Swim workout optimalisation Garmin

Training
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Hi! Someone has some more experience with building/planning a swim workout in Intervals for using it on a Garmin watch.

This is the workout note

Warm Up:
1 x (100 FS in Z2 + 100 Kick in Z2 + 20 secs rest),
1 x (100 Drill* in Z2 + 100 Pull in Z2 + 20 secs rest).

Main Set:
4 x (50 FS in Z2 + 50 FS in Z3 + 20 sec rests),
4 x (50 Pull in Z2 + 50 Pull in Z4 + 20 sec rests),
4 x (50 FS in Z2 + 50 FS in Z5 + 30 sec rests).

Warm Down:
2 x (50 FS in Z2 + 50 Choice in Z2).

This is how Intervals plans it:

1x

  • Warm Up: FS 0.1km 87-94% Pace
  • Kick 0.1km 87-94% Pace
  • Rest 20s 0% Pace

1x

  • Drill* 0.1km 87-94% Pace
  • Pull 0.1km 87-94% Pace
  • Rest 20s 0% Pace

4x

  • Main Set: FS 0.05km 87-94% Pace
  • FS 0.05km 95-97% Pace
  • Rest 20s 0% Pace

4x

  • Pull 0.05km 87-94% Pace
  • Pull 0.05km 98-103% Pace
  • Rest 20s 0% Pace

4x

  • FS 0.05km 87-94% Pace
  • FS 0.05km 104-111% Pace
  • Rest 30s 0% Pace

2x

  • Warm Down: FS 0.05km 87-94% Pace
  • Choice 0.05km 87-94% Pace

Issues I find

  • Garmin is skipping the last rest in a repeat stap
  • It seems I can’t activate drill mode, like I can in the Garmin builder
  • The "- Rest 30s 0% Pace " is not activating the “rest mode” when using the workout on the Garmin watch.

Thanks in advance! :slight_smile:

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Don’t set a pace on rests.
ie:

4x
- FS 0.05km 87-94% Pace
- FS 0.05km 104-111% Pace
- 30s

That should not skip (doesn’t for me) and should activate rest mode

1 Like
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I did some test this seems to do the trick for some issue’s

  • I have an older garmin so its programmed to always skip the last rest in a repeated interval
  • the intenisity=rest triggers the rest mode

Optimised workout

1x

  • Warm Up: FS 0.1km 87-94% Pace
  • Kick 0.1km 87-94% Pace

1m intensity=rest

1x

  • Drill* 0.1km 87-94% Pace
  • Pull 0.1km 87-94% Pace

1m intensity=rest

4x

  • Main Set: FS 0.05km 87-94% Pace
  • FS 0.05km 95-97% Pace
  • 1m intensity=rest

1m intensity=rest

4x

  • Pull 0.05km 87-94% Pace
  • Pull 0.05km 98-103% Pace
  • 1m intensity=rest

1m intensity=rest

4x

  • FS 0.05km 87-94% Pace
  • FS 0.05km 104-111% Pace
  • 1m intensity=rest

1m intensity=rest

2x

  • Warm Down: FS 0.05km 87-94% Pace
  • Choice 0.05km 87-94% Pace

Still open:
Activate drill mode when in workout for kick exersice for example…