How do I track strength training on a Garmin watch?

Start the Strength activity on your watch. It counts reps as you go, and after each set you can fix the rep count and add the weight you used. You can also build a strength workout in Garmin Connect and send it to your watch. The watch counts one exercise per set and may miss leg exercises, so check your sets afterward and edit them in Garmin Connect.

1. Start the Strength activity. From the watch face, open your activities and choose Strength. Pick a saved workout, or start a free session.
2. Do one exercise per set. The watch counts reps for one movement at a time, so end the set before you switch exercises.
3. Fix the set when you finish it. After each set, the watch shows your rep count. Correct it if it's off, and add the weight you used.
4. Rest, then start the next set. A rest timer runs between sets. Start the next set when you're ready.
5. Check it afterward. In Garmin Connect, open the activity and edit any sets the watch got wrong, such as a missed leg exercise.

Make your Garmin strength log useful

Rep counting saves taps, but the weight is what shows progress. Add it after every set, even when the rep count is right. Then, before your next session, look at what you lifted last time and pick one thing to beat, like one more rep or a little more weight.

When the watch gets it wrong

Slow reps, short ranges of motion and anything where your wrist stays still, like leg presses or squats with the bar on your back, are the usual misses. Fix the count on the watch right after the set, while you still remember it.