Rest timer

LiftTrack lets you set rest behavior per exercise so the watch handles your timing during a workout. Working sets and warmup sets get separate timers, so a heavy compound and its lighter ramp‑up rows do not have to share the same rest configuration.

How it works

Rest is configured inside the Workout Editor, on each exercise’s Exercise Builder Card. The flow is the same whether you are building a new workout or editing an existing one.

1. Tap the “Edit Rest” button on the exercise card. The Rest Timer modal opens, titled with the exercise name (for example, “Rest Timer — Bench Press”).
2. Pick a tab. Two tabs sit at the top: “Working Sets” and “Warmup Sets”. Each tab stores its own rest configuration for the exercise.
3. Choose a mode. Three modes are available on every tab:
   • “OFF” — no rest, no lap button. The watch moves to the next set without pause.
   • “Lap button press” — the watch waits for you to press the lap button before starting the next set.
   • A timed rest from 5 to 300 seconds, in 5‑second increments. The picker shows formatted durations like “1 min 15 sec”.
4. Save. The Exercise Builder Card shows a rest indicator chip whenever a non‑zero rest is configured. A separate warmup rest indicator appears once warmup rest is set and the exercise has warmup sets.

The configuration travels with the workout when it syncs to your Garmin watch. During the workout, the watch enforces whatever you picked: a countdown for timed rest, a wait‑for‑lap state for “Lap button press”, or no pause at all for “OFF”.

What you’ll see in the app

A few details specific to this feature.

• The “Edit Rest” button only shows when an exercise has at least one set, since rest is configured between sets.
• The rest timer modal lists “OFF” with the subtitle “No rest timer or lap button” and “Lap button press” with the subtitle “Press lap button to continue”, so the difference between “no pause” and “wait for me” is explicit.
• Both indicator chips on the card are visual — a regular rest chip for working sets and a separate warmup rest chip for warmup sets — and they only appear when a non‑zero rest is configured.
• The first time you add a lap button press to a workout, the app prompts you with the “Skip rest timer?” dialog: “would you like LiftTrack to automatically skip the rest timer after your last set or superset?” Your answer is saved, and you can change it later from “Skip Rest Timer” in Workout Settings.

When this helps

Different exercises in the same workout often call for different rests. A heavy bench triple wants two to three minutes; a lateral raise wants thirty seconds. Per‑exercise rest means you do not have to mentally track which timer applies to which exercise on your wrist — the watch already knows.

The warmup‑specific tab is the other half of this. Warmup sets are usually shorter rests than working sets (a quick reset between 40%, 60%, 80% on squat, then a longer first working‑set rest). Configuring those separately keeps your ramp‑up moving without dragging the working‑set rest down.

“Lap button press” mode is useful when you do not want a timer dictating the session — for very heavy work where rest depends on how recovered you feel, for partner lifts where you take turns, or for any session where the cue to start the next set is “I’m ready,” not “the clock said so.”

Setup

No setup is required. Rest timer behavior is configured per exercise inside the Workout Editor, and any changes save with the rest of the workout.

The “Skip Rest Timer” toggle lives in Workout Settings and applies globally to every workout that uses a lap button press. The first time you add a lap button to a workout, LiftTrack prompts you to set this preference; after that, change it any time from Settings.

Related features

• “Warmup sets” — configure the warmup ramp that the warmup rest timer applies to.
• “Superset support” — supersets pair exercises that alternate between sets, and the rest timer settings apply to each exercise in the pair.
• “Garmin watch integration” — the rest behavior you configure rides along when the workout syncs to your watch.