The device monitors your activity intensity and tracks
your time spent participating in moderate to
vigorous intensity activities (heart rate data is
required to quantify vigorous intensity). You can
work toward achieving your weekly intensity minutes
goal by participating in at least 10 consecutive
minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity activities.
The device adds the amount of moderate activity
minutes with the amount of vigorous activity
minutes. Your total vigorous intensity minutes are
doubled when added.
Earning Intensity Minutes
Your Forerunner device calculates intensity minutes
by comparing your heart rate data to your average
resting heart rate. If heart rate is turned off, the
device calculates moderate intensity minutes by
analyzing your steps per minute.
Start a timed activity for the most accurate
calculation of intensity minutes.
Exercise for at least 10 consecutive minutes at a
moderate or vigorous intensity level.
Wear your device all day and night for the
most accurate resting heart rate.
Garmin Move IQ Events
The Move IQ feature automatically detects activity
patterns, such as walking, running, biking, swimming,
and elliptical training, for at least 10 minutes. You
can view the event type and duration on your
Garmin Connect timeline, but they do not appear in
your activities list, snapshots, or newsfeed. For more
detail and accuracy, you can record a timed activity
on your device.
Activity Tracking Settings
From the watch face, hold UP, and select Settings >
Activity Tracking.
Status: Turns off the activity tracking features.
Move Alert: Displays a message and the move bar on
the digital watch face and steps screen. The device
also beeps or vibrates if audible tones are turned
on (
System Settings, page 32
).
Goal Alerts: Allows you to turn on and off goal alerts, or
turn them off only during activities. Goal alerts appear
for your daily steps goal, daily floors climbed goal, and
weekly intensity minutes goal.
Move IQ: Allows your device to automatically start and
save a timed walking or running activity when the
Move IQ feature detects familiar movement patterns.
Sleep Pulse Ox: Allows your device to record up to four
hours of pulse oximeter readings while you sleep.
Turning Off Activity Tracking
When you turn off activity tracking, your steps, floors
climbed, intensity minutes, sleep tracking, and Move IQ
events are not recorded.
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