Using Brick

Workouts and device export

Session detail, Garmin Workout screen, auto-push, recommended data screens, and move / skip / complete.

Open any planned session from the calendar to see the full prescription: intervals, purpose, cues, fueling, and load.

Session detail

Interval charts and step lists show warmup, work, recoveries, and cooldown with intensity as a fraction of threshold. Read the purpose and intended adaptation before you start — that is the coaching intent.

Device export

Export structured workouts (for example .FIT / .ZWO and provider push where connected) so your watch or head unit guides the session. Garmin athletes typically push via intervals.icu. See Connections.

On Garmin, Brick drives the native Workout screen: step name, time or distance remaining, target range with out-of-range alerts, repeat count (for example 2 of 3), and warmup / interval / rest / cooldown intensity. Targets follow the session type — heart rate for easy / Z2, power or pace for quality — using your thresholds (FTP, threshold pace, CSS, LTHR) so numbers stay accurate as fitness changes. Sustained quality steps may include an HR cap in the workout note (and as a secondary target on native .FIT downloads where the device supports it). intervals.icu currently enforces the primary target only.

Auto-push tomorrow

Connecting intervals.icu (Garmin) or Karoo turns on Auto-push tomorrow's workoutby default. Each night Brick sends only the next day's structured session — not the whole week — so mid-week plan changes stay accurate. Turn the switch off in Settings → Connections anytime to stop nightly sends.

  • If you apply a proposal or move/skip tomorrow's session, Brick re-syncs the watch.
  • Rest days and unstructured sessions are not pushed.
  • Manual "Push to Garmin" and .FIT / .ZWO download still work for any day.
  • Garmin may take a few minutes to show the workout after intervals.icu receives it.

Recommended Garmin data screens

Brick cannot push custom activity-profile layouts to a watch or Edge — those stay under your control. Structured workouts automatically open Garmin's Workout screen; for the rest of the ride or run, add fields once per activity profile:

  • Bike / Edge: 3s or 10s power, heart rate, cadence, time in step, next step.
  • Run: lap pace or average pace, heart rate, cadence, time in step, next step.
  • Swim: pace / 100, stroke rate if available, time in step.

Keep thresholds current in Brick (and synced via intervals.icu) so power, pace, and HR targets resolve on the device. Indoor trainer sessions are marked indoor when your venue is indoor or treadmill.

Move, skip, complete

  • Move — reschedule when life happens; watch spacing tips.
  • Skip — mark untrainable; key skips may trigger a reprioritize proposal.
  • Complete — mark done when you trained without a sync, or confirm after sync.