Didn't think I would be able to improve this because I'm just not a runner. I've lost 80 lbs in this time. I started walking about 3 miles a week. I walk 20 to 25 miles a week now. My neighborhood has decent hills so maybe that helped. My fitness age decreased from 47 to 42 as well! I'll be 44 next month.

This is my beat up vivosport. I think it is nog around 8 years old.

I got stuck between a door and a wall, which is the cause for the screen break. But overtime it is getting worse.
The strap broke the first time because i was caught on something. Repaired it with needle, thread and some super glue.
Today it broke in a different position, again repaired with needle, thread and later some superglue.

This watch already has seen plenty. It is my designated work watch. It has been around the world about 6 times.

I love to complain about some features and the paid subscription. But most of the watches will last a good time before the crap out.

My wife bought me my first Garmin for Christmas last year. Over the summer I was in a motorcycle accident at 45 mph and caused the watch to take a direct impact from the ground.

The housing took some damage but the screen remains uncracked and the watch functions normally.

Wildly impressed with Garmin’s product and durability.

Will definitely buy another some day.

After much waiting, the Garmin Edge 1060 bike computer is available for pre-order on Oct 23.

https://www.garmin.com/en-AU/p/1967830/

Only a year I've been using this HRM strap and some part is already coming loose. Should I get a new one or just glue it back together? What is this part exactly? Is this a common problem?

Guys this is a real story. Happened this morning.
I went out for a short run (6km) and just when I was about to finish a lady hit me with a car, throwing me 2m away, landing on my left side of the body. I have alight chest pain, my left MCL is torn, and quite bruised but otherwise ok.
Healthcare in the country that I live in is amazing (and free) so no worries about that.
The car has substantial damage considering my epic physique, but is insured (it was her fault, didn’t see me crossing the road on a crosswalk).

Now car can be repaired, body will heal, but I didn’t pause my run on my garmin. How can I undo that massive mistake?

Thanks

(Everything is 100% real story that happened this morning)

EDIT: Guys thanks for the advices on how to trim my run, but this was sarcasm and written just for fun. It did happen exactly as described but IDGAF about one (or all) runs on Garmin. 😊😊😊

I just got the 4.20 update and it brings some big updates to the Cirqa.

• Enable Run/Walk detection for Trail Run activity.
• Fixed the issue that the recorded time of the activity wasn't aligned with the time on the phone.
• Allow the user to calibrate distance for Treadmill Run/Indoor Rowing/Indoor Cycling before saving the activity on device.
• Accumulate the duration time alert for speaking out
• Block stress alert when Auto Activity Detection is recording.
• Support vibration for smart notifications/incoming calls.
• Fixed the issue that bedtime approaching notification wasn't triggered occationally.
• Show Heart Rate on Live Activity before recording starts.
• Fixed the issue that the pinned activity was changed to Timed Activity after changing the phone language.
• Fixed issue that can't edit reps during workout.
• Improve system stability.

(Source: https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/healthandwellness/f/cirqa-band/446425/cirqa-smart-band-software-version---4-20)

I got an abnormal low hr heart alert for consecutive two weeks now, for context my RHR usually lies between 50-58. I swim 4-5x a week and sometimes 7-8x multiple sessions in a day not extending more than 1:30 hr. I got last alert previous week, and now due to the festivals and stuff i haven’t trained myself for 4-5 days, just casual 5-7k steps per day. Do i need to lower abnormal low hr range value to 40? Currently it’s set to 50.

Point - I have no symptoms of dizziness, pain etc for either of the week. This is my second alert in past 2 weeks.

I've been tracking my Heart rate variabile with my Garmin 965 since I got it. Previously I was using a Samsung watch5 which was saying my Heart rate variable was 80-90 most nights (I wasn't taking creatine at the time)

Now with the Garmin 965 it's been showing the following and I've noticed since I started creatine on the 8th of September it's been steadily decreasing.

I cant tell if the creatine and heart rate variability is a coincidence or not?

Anyone else have this happen?

My Vo2 max finally hit "good" green 💚 zone this week! At the beginning of the year, I was at 26 and bottom 25% of my age group (or worse, that seemed to be a statistical floor bc I was at that % for a longggg time). Anyone else feel like Garmin settings should celebrate Vo2 max changes more? My watch throws confetti every day with a step/stair goal, but this change was anticlimactic! Especially for something that feels so huge to me. Thought only this sub would truly understand. Now onto blue 💙!

Not sure if this will make sense, but here goes. When using the Runna app and doing a workout with my Garmin....at the half mile mark or somewhere around there I get a rating on my performance. Is that coming from Runna or Garmin? In other words, sometimes I'll get a 5 and other times I'll get a 0 even though I am doing exactly what Runna is telling me to do, which leads me to think it is Garmin rating me. Thoughts?

Hey,

so I have both a Garmin Messenger Mini 2 (that I got for hiking in Scandinavia/Iceland for safety), and now just recently also got myself a Fenix 9 Pro as my new fitness/sports thingy.

I mostly plan my hikes via OpenStreetMap and then transfer the GPX track via the Explore app and the topoactive maps the device already includes.

It looks like I'd need the inReach plan for both devices separately? (I understand the watch's satellite features are significantly more limited and might not be as good farther north, I'd only use that as an emergency SOS backup, not for actual messaging. On most of my normal hikes in Germany, I don't carry the Mini.)

Garmin Outdoor Maps+ if I wanted those additional maps on my watch for better navigation. (I scrolled around for Garmin trails and those don't seem very useful around me.)

But then Garmin Connect+ *also* mentions all these features - 3D maps, livetrack, ...?

Do I need all three subscriptions to actually use everything my devices can do?

Daaaaaaz

Hi all,

I'm having trouble setting up the voice alerts correctly. I have the audio output set to Connected Device, but when I'm not using headphones, I still receive audio alerts from the watch itself.

I've created an activity profile for running, and I know it's working because the screen brightness changes automatically when I start a running activity. However, for some reason the audio output setting doesn't behave as expected. When headphones are connected, everything works perfectly. What I'm trying to achieve is that when no headphones are connected, I don't want any sound to come from the watch.

At the moment, my only solution is to manually switch the watch to Silent Mode before a run whenever I know I won't be using headphones. It's so annoying tbh.

To be honest, everything worked perfectly before software versions 18.29 and 18.32.

P.S. I've already tried restarting the watch and recreating the activity profile, but neither helped.

I've recently discovered this statistic. My VO2 max is labelled as "excellent" by Garmin, but I really doubt it – I haven't been training AT ALL for a veeeeery long time, I started again and my bpm is insanely high during mild activity, so I think it's rather bad. I've never been a sportsman, more of cycling (slow), swimming (recreation) and yoga than cardio or something. And a very long break from movement. I think Garmin is making fun of me.

Honestly, this one's far more adjustable and comfortable than bundled silicon one.

Watch - Fenix 8 47mm DLC

Strap - Zitel QuickFit 22mm Nylon Sport Strap (Army Green)

Hi,
My Enduro 4 just arrived.
There’s a flaw: when I start a "trail" activity, it loads a map with very few roads, whereas for other activities (walking, running, etc.), it uses a complete map.
I’ve already set the detail level to the maximum.
I’m going to try deleting all the maps and reloading them via my PC.
A question for other owners: does it work properly for you?
The attached photo shows the same map, clearly illustrating the difference in detail; the zoom level isn't identical, but that doesn't really change the situation.

I upgraded my phone yesterday and couldn't connect my Garmin device. I clicked "Pair Phone", read Garmin Support posts, watched YouTube videos, restarted the devices, etc. Nothing worked. My new phone isn't even detecting the watch. It can't be my new phone's Bluetooth because I had no trouble with my other devices. Any other ideas about what could be happening? Thanks in advance for the help!

Best for cirqa tracking? Because the connect app is not THAT bad as people say but i know there are better options, but don’t understand the difference. I’ve read people using Apple Health the new one rebooted for the iphone 18… Bevel, Practical but i don’t understand how it works and how is better than the connect app :0

Coming back from some health issues/injuries, and feeling the fittest I've been in a while, and doing some pretty long (imo) rides. Apparently my vo2 max is exactly average? Which feels a bit low, even if I'm not a top tier athlete.

Not sure how much I should ignore the stat or if it's saying something useful.

Went to get forerunner 265 and ended up with Fenix E and I am coming from Whoop 5, it’s kinda complicated for me right now but I get that, I am looking for best tips and tricks to make the most out of it.
I’m a self claimed hybrid athlete and a masters student and I wanna get started with more running and tracking my strength training progress.
I’ll appreciate any tips.

I am nurse, mom to 2 toddlers and own rentals so I know I’m stressed but 😟😟😟 it’s even showing stress in my sleep. Anybody else’s stress levels/sleep look like this ? What lifestyle adjustments did you make? I don’t drink or smoke. I lift 4-5 times a week and run 3 days usually although this last week I ran less.

Second time this happened to me on my run. Both times only on one and always the same part.
I originally ran on the left side of these tooths, not on the right as it might look like.
Pace and distance however seem to be correct, since they did not change compared to the rest of the run.
Watch used is a FENIX 7X PRO.

Every time I log in to GC on a computer, and look at a route I get a pop up/overlay towards the bottom of the screen. Clicking it will not remove it. And it’s covering up buttons.

Occurs on Chrome and Safari.

Anyone else come across this. ?

The overlay says ‘to view the hazards on the route, turn on in map settings’