User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Activities and Apps
- Training
- Workouts
- Setting a Training Target
- PacePro Training
- Racing a Previous Activity
- Personal Records
- Using the Metronome
- Setting Up Your User Profile
- Pausing Your Training Status
- Activity Tracking
- Smart Features
- Heart Rate Features
- Wrist-based Heart Rate
- Running Dynamics
- Performance Measurements
- Turning Off Performance Notifications
- Detecting Your Heart Rate Automatically
- Syncing Activities and Performance Measurements
- Training Status
- About VO2 Max. Estimates
- Getting Your VO2 Max. Estimate for Running
- Recovery Time
- Recovery Heart Rate
- Training Load
- Viewing Your Predicted Race Times
- Performance Condition
- About Training Effect
- Pulse Oximeter
- Using the Stress Level Widget
- Body Battery
- Music
- History
- Navigation
- Wireless Sensors
- Customizing Your Device
- Device Information
- Troubleshooting
- Product Updates
- Getting More Information
- Activity Tracking
- Acquiring Satellite Signals
- Restarting the Device
- Resetting All Default Settings
- Updating the Software Using the Garmin Connect App
- Updating the Software Using Garmin Express
- Is my smartphone compatible with my device?
- Maximizing Battery Life
- How can I manually pair ANT+ sensors?
- Can I use my Bluetooth sensor with my watch?
- My music cuts out or my headphones do not stay connected
- Appendix
- Index
manually. You can manually adjust your zones on the device or
using your Garmin Connect account.
1
From the watch face, hold UP.
2
Select Settings > User Profile > Heart Rate.
3
Select Max. HR, and enter your maximum heart rate.
You can use the Auto Detection feature to automatically
record your maximum heart rate during an activity (Detecting
Your Heart Rate Automatically, page 15).
4
Select Resting HR, and enter your resting heart rate.
You can use the average resting heart rate measured by your
device, or you can set a custom resting heart rate.
5
Select Zones > Based On.
6
Select an option:
• Select BPM to view and edit the zones in beats per
minute.
• Select %Max. HR to view and edit the zones as a
percentage of your maximum heart rate.
• Select %HRR to view and edit the zones as a percentage
of your heart rate reserve (maximum heart rate minus
resting heart rate).
7
Select a zone, and enter a value for each zone.
8
Select Add Sport Heart Rate, and select a sport profile to
add separate heart rate zones (optional).
Letting the Device Set Your Heart Rate Zones
The default settings allow the device to detect your maximum
heart rate and set your heart rate zones as a percentage of your
maximum heart rate.
• Verify that your user profile settings are accurate (Setting Up
Your User Profile, page 8).
• Run often with the wrist or chest heart rate monitor.
• Try a few heart rate training plans, available from your
Garmin Connect account.
• View your heart rate trends and time in zones using your
Garmin Connect account.
Heart Rate Zone Calculations
Zone % of
Maximum
Heart Rate
Perceived Exertion Benefits
1 50–60% Relaxed, easy pace,
rhythmic breathing
Beginning-level
aerobic training,
reduces stress
2 60–70% Comfortable pace,
slightly deeper
breathing, conversation
possible
Basic cardiovascular
training, good
recovery pace
3 70–80% Moderate pace, more
difficult to hold
conversation
Improved aerobic
capacity, optimal
cardiovascular training
4 80–90% Fast pace and a bit
uncomfortable, breathing
forceful
Improved anaerobic
capacity and
threshold, improved
speed
5 90–100% Sprinting pace,
unsustainable for long
period of time, labored
breathing
Anaerobic and
muscular endurance,
increased power
Pausing Your Training Status
If you are injured or sick, you can pause your training status.
You can continue to record fitness activities, but your training
status, training load focus, and recovery feedback are
temporarily disabled.
Select an option:
• From the training status widget, hold UP, and select
Options > Pause Training Status.
• From your Garmin Connect settings, select Performance
Stats > Training Status > > Pause Training Status.
TIP: You should sync your device with your Garmin Connect
account.
Resuming Your Paused Training Status
You can resume your training status when you are ready to start
training again. For best results, you need at least two VO2 max.
measurements each week (About VO2 Max. Estimates,
page 16).
Select an option:
• From the training status widget, hold UP, and select
Options > Resume Training Status.
• From your Garmin Connect settings, select Performance
Stats > Training Status > > Resume Training Status.
TIP: You should sync your device with your Garmin Connect
account.
Activity Tracking
The activity tracking feature records your daily step count,
distance traveled, intensity minutes, calories burned, and sleep
statistics for each recorded day. Your calories burned includes
your base metabolism plus activity calories.
The number of steps taken during the day appears on the steps
widget. The step count is updated periodically.
For more information about activity tracking and fitness metric
accuracy, go to garmin.com/ataccuracy.
Auto Goal
Your device creates a daily step goal automatically, based on
your previous activity levels. As you move during the day, the
device shows your progress toward your daily goal .
If you choose not to use the auto goal feature, you can set a
personalized step goal on your Garmin Connect account.
Using the Move Alert
Sitting for prolonged periods of time can trigger undesirable
metabolic state changes. The move alert reminds you to keep
moving. After one hour of inactivity, Move! and the red bar
appear. Additional segments appear after every 15 minutes of
inactivity. The device also beeps or vibrates if audible tones are
turned on (System Settings, page 26).
Go for a short walk (at least a couple of minutes) to reset the
move alert.
Turning on the Move Alert
1
From the watch face, hold UP.
2
Select Settings > Activity Tracking > Move Alert > On.
Sleep Tracking
While you are sleeping, the device automatically detects your
sleep and monitors your movement during your normal sleep
hours. You can set your normal sleep hours in the user settings
on your Garmin Connect account. Sleep statistics include total
hours of sleep, sleep levels, and sleep movement. You can view
your sleep statistics on your Garmin Connect account.
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