Arms Like Garth - a weight-training wire

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Nellers Jul 2024 10:17am, 12 Jul 2024 43,277 posts	0 Nellers Hoping for good news for you, Mac. @Ness Does that mean this feature has always been there and I've just never noticed? Wouldn't be the first time!
Maclennane Jul 2024 10:23am, 12 Jul 2024 32,532 posts	0 Maclennane Cheers guys, managed to do a bit with resistance bands yesterday, cuffs are in the post
Gobi Jul 2024 11:24am, 12 Jul 2024 81,456 posts	0 Gobi @Nellers it has been there a long time
Ness Jul 2024 12:23pm, 12 Jul 2024 42,873 posts	0 Ness Dunno @Nellers 😉 I bought my Garmin 745 in May 2021 and it was available then. I posted a screenshot of it in my blog.....
Oranj Jul 2024 1:00pm, 12 Jul 2024 4,225 posts	0 Oranj I only get that if I launch into specific strength exercises straight away (Garmin 955). If my session starts with some gentle stretching (as most of them do), the fancy body diagram isn't triggered.
Gooner Jul 2024 2:21pm, 17 Jul 2024 19,655 posts	0 Gooner I have always got that when completing strength training through my 245 but the better half doesn't have the strength category so gets nothing.
Nellers Jul 2024 2:33pm, 17 Jul 2024 43,326 posts	0 Nellers That's why I've not spotted it, I guess. Watch doesn't have a strength category but I have an IQ app loaded on for my gym stuff and I've noticed recently that it is asking for exercises/sets/reps/weights when I upload anything from it. I'm guessing it might be a recent update to the app which taps into that rather than a new feature, but it is possible I just never noticed before.
Gooner Jul 2024 2:37pm, 17 Jul 2024 19,657 posts	0 Gooner Mine asks to confirm the number of reps and for an input of the weight. It tries to guess the exercise, usually, comically awfully (on my recent chest and back session it thought that incline dumbbell bench press was a squat... ). It's not like there's any missing data as such, you've just not got a pretty picture of stuff you already knew 😉
Nellers Jul 2024 2:51pm, 17 Jul 2024 43,327 posts	0 Nellers Exercises, sets and reps are all a manual input for me, so it’s been pretty accurate.😂 I’ve no idea how a single wrist-based device would ever accurately identify lifts. The way the algorithm can tell the difference between walking and dropping your phone beats me though!
Ness Jul 2024 5:13pm, 17 Jul 2024 43,093 posts	0 Ness Mine is about the same as Gooner's. I always edit after uploading on Fetch.