uses google fit. The google fit app was way more accurate. I really wanted the V3m to do this well.
Today I had my first strength training workout at the gym for the garmin forerunner 645 music. It was too much of editing here and there, that it made me rest too much. I ended up using my bodyspace app on my phone (good thing I brought my phone with me)... However, it did track my calories (I use a HR chest strap too). I don't think these watches are good for strength training. For running, cycling, and the like, perfect though.
Hi, have you disclosed anywhere your strength training program? Would be interested to compare to my current program and possibly add new exercises you find valuable. Thanks!
I just got this watch and I'm trying to use it to track my workouts calories burned heart rate all that good stuff. I like your video it's very informative and has helped me out but what about when you superset? I tried using it the other day and I don't want to waste time fiddling with my watch when I just want to move from one exercise to the next
You could predefine a workout in Garmin Connect web for supersets. But if you don’t want to fiddle with the watch at all, you may not benefit from the Strength app. It requires some interaction, unfortunately. I tried doing multiple exercises without manually changing sets and it almost always just came up as undefined exercise.
DesFit so if I just want to be able to tell my watch I'm working out, where I can see time and heart rate, click start and just do my workout, which setting do you recommend I set it to?
You could just use the Cardio activity or you could create your own custom activity based on that activity profile where you could customize the screen layout to the data fields of your choosing.
Can you change the weight and the repetitions within a superset? At the GC Webinterface I found only the function to repeat a whole exercise with the same settings. Or rather there are no specific sets actually.
Hey Des. How do we know what each of the labeled strength training exercises are? Obviously everyone knows the name of the basic exercises like bench press. But, some of them have really unique names. I guess Garmin does not have descriptions or mini videos on their website.
+John Manley I don’t necessarily think Garmin needs to provide descriptions. This will be based on your fitness level and knowledge. I think most people will be fine with the more basic designations where some others with more knowledge can benefit from the more detailed and specific names. Think: VA3 vs fenix owner/No training status vs Training Status.
Awesome video. Those reverse flys hurt to watch. You're putting your shoulders at risk by going through that much ROM with load. For strength training purposes, stop the movement at the moment your body makes a T shape.
my question is: is there a way to disable set/rep counter? i just want to record my strenghth training in a freestyle mode. (using garmin instinct 2 btw)
It just seems very clunky. I wont be using this feature in its current form. I use FitNotes app on android. A great free/ad free app for tracking workouts. Its fantastic, it can show progress over whatever time frame you want to select on a graph (1 wk, 3 months etc), gives you your actual 1RM on an exercise as well as an estimated 1RM if you have never tested a 1RM. It also very easily displays on one screen every time you've done a given exercise, the weight/reps you did those days, without actually having to leave your current workout screen. You can also set different rest periods for different exercises or link exercises into super sets to automatically jump between them and colour code the groups. And best yet, if like me you perform similiar workouts every week for a month or so before mixing up the exercises, it allows you to copy your entire workout (shoulders for example) onto this week, along with all the weights/reps you did last week but it leaves the tick boxes empty, so you can mark them off this week as you perform each set. This way you can aim to increase the volume you did in the previous workout without having to manually type everything in again or without jumping back to view the entry for last week to know exactly how many reps you actually performed. Did I mention its a free app and without ads? I think the real future for Garmin strength tracking would be in a functionality like this built into the Connect app OR better yet allowing syncing with an app like FitNotes that has been fine tuning this for years. In the same way that My Fitness Pal and Connect sync with each other. Most people carry their phone into the gym anyways so its less of a hindrance unlike for example when you go running (some people hate carrying their phone). Entering sets/weight on the watch is just a little clunky. On a smartphone screen it takes a few taps and its easier to see your whole workout laid out. Thats my 2 cents on it.
How do I alternate between the rest and the series options, when I'm training in strength mode? Usually I press the display repeatedly and It switches! Is this the correct procedure? I'm doing the correct or have a number oficial times to press to switch? Tnks!
As you've reviewed many types of fitness trackers you might be able to answer this question. Are the Garmin fitness trackers they only fitness watches that can identify exercises and count reps. I'm looking for a replacement of my vivosmart 3 and it seems that the other companies do not have products with this feature
I believe Garmin is the only brand but it's generally just an attempt to identify - I'd say it's like a 30-40% accuracy on the type of exercise identified. Rep counting however is generally pretty good.
This is probably one of the best youtube videos both for fitnes and "how to" tech that I have ever seen. No time is wasted; your illustrations of the exercises are perfectly edited to just the critical form and movement parts. You put a lot of effort into the video editing here and it shows!
Thanks David!
Your shoulder flexibility is wild
You’re definitely becoming one of my favourite fitness tech channels. Well done.
+Allan Van Den Berg Thanks so much! Appreciate it!
I've got the Forerunner 935 and have tried using the Strength and Cardio settings for my gym work. I tend to use the cardio setting, as it tracks HR and calories and then a good old pen/paper for my weights or I go into the Garmin Connect app and add it manually after my work out. As long as I can track my training time and stress to the body (HR), it fits in with my other Triathlon training and is easier to monitor. I use Cardio for both low intensity strength and conditioning session and higher intensity CrossFit style sessions.
Great channel and super informative.
Thanks, I'm going to try this if Strength doesn't work.
This is awesome! I was shaking my head looking at my same topic on a older video of mine with the rudimentary quality and came across this one of yours! Gotta love the old videos! So awesome to see how you’ve grown. Gives me hope for myself.
Yup, we definitely all grow and get better for sure! Looking forward to seeing more from you and where you go with it!
@@DesFit thanks so much! Lord I cringe so badly looking at my initial content. Soooooo bad. Keep up the great work.
This was perfect! Told me exactly what I needed to know before taking my Forerunner 945 into the gym. Love the quality of the video and audio as well.
Thanks!
I use 945 for strength work, it’s top drawer. I find I’d does found my push ups and pull ups also
5:14 dude that is some alien-like range of motion O_O
I’ve heard that... 👽 👾😉
I understand there was massive time invested by you to put this video together ...but 😉 it would be super nice to have a 2021 Pandemic Times update on this type of video.
Focusing on gym workouts, strength workouts and what's new in Garmin world (if anything).
Lol those reverse flys that you do are incredible! I could never get my arms to go behind my back like that!
Great review! I think this is just the beginning of accurate strength training auto ID for Garmin. There is an option to buy the chest heart rate strap, I believe. You need 2 sensors to properly ID a more complex gym movement, for instance a pull up. i would love to suggest to Garmin to add another shoe sensor or something similar to work together with the wrist GPS to properly 'guess' the actual exercise; when wrists are not in motion; it does actually very well with current setup.
I did close press ups today and my Garmin Venu 2 read every single rep (I was blown away). 100% for bench dumbbell fly's but was not so good with rings press ups, almost reading double.
So looking forward to using this watch for my workouts, definitely keeps me on track and avoids me wasting endless time looking at my phone when I should be training.
i've been hesitating about upgrading my fitbit charge 2 to a garmin vivoactive 3 and i think your video just convinced me
Love your reviews, getting my VivoActive 3 this week. Very thorough and I truly admire your workout routine. My quads hurt just viewing your leg day exercises!
+rydeaz Ha! Thanks so much! I’m actually going to be doing some videos on actual workouts as well so stay tuned!
Another great video, you’re going to be big soon. Don’t change your style or thoroughness, you’re great!
+Charlie Hustle wow thanks so much! Appreciate it!
I’ve been watching your videos for a while now. Thank you for being so thorough.
Sure thing. Thanks!!
Hi Des, a big shout from India. Thanks for the demo and please keep up the good work! Easily the best review. Absolutely saved me a some precious time as I also don’t have much patience with tech! I bought the Fenix 5x after your review and am in love with the cardio metrics it throws up when it comes to running, swimming or even cycling. Here’s a quick question; The weight (in the Add weight section) is set to 44 kilos for some strange reason and I don’t know how to change it. Would appreciate any help, thanks.
Thanks for this video! I am about to get a Fenix 6X in the mail and was curious about strength training with it, as it is my primary form of exercise
Great video for those who wants to use their Garmin wearable in the Gym weight training. Clear illustrations and surely you are one of my favoured youtuber. VA3 seems fairly user friendly in this type of workout.
That intro sentence, MAN IM SO HYPED!
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DesFit on that note, would you actually use real time HR stats to determine if you should go harder on weights? Or just rep till failure?
Some people train this way but I don’t personally.
I have an Epix Pro but I juts disabled the rep counter and do all my strength training exercises for time instead of reps. e.g. 1 minutes of pull ups. followed by 2 minutes of push ups, followed by 1 minute of leg raises, followed by 1 minute of dips, followed by waiting for heartrate to go down to 100, repeat for 6 rounds.
UPDATE: I’m not sure about the VivoActive, but the Fenix 5x now tracks my press-ups, and is usually very accurate. Within +/- 1 rep.
Thanks for the video.
Is fenix 5x also with auto rep counting feature? I trade my Vivoactive 3 with instinct, unfortunately it didn't have auto rep counting like Vivoactive 3, maybe i'll try fenix 5x
An update to this video, including the strength training profiles of other watches for comparison, would be amazing!!
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Straight to the point - enjoyed; especially the snappy video tutorial on your gym workout
+mashfour Thanks so much!
Works great on my Forerunner 945. For some exercises it miscounts reps, but it’s very easy to edit reps at the end of each set. My only complaint is some of the exercises I want to do are not in the Garmin Connect exercises library.
Great video. You'd think they'd make use of any connected HRM Pro to help with the rep counting as the running dynamics sensors must be able to help when the watch itself isn't moving much.
Great Video! These are the most useful. Hope you do more of these giving examples on the pre-programmed exercises, and example custom ones like Crossfit or some other non-pre programmed one. Keep up the great work!!
+Xanatha MTG will try to tackle predefined workouts soon. Thanks so much!
Thanks for watching and Follow on Twitter for updates! 👉 twitter.com/GetDesFit
UPDATE: New firmware has changed how it functions on a VivoActive 3. To End or Start a new set, you will now double tap the screen.
I love u
Who thought this would be a good idea... double tapping sucks
CaptainCourage doesnt even work for me
ITyraxI yeah. You have to tap in a specific way to register. Really fast and relatively hard.
Thanks a lot, I was wondering why it would register sometimes, only when taping hard because it was getting on my nerves. Now I know how to double-tap it.
Great video. Thanks! Does the watch also store what you have done in weights and repetitions and show them in the next workout so you can try to do more?
Very well explained in the video, Just an update, I use Foreunner 945 now and it counts the Pushups perfectly !!!
Nice!
was it relly count the push-up ?
Mine actually picked up my push ups today. I was surprised!
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finally a video of what I was really looking for! I'll check out ur channel for more recent videos on the same topic. I'm looking for a fitness tracker that can can count reps properly while I'm in the gym.
Great Tutorial. The Only Issue I Have In the Fenix 6 Tutorials Is The Presenter Placing Their Fingers Simultaneously On Opposing Sides Of The Bezel Making It Difficult To Determine Which Of The Two Opposing Buttons Is Being Pushed.
Great video. If the only feature I care is accurate rep counting, which model will you recommend? Thx.
The strength app tracks my pushups and pull ups really well now. I think Garmin made some improvements since 2017
Bro wtf! Those reverse flys at 5:15 are some serious skill. My shoulders would def fall off going that far behind me
The intro really tested me
I don't know about your watch, but I have a fenix 5x and I create my strength workout in Garmin Connect. Once imported in my watch, when I select this training, my watch already knows what I'm doing and I only have to edit my reps.
I hope this help :)
Thank you so much found this helpful. Do you know if the Garmin Forerunner 45 could do this too, using Garmin Connect ?
Thanks! Would love to hear if there's been an improvement to this as I know Garmin updates their software often and it's been 3 years.
I want this for lifting, but don't care about reps. If you start the activity for strength training and don't push any other buttons it will still track calories. Right? (With an added heart rate strap for accuracy of course)
oh ya, it still does all the normal data tracking.
Thank you for this great review. answered my questions. I will be purchasing this watch now !
Sure thing! It's available on FR935, VA3 and fenix 5 series so you have plenty of options :)
I guess you'd be better off without any automatic Rep Counting and just stick to a traditional manual input in a dedicated Gym Tracking app. Garmin is the leader when it comes to Gym Workouts, but not even them can make this a completely automated process. It's just too much to ask for a Watch with some motion sensors in it.
Just use the watch for the Heart Rate and SPO2 readings while working out. And leave the rep counting aside, or use another app for that as I mentioned.
Thank you DesFit for this review! Seeing how much you struggled with the automatic rep counting here, I concluded that this should not be a decisive feature for a Fitness Tracker.
Have to agree - it's by far too complicated to try to have it be completely automated. I have to give them credit for trying though!
On the real.... You’re my favorite man!! KEEP IT UP & STAY FIT!! #DesTheFitnessWorldTechGoat
Hi @DesFit, great video. Is it possible to have the list of workouts and simply select on your Garmin which exercise you're going to do before you start each set?
Unfortunately not.
Tried this in the gym work ok most of the time :)
Great video. Would you know how to clear the recent menu when selecting the exercise? Also, is there a way to turn the word 'Body' off, or at least prevent it from overwriting the weight you recorded with the word body?
I'd love to know which watch face that is on the fenix. It looks really nice. Good video BTW.
Hi great video, I'm brazilian and just bought my vivoactive 3, I tried this for a Strength training.
Do you know if we can create a exercise name? Because i did some exercises and aren't in the list.
Sorry my English
Hi, first of all thank you very much for all the informative and detailed reviews! Please allow me one question. I am doing strength training, treadmill running, swimming and sometimes biking or walking outdoors. I watched a ton of videos already but I am more than uncertain what kind of fitness watch best fits for that sports. based on your experience and expertise, can you please give me a hint what few models I could best look into? So far I did not use a fitness tracker at all but now want to get some more insights and improve. Any feedback would be higly appreciated! thanks and greetings from Austria
I am also looking for a fitness watch which could do better on strength training. Any suggestions?
Great video.. Just what I needed.. Got a. New vivoactive 3 and was pretty confused with the strength training app
+Srinivasan Ramanathan 👍
Great video. For this strenght training , rep counting ecc is better vivoactive 3 or 935?
This review was very helpful. Thank you so much.
Glad it helped!
Thanks for the video! Learnt quite a few things.
Sure thing!
Did you find one device to be more accurate than another like F5 being more accurate than the VA3 or vice versa?
Hey Des. Thanks for pointing out about the weight edit. I thought it was ridiculous to press the plus key 150 times. I just noticed you can also use the tickle strip on the side of the watch to get higher numbers easier. Just FYI.
+John Manley dang it, I totally forgot to mention that, but ya, super handy!
Just got a Fenix 6 as a gift. Love the functionality by my God it's too much to fidget with if you are seriously training. I can barely close my hands after a set now I must fiddle with little buttons and add all sorts of metrics??? Makes it useless. May as well just go back to a written journal. Just need it to tell me where my heart rate is going.
You can just use the cardio profile. The rep counter is just for people who want to track that info on the watch. 👍
Hi Des. Great video!
I have a Fenix 5 Plus and have been trying the automatic rep counting quite successfully on upper body training. Since I have a Garmin foot pod, I was wondering if there is a way to use it for automatic rep counting for leg exercises. Any hope Garmin will enable this feature? It will give a good additional use for the foot pod. Maybe Ray Maker can ask Garmin to do it...
I was thinking the same thing? Any solutions?
Venu 3 or FR 965?
For an intense 5 days a week, gym training & HIIT,
3 to 4 days a week cycling or swimming,
and some cardio.
Which out of these two is worth?
What do you do with the information once it tracked? How does it improve future workouts?
Yeah, I'd like to know if you can plan a workout and just follow it and also what it does with the stats. Does it compare them with the last workout or anything?
For strength training it’ll just be a point of reference. However for other workouts such as running or cycling it will show details like your split time, cadence and it will even leave a little trophy 🏆 next to your best workouts. So your fastest mile/ 5k/ 10 k/ half marathon/ marathon or farthest runs: cycles (miles and time) etc etc will be marked with a symbol.
That can be used as a way to compare
@@esotericjp well, that's disappointing. They should work on that. It'd be great if they could incorporate features of an app like Jefit onto a watch.
Solid and through deep dive. I'm in the market for a watch that tracks weightlifting specifically, and the one thing you noted was the seated lifts or machine based. I'm recovering from an L5 disc injury and relying on a lot of those for form. Doesn't sound like it does real well in that regard. Do you recommend an alternative for those or have you found anything geared towards that? Thanks!
Thanks! Unfortunately, any wrist based device won't be able to track any leg movements and I can't think of an alternative.
3:36 bro is that grips for pull ups in your room? What is that please do a video or give me the name or how you set that up
+1 I want those ceiling grips for pull ups!
This was the data that what I was looking for. Thanks for the video.
Sure thing!
Hey des, I'm considering a the vivoactive 3 ($209) or the amazefit stratos ($160) I do a lot of cardio workout (insanity videos) and strength training. Which one should I get? Thank you.
Nicholas Brooks for me always stick with Garmin
I was just waiting this video. Thank you so much
+Salvo Giuffrida sure thing.
Unbelievable detail as usual! Just what I expect from you now :) Thanks for keeping me informed on my new fenix HR!
Sure thing! Which fenix did you get?
I had to go with the Fenix 3 HR after that detailed long-term review you gave, and I found one on sale bundled with the HRM-Run strap for only $368 on Amazon. Such a deal, I definitely got lucky!
Please update this for all the new capabilities on an EpixPro(Gen2)!
I had the Vivoactive 3 music for a bit, pretty alright at guessing the workout but it was like only 40% wrong. I recently bought a Fenix 5X and I was really surprised at how accurate it was at guessing the workouts I did, like around 70%.
no idea how you still alive after those reverse flyes in this video, not even kidding.
I was thinking the same thing!
as you have to push the button so often, does it wear out after a few years?
Hi and well done on the great job you do....Quick question. Having bought the Fenix 3HR, is there a good suggested app for weight lifting.....I am interested in a like a "guide" like app that can split total rime in rest and work time....of course showing hr rate and Kcal....using genius wrist is kind of good but cannot split time per activity...Any suggestions?
Outstanding! Your findings are very helpful.
Thanks!
Hey Des! Nice video. Just wanted to check how did the heart rate sensor hold up when you tested this for strength training? Thank you in advance!
+shiv shankar very much the same as pretty much all wrist based HR...has a hard time keeping up and giving up-to-the-second data with about a 5 second lag but no worse nor better than any other. Thanks!
DesFit thank you👍🏼getting VA3 today 😀
Correct me if I'm mistaken - but it seems quite an effort to make a full workout, adding each exercise/reps and weights. And if you end up adding more weights on the 3rd or 4th sets? Can you edit that?
Also, does it use the weights +/- reps to calculate calories burned during a strength training workout? Or does it just use HR data to calculate calories burned?
Des, I have heard that android wear 2.0 compatible watches also do a really good job with exercise detection using google fit workout. I think that would be an interesting video to see.
Which ones are you interested in?
Any wear OS 2.0 compatible watch (I know you got the tic watch S already) + Google fit workout should do. It would be fun to see Google's version of exercise detection and rep counting given all their AI might vs Garmin's.
Thanks for making awesome videos!
Just tried the strength app today and it was very off. I was hoping for the same effectiveness as my moto 360 sport which uses google fit. The google fit app was way more accurate. I really wanted the V3m to do this well.
Very helpful video. Thanks a lot for this 🙏
Sure thing!
Today I had my first strength training workout at the gym for the garmin forerunner 645 music. It was too much of editing here and there, that it made me rest too much. I ended up using my bodyspace app on my phone (good thing I brought my phone with me)... However, it did track my calories (I use a HR chest strap too). I don't think these watches are good for strength training. For running, cycling, and the like, perfect though.
Hi, I workout every day and weight lifting almost. Which fitness watch do you recommend? Thanks
Have you noticed better accuracy today? Vs 2 years ago?
Have the algorithms for strength weightlifting improved?
I did a review and it appears not.
garmin may use the dynamics pod to make exercise detection more accurate
Is this an app? Where can I find this?I didn’t know the Fenix had this capability . Great video
+dslapster64 thanks! It’s a native app on VivoActive 3, fenix 5 and Forerunner 935 with the latest firmware. Enjoy!
this is the info I was looking for too.
Thanks for this review!
Hi, have you disclosed anywhere your strength training program? Would be interested to compare to my current program and possibly add new exercises you find valuable. Thanks!
Can you set up your weight lifting plan BEFORE the work out??? In order to just follow it with your watch and be correct...
dimitris iliopoulos yes!
I just got this watch and I'm trying to use it to track my workouts calories burned heart rate all that good stuff. I like your video it's very informative and has helped me out but what about when you superset? I tried using it the other day and I don't want to waste time fiddling with my watch when I just want to move from one exercise to the next
You could predefine a workout in Garmin Connect web for supersets. But if you don’t want to fiddle with the watch at all, you may not benefit from the Strength app. It requires some interaction, unfortunately. I tried doing multiple exercises without manually changing sets and it almost always just came up as undefined exercise.
DesFit so if I just want to be able to tell my watch I'm working out, where I can see time and heart rate, click start and just do my workout, which setting do you recommend I set it to?
You could just use the Cardio activity or you could create your own custom activity based on that activity profile where you could customize the screen layout to the data fields of your choosing.
Can you change the weight and the repetitions within a superset? At the GC Webinterface I found only the function to repeat a whole exercise with the same settings. Or rather there are no specific sets actually.
Awesome review! Thanks!
Sure thing!
Hey Des. How do we know what each of the labeled strength training exercises are? Obviously everyone knows the name of the basic exercises like bench press. But, some of them have really unique names. I guess Garmin does not have descriptions or mini videos on their website.
+John Manley I don’t necessarily think Garmin needs to provide descriptions. This will be based on your fitness level and knowledge. I think most people will be fine with the more basic designations where some others with more knowledge can benefit from the more detailed and specific names. Think: VA3 vs fenix owner/No training status vs Training Status.
DesFit Ok. Thanks for the feedback.
Awesome video.
Those reverse flys hurt to watch. You're putting your shoulders at risk by going through that much ROM with load. For strength training purposes, stop the movement at the moment your body makes a T shape.
my question is: is there a way to disable set/rep counter? i just want to record my strenghth training in a freestyle mode. (using garmin instinct 2 btw)
please do one like this for the Apple Watch 3.
Great videos 👍🏼
+Kansokusha Kamui Thanks and will do!
It just seems very clunky. I wont be using this feature in its current form.
I use FitNotes app on android. A great free/ad free app for tracking workouts. Its fantastic, it can show progress over whatever time frame you want to select on a graph (1 wk, 3 months etc), gives you your actual 1RM on an exercise as well as an estimated 1RM if you have never tested a 1RM. It also very easily displays on one screen every time you've done a given exercise, the weight/reps you did those days, without actually having to leave your current workout screen. You can also set different rest periods for different exercises or link exercises into super sets to automatically jump between them and colour code the groups. And best yet, if like me you perform similiar workouts every week for a month or so before mixing up the exercises, it allows you to copy your entire workout (shoulders for example) onto this week, along with all the weights/reps you did last week but it leaves the tick boxes empty, so you can mark them off this week as you perform each set. This way you can aim to increase the volume you did in the previous workout without having to manually type everything in again or without jumping back to view the entry for last week to know exactly how many reps you actually performed.
Did I mention its a free app and without ads?
I think the real future for Garmin strength tracking would be in a functionality like this built into the Connect app OR better yet allowing syncing with an app like FitNotes that has been fine tuning this for years. In the same way that My Fitness Pal and Connect sync with each other. Most people carry their phone into the gym anyways so its less of a hindrance unlike for example when you go running (some people hate carrying their phone). Entering sets/weight on the watch is just a little clunky. On a smartphone screen it takes a few taps and its easier to see your whole workout laid out.
Thats my 2 cents on it.
I get about reps. But how do you record SETS??? I do 4 sets typically.
How do I alternate between the rest and the series options, when I'm training in strength mode?
Usually I press the display repeatedly and It switches! Is this the correct procedure? I'm doing the correct or have a number oficial times to press to switch? Tnks!
I'm having the same trouble!
Damn bro that ROM on them reverse flyes 🤣🤣
I’m quadruple jointed 😀
This is EXTREMELY helpful . i wish somebody did this on the galaxy watch. Question: is this the same software as the garmin marq watches?
Which fenix is best for gym trackers? Thank u
Is there a way to pre program workout exercises and select manually as you're doing them?
Good work and effort in this video
Thanks!
As you've reviewed many types of fitness trackers you might be able to answer this question. Are the Garmin fitness trackers they only fitness watches that can identify exercises and count reps. I'm looking for a replacement of my vivosmart 3 and it seems that the other companies do not have products with this feature
I believe Garmin is the only brand but it's generally just an attempt to identify - I'd say it's like a 30-40% accuracy on the type of exercise identified. Rep counting however is generally pretty good.