6 Ways to Use Your Garmin Watch with Your Indoor Smart Bike Trainer: A Step-by-Step Guide

This is great info! I will set the grade for my miss and let her have at it!

Fantastic!! Thank you

hi! Thanks for the video. With an elite trainer over ANT+ everything was fine (and I think I could even use BT), but now a have a static bicycle ONLY with BT and can't connect it. Area there any tricks or something that can be done? Thanks in advance

So I'm having a problem with my Fenix 6 sapphire plus chest strap where it connects to the spin bike but the data from the spin bike doesn't transmit back to the Garmin. So it just looks like I ride for an hour with zero power output at an average heart rate of 135 bpm. Any ideas?

Thanks,great Info.

Thanks for sharing. I've been using my fenix 7 to ride workouts on my smart trainer, which is pretty is useful as I syncs the workouts for Garmin Connect. One annoying me thing is the fenix keeps buzzing and beeping when I'm 5 Watts off target and I cannot workout to disable it. Any ideas?

Add forerunner 955 because I tried it and it works

Any ideas with an echelon bike?

Does Venu 3 work with Wahoo Kickr Snap?

Hi, I cannot find any list of compatible wrest heartrate devices that I could connect to my fenix 6 to have the measurment while my watch is on the bike. HELP!

Can I use daily training on my watch and do the workout on zwift ?

Thanks for this fantastic video. Thanks to you I'm going to cancel my zwift subscription. But, I only have one problem left to solve. Let's see if you can help me. When I use the "Follow Course" mode the smart trainer doesn´t adapt the resistance according to the track recorded on Garmin. I have paired the trainer as smart triner and not as a cadence or power sensor. I don´find the answer in internet and the garmin and elite SAT can´t help me too.
Thanks in advance

Anche il Wahoo Core si può utilizzare gestendo la potenza da un Garmin?

Hi. I have an issue with my Garmin Fenix 6x Pro and my new ZwiftHub one. I am able to connect my Garmin with my Zwift one. And after my zwift Tour the correct data will be uploaded to my Garmin connect. Unfortunately my Garmin Fenix 6x Pro always shows during my exercise on my Zwift Hub One always the wrong speed and Distance.
However
The Garmin Watt and heartbeat are correct.
Is there a possibility to calibrate the Fenix 6xPro with my Zwift Hub One😢😢😮 I appreciate all your help. Thank you

Thanks for the video. A quick question: let's say your doing a 3x 200-240W and you feel great while doing it on a ERG mode. But what is happening is the the smart trainer is keeping your in the middle of the range due to the ERG, right?
How would I go to the high end of the 240W? Is there any way of doing this?

Can you connect zwift with the garmin watch? I mean more that it records the heart monitor together while using zwift to capture the right data? Usually what happens is it records two workout

Can you connect zwift with the garmin watch? I mean more that it records the heart monitor together while using zwift to capture the right data? Usually what happens is it records two workout

I've been looking around on how to manage my Wahoo trainer with Garmin, and the information os confusing. This video is PERFECT. Thank you! Suscribed now :)

Did you have guidance on what to do if your trainer does not broadcast ant+ or BTLE power data? Most gym cycles show watts, but do not broadcast. Video of creating a manual activity would be helpful

Can I use Wahoo Elmnt Bolt or Elmnt app to control Wahoo Kikr and record the ride on a Garmin Fenix 6 at the same time?
Can I get rides recorded on Elmnt into Garmin Connect?
I’m not technical and I’m very confused about compatibility, or not, between Elmnt, Bolt, Kikr and Garmin Fenix and Connect.

Thanks for the video!
I have a Garmin Forerunner 255. When I press Up after entering the Indoor Cycling Activity I just don't have the option "Smart Trainer Options". I only have there "Bike Indoor Settings" and "Training", even after pairing with my home trainer. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

daym everything I was looking for, gonna continue watching later for more features on my new watch but for now I got everything I wanted form the video after 3 minutes but I'm sure I'm interested in he other features presented in the video

So, what if I’m following the daily suggestions on my watch, but am really board and would like to ride Rouvy or Fulgaz to keep my mind occupied ? Any thoughts on that ? My pc has Bluetooth and two ant doggles. Thanks for the information it is appreciated .

I'm used to calibrate the trainer first before using it with Zwift or Edge530.
I dont have a calibrate option on the watch (FR255). Is it good enough to calibrate it with my iphone app "wahoo"? Does this apply the "calibrated" settings to my watch's training?

Thank you SO MUCH for this video! This lets me get my Garmin badges! Woo!

Thank you so much for your detailed video. I kindly ask your help; I use Garmin 6Pro for Elite Direto Xr trainer. However, I can't feel any resistance for the course hills. Do you have any ideas to fix this?

Hello Could tell me what is the "inertial" pad you use on the TacX smart trainer please ?

I plan to do this. Who needs Zwift?

If I follow a strava course, does my training effect my PR or local legends?

and let me guess - garmin only works with garmin?

Hi there, great video! Quick question: my "set power" mode produces some errant zero W readings. These do not impact Garmin connect power, but show up in Strava. If you have any past experience with this, is there a fix?

What is the model of your Garmin Watch?

Thanks for the video. Do you know if you can run Garmins suggested workout in Zwift ? 🤓

Hi, is a great video... just one doubt ... when I use the follow course option, I really feel the training is more dificultad than the reality, the kickr core simulador gets really hard, my watch is the epix pro gen 2... o dont know what to do, any concern... thanks in advance!!

Thank you Tariq for your videos as always.
A question that may seem a bit absurd from my side.
Say I have a .gpx ride and I'm running it on my smart bike trainer, but I want to add a watt based workout. If I add it while I'm running the .gpx track ...., the smart trainer will get confused and won't know what watts I have to go at... whether it's the .gpx track or the workout one. Am I right?

Thank you very much,

What mount are you using for your Forerunner 955? Would love to have that one!

Can my vivoactive 3 with connect ? The watch does have a broadcast on and off feature with the heart rate .

I want to record my rides to the garmin connect app so I can get some badges . How can I get the wahoo kickr core to connect to the app ?

Yes! Excellent, now getting a bit more value from the Garmin. Thanks

So I am left with one question.. Does this save all the wattage output data to your garmin and so effects your vo2max score on the watch? Very helpful video overall!

I was hoping the resistance would automatically vary with the elevation profile. Am I doing something wrong?

From the list of compatible garmin watches, it seems like anything models below Fenix 6 are not compatible? I have Fenix 5x plus but I don’t see any option for smart trainer connectivity. Very helpful video btw.

Where did you find that mounting solution? TIA

got a couple of things here. firstly, well explained sir. would have liked more of your opinion and commentary but still great.

i discovered garmin's this feature today myself and did my first workout. what is lacking is when the workout is done, on strava it does not give (or garmin too) your elevation gain. my grade was %3 the whole time and made about 30 kms, so that would make a 900 meters elev. gain but bummer, no bragging rights there. but as you mentioned, maybe if i do a real world workout that i did before and simulate that with garmin, maybe that would give that elevation, worth trying.

also, i wondered if anyone ever could pedal one stroke with grade set to %15 and the resistance set to %100. it would be brutal. my smart trainers max capacity is %12 and 4.7 flywheel weight and still these numbers seem crazy. and after watching your video what conclusion I came to is: setting power and watching my good-old heartrate would be what matters most. (along with my favorite metric: garmin's aerobic training effect) setting power to 190 and riding an hour would do wonders and no elevation gain on strava would not matter than.

btw i miss the sheer simplicity on just riding my bike care-free but still, gotta dig deep.

Hey Tariq, this video has helped me with a needed work around so thank you. This work around, whilst useful, is still a poor relative to what should be happening so I’m hoping you may be willing and able to point me in the right direction.
Using Fenix 6X Pro and Elite Drivo (my Edge 810 sort of connects but gives some wild data in terms of speed and doesn’t generate daily workouts so isn’t used).
In ‘Freeride’ the trainer responds to any wattage set manually. You showed me how to adjust wattage during ride which is awesome so thank you.
I’ve sent some of my real rides to the watch and when riding those courses the trainer responds to inclines etc and the resistance changes reflected in pedalling difficulty.
The issue being experienced is with the daily suggested workouts from my watch.
The trainer will not respond to the stepped wattage in interval style workouts.
Elite CS haven’t been helpful and say no more than the watch is at fault.
They may be right but I don’t have the knowledge to challenge that.
Firmware on trainer is up to date.
Any thoughts please?
Thank you in anticipation.
Simon

Just got a Fenix 8 and this video answered ALL of my questions about getting my watch hooked up with my KICKR. So helpful, thank you!

When following a workout using ERG mode, sometimes I can’t manage. Ie 500 watts for 20 seconds and 1 minute recovery, 16 times over.

In Zwift or my garmin edge I can’t manage set the relative power up or down by percentage points. Does this exist when using ERG from the garmin watch anywhere?

Awesome thanks

Perfect, just what I was looking for