Features
This section describes the most important features of the Interval Training App 2 Professional in more detail. Here a short summary:
- Session features
- Alerts features
- Interval features
- Data field coloring
- Key lock feature
- Workout summary
Session features
This section describes the workout session features which are very similar among all of our Garmin Connect IQ™ applications. The current workout session status is indicated by a specific sign. Following table provides an overview about all possible states of a workout session.
| Session status | Visualization | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NOT STARTED | Blinking red border | Workout session (recording) was not started so far. This is the state after starting the app. Press the "START" button to start workout. |
| RUNNING | Constant grey header/footer | Workout session (recording) is running. This is the case after you manually pressed the "START" button. If the auto-stop feature is enabled, the speed must be above the specified limit, otherwise the app automatically enters AUTO-STOP mode. |
| AUTO-STOP | Blinking yellow pause sign | Workout session is in auto-stop mode which means that the speed is below the user-defined auto start/stop limit. Please be aware that no session recording takes place in this state. |
| PAUSED | Blinking red stop sign | Workout session (recording) was manually paused in the menu by selection of "Pause Session". It can be resumed at any point in time by entering the menu again and selecting "Resume Session". Please be aware that no session recording takes place in this state. |
Start a workout session (NOT STARTED)
After starting the app the workout session status is "NOT STARTED" as the session has to be manually started by the user. This can be done by pressing the "START" button. This state is visualized by showing a blinking red boarder every two seconds as illustrates in following picture:
Workout session running (RUNNING)
After pressing the "START" button the first time after app start, the session status changes from "NOT STARTED" to "RUNNING". This is illustrated by a constant grey header/footer as shown in the following picture:
Auto-stop mode (AUTO-STOP)
Whenever the speed goes below the user-specific limit the app automatically enters the "AUTO-STOP" mode. When the speed goes above this limit, the app enters "RUNNING" mode again. This state is visualized by showing a blinking yellow boarder with a pause sign in the middle every two seconds as shown in following picture:
Manually paused session (PAUSED)
The user can manually pause the workout session at any time if the session status is in "RUNNING" or "AUTO-STOP" mode. This can be done by pressing the "START" button. A menu is shown where the user can select among following choices by either pressing the touch screen or by up/down or left/right buttons:
| User selection | Description |
|---|---|
| Resume | Start or resume workout session |
| Pause | Pause workout session. This allows the user to navigate through the data pages. The workout session can be resumed again at any time by pressing "START" button and select "Resume". |
| Save and Exit | Save workout data and close the application. After synchronization with your watch or via Garmin Express Software the workout data will be uploaded to the Garmin cloud and will be visible via Garmin Connect. |
| Discard and Exit | Discard session data and close the application. Please note that all the collected workout data is lost! |
A stopped session is indicated by a blinking red boarder and pause sign in the middle of the screen as shown in following figure:
ALERT features
Already the FREE Version of Interval Training App 2 Professional provides you basic ALERT features, e.g. to indicate the start and stop of the session recording.
Following figure illustrates how it looks on a Forerunner® 235:
Interval features
The Interval Training App 2 Professional offers several interval training features for indoor and outdoor use. In order to use these features, please configure
them properly before in the app settings.
Example 1:
Lets assume you would like to do a workout with
- 10 minutes warm-up (in heart rate zone 2)
- 5 series of
- 400 meters sprint (in heart rate zone 4)
- 30 seconds rest (in heart rate zone 2)
- 10 minutes cool-down
This can be configured in the PREMIUM version via app settings as illustrated below.
Note:
Intervals start with a recovery phase (due to user feedback). If you don´t like that, please subtract that time from the warm-up time.
Data field coloring
Data field coloring is currently only supported for the heart rate related data fields and has to be enabled via the user settings.
Following table describes the color coding:
| HR zone | Color | Percentage of maximum heart rate |
|---|---|---|
| Zone 0 | BLACK | M HR % < 50 |
| Zone 1 | GREY | 50 <= M HR % < 59 |
| Zone 2 | BLUE | 60 <= M HR % < 69 |
| Zone 3 | GREEN | 70 <= M HR % < 79 |
| Zone 4 | ORANGE | 80 <= M HR % < 89 |
| Zone 5 | RED | 90 <= M HR % < 99 |
| Zone 6 | DARK RED | M HR % >= 100 |
Following figure illustrates how it looks on a Forerunner® 235:
Screen lock feature
When the session is started, the screen lock feature can be activated by following sequence:
- Press "START" button.
- Scroll down until "Lock Screen" appears in the menu.
- Select "Lock Screen".
When the screen lock feature is active, only the "START" button will be handled anymore, all other buttons or touch screen inputs are ignored.
To disable the screen lock again, please perform following steps:
- Press "START" button.
- Scroll down until "Unlock Screen" appears in the menu.
- Select "Unlock Screen".
Workout summary
After saving the workout session a workout summary is shown on devices with CIQ2 and later with following information:
- Duration in the format m:ss, mm:ss, h:mm:ss or hh:mm:ss.
- Distance in km or mi.
- Average speed in km/h or mi/h.
- Average heart rate in bpm.
- Elevation gain in feet or meter.
- Elevation loss in feet or meter.
- Total number of steps.