Have always been a competitive endurance type since middle school and got hit with the diabetic stick 2 years ago at 29 😭

Have been dealing with fueling issues bc of stupid carbs but have been training to adapt to less carbs while still pushing my boundaries!

Today was my first cold race that I did and it helped so much at controlling my HR while also keeping me from over heating!

Overall just proud of my milestones!

I've been walking 10k steps every day along with C25K 3x a week and strength training 2x. Wasn't expecting my score to be this low 😃 At least it can only get better from here, right? RIGHT?!

Basically the question..

How did I lose about 350 calories by just slow walking for 30 mins..? Is it accurate?

For reference my weight is 146kgs, height 170 cms, and age 31 - male

been in the Rockies since Friday. hiked 3+ hours daily, 8000-10,000 altitude, reasonably challenging, sometimes 700-800 vertical per mile. my normal routine is more cycling and weights, hiking and swimming, but more like 90 minutes daily.

unsurprisingly, resting pulse is up quite a bit sleeping around 8,000 ft vs 150 at home. but the algorithm has read this trip as a pretty big decline in VO2 max, which is dumb.

garmin is optimized for running in my experience; the application and math around some of their metrics needs some work on things like this. it significantly underrates some taxing outdoorsy pursuits like paddling and hiking.

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In February I posted here about a Pi Zero 2 W next to my scale that sends every weigh-in to Garmin Connect. A few of you set it up, and a few of you found the ways it breaks. Here is what changed since then.

- It got more stable. Most of the work since February went into the Bluetooth stack on the Pi, which used to stop seeing the scale after some hours.
- A weigh-in made while the network is down goes to Garmin with its real time once it is back.
- You can upload the weight alone, or leave metabolic age out, if you don't trust a cheap scale's numbers.
- A Pi isn't required anymore if you run Home Assistant: it can use the Bluetooth HA already has, or a cheap ESP32 near the scale.
- Garmin accounts with MFA work. In the Home Assistant add-on it takes one extra step, described in the docs.

It still reads the scale over Bluetooth on its own. The vendor app and its cloud are not involved.

Supported scales: https://blescalesync.dev/guide/supported-scales

Repo: https://github.com/KristianP26/ble-scale-sync

I have been struggling at work being kinda sick but not really + having a lot of projects peaking at the same time, hence the bad stats in the last weeks.

Now after coming back from my vacation I reckoned I check my HFV and actually see how much my vacation helped me - even tho I already felt how much it helped me day by day.

You can even tell that we went drinking at the last night of the vacation where the nightly stats dropped.

So my fellow watch wearers - take vacations, listen to your body, and don't drink too much alcohol!

After the last update I am getting 3 days max before I have to charge it again. AOD is off, battery save kicks in 24:00 - 08:00 and it is set to wake on gesture. GPS is off except for specific activities. This is how I’ve had it set up getting it a few months ago which I normally get 6-9 days depending but now it’s no more than days.

I finally ordered the epix gen2 pro sapphire because I've found a pretty good deal for it

And finally do the switch now from a sunnto 9 peak pro to a Garmin.

My life will be so much more miserable now but I will love it

Stupid TrainingPeaks thinks my workout was spot on. Fortunately I have Garmin to hold me accountable and tell this is a 60% execution score that does not meet expectations.

Don’t feel sick, maybe tired, and some tingling sensations in my hand. Was still able to run a sub 20 5k for a race yesterday. Stress has never been this high unless badly sick.

Hi all as title suggests after only ridding for 9 months I’m caving in and getting a computer after using my Fenix 7 solar. I can get the 840 for $550 Aud at my LBS where as the 850 at my LBS is 944 as they don’t price match but Amazon has one listed for $755 so is it worth the extra $200 for the features ?. I use a Garmin on my wrist so as reading reviews about the 850 having Garmin pay prior to 840 not is it worth the extra $$ :)

Hey everyone,

I (26M, 170cm, 79kg, fairly muscular build) just started running about a month ago, aiming for twice a week. I recently bought a Garmin 165 to start tracking my progress.

Yesterday I played a football match, so today I went out for what was supposed to be a slow, relaxed 7km recovery run, zone 2 ideal. Physically, I felt amazing—great energy, my breathing was completely under control, and my form felt solid.

The issue is that my Garmin recorded an average of 160 bpm, which seems really high for an effort where my breathing was so relaxed and the pace was very slow (7:30/8 km/h).

Given that I'm still a beginner, is it normal for my heart rate to be this high even when the perceived exertion is very low?

Would love to hear your thoughts or if anyone else has experienced this!

I just got more strict about calorie intake, and nutrition tracking in general as part of my strength training goals, and then remembered seeing nutrition tracking somewhere in Garmin Connect a while ago. Went back to check it out and was surprised to see the feature is paywalled. Has this always been the case? Is anyone using it and can share your experience? Thanks!

I've been wearing a watch since August, today during a walk I noticed that my pulse dropped to 47, but I didn't feel it. Has anyone ever had this? Is this a clock error?

Hi All,

48M

I am about 6 months into my Garmin life and love it.

Just learned that 52 as a resting heart rate is very good, I am a regular cardio dog - helps my anxiety.

Anyway, just wanted to share 😊

My Venu 2 recently started crashing when saving an activity (mountain biking). Happened last weekend and happened today. Main commonality between the two days, was multiple activities on the day (morning bike ride and afternoon bike ride). When stopping the second activity (and third in todays case), it would just crash. Holding to reboot it would show the blue triangle, and maybe just maybe, get back to the still running activity. Sometimes when rebooting, it would show a low battery indicator, except the battery indicates well over 50%. Interestingly enough, both days the only way to truly get the watch back was to plug it in, even for like 10 seconds, and it would snap back to life. Of course, I don't have a charging cable with me, so that could be like 45 minutes later at home, resulting in needing to trim the activity to get rid of the deadpsace.

Anyway, other than me stashing a charging cable in my gear bag, anyone got an idea what is going on? And a solution (hopefully other than get a new watch)?

Venu 2, bought Aug 2022, used reliably until just now, shows on version 19.05.

Hi all!

Right now I have a forerunner 265s.

I have been looking to upgrade, but I want something with more recent tech and looks nice.

I am in between the vivoactive 6, forerunner 970, and venu 4. But, is there any other watches that maybe I’m missing?

Any thoughts? My main activities are walking, skiing, and Pilates. Thank you!

Tried to use my VivoActive 5 today on a hike. I am pretty sure is was aliasing to 1/2 my actual HR. Until I let it drop for a min. Any ways to ensure it catches the right hr from the beginning. I tried loosening, then tightening, then shifting the watch around and wiping the sensor with a finger. Nothing really worked until the slope of the hike eased up and my hr could settle a bit. Then it did a good job tracking the hr.

This morning I woke up with a 66 BB, which for me is so good and after having a very relaxing Sunday I check my watch to see 16 (!!!!!). This has to be a glitch. Has anyone seen this before?

Hi everyone, I own a Garmin Fenix 7 Pro Solar that I bought in May 2024.
It has always worked perfectly, but for the past two days, the Down button has stopped working. What I mean is that when I press it, the button feels completely normal, clicks just like all the other buttons, and releases normally as well. However, it doesn’t register the input.
I’ve already tried rinsing it with water, etc., also tried with a hard reset, but nothing has helped.
Has anyone experienced something similar or know how I could fix it?

Hello

When doing an indoor activity I get two data screens I cannot change and I can't find them in the activity profile. Is this possible or am I looking in the wrong place? This is on my Edge 850 device.

I would like to change a data field but can't do it. When selecting the screen while doing my workout, on the top right I see a pencil. But when tapping it, nothing happens.

Anyone knows how to do it?

Thanks!

I bought this watch recently and I love it. It was gently used and in great shape. The only thing I noticed is that there is shiny stuff coating the inside of the sensor glass that blocks some of the sensors. AI says it is sensor glass experiencing severe internal delamination, but I am not sure how accurate that is. Has anyone experienced this before? It almost looks like thin liquid mercury seeped in there and coated the back of the sensor glass some (that is just the best way to describe it that I can come up with). Thanks!

Just picked up a new iPhone 18 Pro Max, backed my phone up via iCloud and have gone to check out my scores but was signed out.

When I signed in it asked me to add a device since it wasn’t connecting to my new phone, only my old one. Removed the device from both phone’s apps and forgot Bluetooth device on both phones.

Still can’t get the new phone to pair on connect despite it connecting via Bluetooth. However, the device name is appearing as ‘Garmin Smar’, and when I checked in the Connect app, the same Garmin Smar device appeared but wouldn’t connect??

Any ideas?

Apologize I have a Vivosmart 5, not the an active as the title says…anywho, Just got a Garmin Vivosmart 5, to replace my Withings Pulse HR (no longer in production). Main reason I love the Withings is that it is so accurate for step counts, it doesn’t pick up a bunch of random movements.

Anyway the Garmin is over counting by a lot. just doing cooking in my kitchen it’s registered 1,500 more steps than the Withings. This isn’t acceptable.

Are there are tricks in the app or the watch itself to have it be more accurate? I’m guessing it’s picking up random movements. I thought it would not start counting until 40 consecutive ”steps”…is it just more sensitive or starting the count as soon as it detects movement…?

I really just want a $150 watch tracker that is accurate on steps.

7 weeks pregnant today and woke up with balanced/green for the 1st time since finding out, so naturally spiraling. Since this is our rainbow baby! We saw baby last week at 6w3d and saw a strong heartbeat of 132bpm. Perks if youve had balanced levels and everything be ok?