Interval Timer for Weight Lifting on Exercise app

Prior to purchasing my Charge 3, I called Fitbit sales and asked if this was a feature of this watch, and I was assured that it was. Turns out, it's not. And I'd like to add that there was no confusion on the part of the sales person I spoke with - he assured me that he knew exactly what I was talking about. Here's the problem with the watch. When I'm in the Weights app, I'm unable to pause the program to set an interval timer; you have to completely exit the program to set the timer. When I called today to complain, the fitbit representative told me that with the other exercise apps, you are able to pause the program and initiate a timer. The problem, as she explained to me, is that the exercise programs have to be running for a minimum of 15 minutes or so before this ability kicks in. Obviously, when you're weight lifting, you can easily complete 15 reps in as little as 30 seconds, so you need to have the ability to pause the program & set a timer from the start. This is a gross oversight, and I hope a resolution will be included in the next update or sooner. My regular smartwatch has this ability, but my Charge 3, which is an actual fitness watch, doesn't? That's pretty ridiculous.


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EdsonFitbit
Fitbit Moderator
Fitbit Moderator

@CAGustafson Thanks for sharing your suggestion.

 

It would be very useful having a timer app for weight lifting. We will see what other users think and once any update be available it will be communicated as soon as possible.

Lymoon
Recovery Runner

Yeah true. a timer is important in the weight lefting to time resistance and rests. 

Roberto89
Stepping Up

 Agree, as i bought one today and immediately realized it was missing this key feature. I'm hoping to see it implemented soon in a next update.

atreiu
First Steps

Agree, this is a key feature and it's missing.

GBentley2102
First Steps

March 12th and still no interval timer available while in weight lifting mode. I just got the watch yesterday, and it's great in many regards, but not being able to use the interval timer while weight lifting is a pretty big oversight. Paid $230 (Canadian) and now I'm still using a kitchen timer to time my 60 second breaks. 

Lymoon
Recovery Runner
Yeah it simple yet very useful feature
JYK
Jogger

Agree. This is a main thing for weight exercises. @EdsonFitbit Is there any news about this? A lot of time has passed.

ls06
First Steps

Please, an interval timer would be amazing. Click after the repetition, it vibrates after a few seconds of configurable rest time. So simple, and still nothing after years!

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