Tools for Power Based Workouts for Garmin Watches

Jun 13, 2021

2 mins read

Power workout Power tool Stryd Power Running

Here is a small comparison chart between the several possibilities to create and execute power based workouts using Stryd (or Garmin own power device). It might not be exhaustive, if not simply post a request at the end of the page to include it.

Feature/Tool	Stryd Zones	Stryd Workout App	Run Power Workout	Power Tool for Runner	Power Based Workout for Runner
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Author	Stryd	Stryd	RunPowerWorkout	Dyrts	Dyrts
Type	Data Field	Application	Data Field	Data Field	Data Field
Stryd’s Device Support	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Garmin’s Power Device Support¹	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
Customization	Connect IQ	Menu on the Watch	Connect IQ	Connect IQ	Connect IQ
Power Zones	Fetched from Power Center	Models based on CP²	Table	Table
Work with Stryd Zones³	N/A	N/A	✅	✅	✅
Actual watches Support⁴	✅	✅	✅	Some	✅
Old watches Support⁵	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
Stryd Power Center’s Workouts Support	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌
Training Peaks’s Workouts Support	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Final Surge’s Workouts Support	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Nolio’s Workouts Support	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅
Tredict’s Workouts Support	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅
Intervals.icu’s Workouts Support	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅
RunMotion’s Workouts Support	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅
Garmin Connect’s Power Workouts Support	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
Garmin Connect’s Flat Pace Workouts Support	❌	❌	❌	✅⁶	❌
Power/HR Analysis	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Flat Pace Estimation	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Rich Dedicated single page field	✅⁷	N/A	✅⁷	❌	❌
Rolling power average	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Alerts	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Synchronization of the Workouts	Garmin Sync⁸	At application start⁹	Garmin Sync⁸	Garmin Sync⁸	Garmin Sync⁸

Only high end watches (FR945, FR745, FR645, Fenix) ↩︎
Stryd, Jim Vance, Steve Palladino, 80/20, Van Dijk and Van Megen models ↩︎
Required to view the session on Power Center. ↩︎
Watches with Connect IQ v3.2 or above. This API provides alerts and the support of structured workouts. ↩︎
Watches with Connect ID prior to v3.2. ↩︎
Through a comment of the workout step. ↩︎
Complex and nice customization possibilities! ↩︎ ↩︎
Synchronized through the normal synchronisation process from Garmin ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Requires an internet connection through the phone when starting the application ↩︎