I do strides at the end of my long runs, tempo runs, threshold work, vomax workouts, and lift weights, but my anaerobic has NEVER not been 0. what gives?

Just got myself a Garmin titanium band. Damn this thing is so comfortable.
Don’t even feel the difference in the weight of the watch.
Finally I have a dress up Garmin setup 🙌🏼

PS: have 6 links available if anyone needs any.

I have many bands, but the official titanium band definitely gives you this fresh feeling on your wrist. I know it’s not that good for GPS activities and considered to be heavy, but I did 60 mins on a treadmill with no problems whatsoever. Highly recommended while the stock still lasts. I have a feeling Garmin is discontinuing it because of the GPS signal interference.

I have a 965. Set to run. Ended run and chose save but it’s not there. I haven’t been able to run in 9 months due to illness so it’s very important for me to track :/ it clearly is “working” and tracking an activity. It also did it to me months ago when I needed to finish a “run” to get a credit for NYC marathon. I am not sure what is wrong. My previous garmin never had an issue.

My sleep scores are abruptly awful. I’ve always had decent sleep scores ranging between 70-90. The last week I’m struggling to get over 50. My body battery starts the day around 30 and is usually at 5 by the end of the day. But I wake up feeling fine and I feel fine throughout the day. My training readiness is also bouncing between detraining and strained depending on whether I have worked out or not. It just doesn’t make any sense.

My sleep scores, body battery, and trading readiness before this week reflected how I felt pretty accurately. I did download an update recently so I’m wondering if something has changed in the tracking? Or do I need to reach out to Garmin support?

I don’t need advice on improving the scores. My overall self care is great. I don’t feel they are accurate at all.

I’ve noticed if I’m up and moving for short distances like cleaning the house or cooking my garmin will still send me move reminders, even though I’m up and moving around. It also does not count any of those steps. In addition, it will tell me I’m experiencing high stress during those activities. I think it’s doing this because it’s clocking my HR but not the movement. Any fixes????

Hi all, I have an etrex 20X - second one I've had - been using them for years - awesome bit of kit.

Back in 2023, my Birdseye Imagery subscription ended, and there was no option to renew.

After some dialogue with Garmin, was told they were no longer supporting it.

I hadn't used the Garmin for a few years, as I hadn't been hiking (had a kid), and finally dusted it off to do some adventuring, only to find Birdseye is working again.

Basecamp now says (when I go to download from the Birdseye Menu at the top):

Subscription: Active Expiration Date: Jan 2038

And it's working fine.

Anyone else finding this?

Hi all, how important is the country of residence thing? I see you can't change it anymore. I've just bought my first Garmin Forerunner and I started making a Garmin Connect account but stopped when it asked for country of residence. I'm British and currently living in Thailand on a three year contract so technically Thailand is my country of residence but I don't want my region to be stuck on Thailand forever if I eventually move. Should I just choose the UK instead? Or choose Thailand and worry about changing it in the future?

How do you increase your VO2 max?

I've had my Fenix ​​8 for a little over a year now, and recently I got a Cirqa. My VO2 max was 54 at the beginning and has been declining ever since, even though I train the same way.

Currently, I'm at 47 at 26 years old. I mainly cycle and run, and I also do freediving once or twice a week and a little padel when my friends invite me, but it's still quite rare compared to before, so I can't really count it.

The advice provided by Garmin Connect is:

- that I should lower my BMI, which isn't necessarily that bad since I'm 174cm tall and weigh 71kg

- that I should do more sustained interval training because, even though I'm often in zone 3/4 during my workouts, they're considered low aerobic and sometimes high aerobic…

I've also changed jobs, which have become more sedentary, but I make sure to stay active throughout the day with fairly regular breaks.

I await your recommendations

Recently bought the forerunner 165. Yesterday I was sitting in the car for around 3 hours when I noticed that it recorded steps (more than 10k steps) when I was just sitting in the car. I also got a lot of notifications that I had gone up the stairs (like 50 in total).

Is anyone experiencing this? How to fix it?

I can't get it to turn back on until I get it plugged in to charge. It shows that it has a good charge. I keep it updated and connected to my phone. I've tried normal reboots and still no success. Thoughts?

Have the Venu 4, and have had it for about 4 months. I don’t drink, and sleep around 6.5-7 hours per day. I have never got my body battery above 40%, and my sleep is always poor or fair. It’s getting frustrating to see I should feel like crap every day. Anyone have any tips or useful ideas on how to assist this, other than stop wearing it during sleep?

My girlfriend has been wearing her Garmin watch, and she recently noticed this red, itchy patch on her wrist right underneath where the watch sits.

It seems to have developed pretty recently, and we’re not sure what’s causing it. She has been wearing this watch for almost a year but only started about a couple months ago. We’re wondering if it’s a reaction to the silicone band, sweat getting trapped underneath, or something else. She also takes it off whenever she showers.

Has anyone else experienced something similar with their Garmin? If so, did you figure out what was causing it, and what helped clear it up?

I’ve attached a picture for reference. Any advice would be appreciated!

I used to do my indoor bike rides on Zwift but I recently switched to MyWoosh mainly because of the costs of Zwift. One of the big cons of MyWoosh is that I have manually import the activities to Garmin Connect. Zwift can be connected but it still doesn't update Training Status and Training Readiness for example. Or at least not for me.

So all in all which platform works the best combined with Garmin or which one would you advise if you also think about the costs? And lastly, what are the best settings or workarounds to get the best results for Training Status etc. whilst training on a virtual machine.

Btw. I use a Tacx Neo 2T and a Garmin Fenix 7 Sapphire Solar and a Garmin HRM-Pro Plus heartrate monitor. I don't have a cycling computer or powermeter (except the one in the Tacx) at the moment. Still thinking about getting a Garmin Edge.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Has anyone dealt with crazy pace fluctuations? My pace tracker was bouncing +/- 2min/mile every 10 seconds or so today. see picture (7mile run)

I’ve had my garmin watch for about a 6 months now… have put about 200 miles on it so far. Today went out for a 7miler on a trail I’ve been on before. It’s a riverside trail and not heavily wooded + no tall buildings surrounding me for the signal to bounce around on.

I'm the only one in my friend group that runs, so I don't really have anyone else to share this with 😅

I started the plan 4 weeks ago.

It's working way better than I ever thought it would. I still have some complains, like not taking elevation gain into account when I go too slow on a paced run. I still try my best even if I'm gassed before the interval is over and just call it hard training lol. Same thing for zones because my neighborhood is hilly AF.

This might look slow, but my fastest 5k a year ago was 45 minutes! I'm stoked.

Hi All,

I wanna try out a smartwatch for the first time with long battery life. I only do weightlifting and day-to-day walking as my activities, so no stuff like running, swimming etc. Still though, when I look online I always see that the foreRUNNER watchline is recommended for 'beginners' which always confuses me. Ive been looking around what I can get 2nd hand and im seeing the forerunner 165 for 150-170 euros, the 265 for 260-280 euros and a 965 for 270 euros. Im willing to pay 250-300, but idk if I need the 265/965 when the 165 might already suffice. What do those 2 bring that would benefit me, or is there even other recommendations that you guys think are more fit for what I need. I just want to see my steps, my sleep score, heart rate during training but everything else is somewhat extra ig? Thanks!

Hi everyone, after I reached my goal of running 5k, I decided to buy my first Garmin watch, but I'm not completely sure on which one may suit me better.

Because of my budget, the choice is limited to an instinct 3 solar or a Garmin forerunner 170, that are available to the same price ≈300€.

My main activity is running, but I also like hiking, btw I like rugged and solar watches too.

I already dig into the garmin comparison of the 2 products, but I'm not understanding what the forerunner 170 may have over the instinct 3 solar, in particular from a functionality pov.

Thank you for your help in advance.

I have scanned the sub for similar questions and I’m familiar with the rules; I’ve given considerable thought before posting this.

The responses I’ve found are dated and don’t include the recent line up of watches now available.

Like many others, I’ve been using my Fenix 5s Plus and will likely do so until it can no longer function. However, that said, I have noticed that it’s just not enough for the distances I prefer to race often leaving me without the full details.

I have small wrists and am pretty clumsy and the one specific I’m worried about is the durability of the newer watches. It’s only recent my watch is beginning to show signs of wear and tear owing to the fantastic Stainless Steel/Sapphire Glass combination.

I’m either blind, or it’s my confirmation bias but I just can’t seem to find any other watch that matches this spec that is newer and can handle ultra distances.

So please, Garmin community, if you were me and you were looking to upgrade your watch- would you? And if so, which watch would you choose? (I wouldn’t say my budget is endless, but I would prefer not to spend no more than £850).

Thank you!

Hi!

I've been tracking my runs and steps more frequently now, and I want to see which watch to invest in, or even invest in a garmin to start with.

I did do some research and I'm seeing a lot of recommendations for forerunner 165 or vivoactive 5, but I'm wondering if I even need to make such an investment?

I run about 15~20 miles a week, maybe a 2 half marathons a year. I just want to keep track of the stuffs I do on my strava without carrying my phone everywhere.

Hello,

I have a Venu 3 and the vibration on it has recently stopped working in most apps where it used to work.

The watch still vibrates with phone notifications, so it's not a hardware issue.

I tried restarting the watch 2 times and it didn't change anything.

Is this a known isssue and is there a solution for this?

Thanks in advance

Aaron

Hi so I have the fenix 9 pro. So I have 11 Garmin faces and 7 third party ones. It won’t let me add more unless I delete. Is this the maximum? I have 59.17 mb available and 24 available apps left if I want to