Swimming app

[Forestgrump]

Ok I know this has nothing to do with running but this pool swim app I got from garmin express for the forerunner watch isn’t doing what I thought. I opened it , pressed start and off I went. It buzzed at the end of each length which I assumed was it recording 25 meters as that’s what it’s set for. At the end of my swim it said 900meters but when I saved the data to my phone I got this . Does anyone know if I should be pushing the top right or bottom right button at the end of each lap ?.

[telford_mike Graduate]

Bottom right is lap.

[Forestgrump Graduate in reply to telford_mike]

Nice one thanks. Online instructions not that clear. So just one push each lap then?.

[telford_mike Graduate in reply to Forestgrump]

Yeah depends which watch you have, but anything beLow 935 or Fenix won’t track swimming without your input.

[Forestgrump Graduate in reply to telford_mike]

It’s a forerunner 235

[telford_mike Graduate in reply to Forestgrump]

Same as mine - it'll only track time during a swim, not distance.

[Forestgrump Graduate in reply to telford_mike]

So pushing the bottom right button at the end of each length won’t do anything except log you’ve swam 25 meters ?

[Forestgrump Graduate in reply to Forestgrump]

Or not ?. Sorry mike I’m a bit confused about the point of this app 😁

[telford_mike Graduate in reply to Forestgrump]

I think it will only log time. It doesn’t have a concept of distance while swimming. Never tried it myself though.

[Sarakc Graduate]

I downloaded the pool swim app and tried it out a couple of times but wasn’t very impressed with it unless I’m missing something! It timed my swim and gave me speed too so I was able to calculate distance and work out no. of lengths manually but I couldn’t work out how to use lap count on watch while in pool! Now I just swim for my hour without watch on and I don’t bother counting lengths either!!

(I enter the swim manually on Garmin afterwards and estimate no. of lengths!!) 😀