Top Garmin Watch Tips From The EXPERTS

[@Joe_Souza]

Yes, more Garmin tips and yes to lactate threshold. I’d say Sarah and Mo.

[@runningchannel]

Deal!

[@AngellicAkima]

And Tom, for humour

[@blehhhhh1]

Don't forget Rick, for complementary skincare tips.

[@pquirk99]

I recommend creating copies of the Run activity for specific types of runs, such as parkruns, easy runs, long runs. You can then set unique alerts for each type of run, whether you want auto lap alerts, and which data screens you want (and in what order) for each activity. For an easy run, you may be interested in staying in Zone 2, so set a high HR alert for Z2, set the alert frequency to 1 minute and customize a HR zone data screen. For intervals, you may choose to have no alerts, but may want to prioritize pace, power and HR data in one data screen. If you use headphones, you can have most of this data narrated to you without having to look at your watch all the time.

[@garethjones8466]

That's a really clever idea, didn't know you could do that. I have a series of configured screens within the Run activity which I use for different run sessions. Now I can have dedicated activities!

[@cai0]

That's awesome! Thanks.

[@whysosalty]

thats a great tip, always wondered if that was possible. a guide video on how to do that would be helpful.

[@Mascha_Eleonora]

Thank you so much. This will help me loads!

[@abhishekpatel-r1e]

How to do this?

[@tasos.k]

That lap undo tip was so useful.

[@janeenright8450]

"undo lap" is what I have been searching for for weeks 😆 hopefully this is on the 55 model

[@AngellicAkima]

Pace Pro is an absolute game changer with being able to see how far ahead of your target you are in real time

[@Peakabike]

Not very useful in a race because you CANNOT correct the distance (and there are always small variations), use Peter's Race Pacer instead.

[@AlbertWeijers]

Discard lap!!! Great tip. Find my phone I use all the time. What I also got was to set my trail running shoes as default for trail running, now I call everything just running. Good video, Andy.

[@seanmcgrath1326]

Wonderful… just got my Foreunner 965. Keep the videos coming.

[@rebeccametcalf4448]

I learned about the undo lap button in a recent podcast, I think. Really useful lol I'm always hitting the lap button by accident

[@lutenteeehhh]

Do I need to activate it? I do not have this undo arrow and can not undo it (Garmin 945 XT).

[@squngy0]

This is quite a new feature still, IIRC it was only added about a month ago.

[@mad4tri]

Discard lap! Never knew! Great tip!

[@jillolsen4135]

Came here for the science and got a tech lesson :) Great video as a new Garmin user from Apple watch

[@runningchannel]

Hahaha great podcast call back 🙌

[@DiggerPrints0814]

The sadest part about this video, is the feature I didnt know I had I needed the most. "Find My Phone" this is seriously the most important tip I have ever received from the running channel hahaha.

[@planesptr37]

Yes, more Garmin tips please. And my vote for the lactate threshold test is Andy and Sarah

[@murielh766]

One I recently found was creating a random course. press on the three dots at bottom right corner (more); press on training and planning then courses. press "create course" - then "running". next screen is Drawing Method - press "automatic" - select your distance and direction, and then press next. It will ask you for your starting position and then it creates a course . Drag up the bottom screen and you can set your pace and/or goal time. Never knew that one existed. There is bound to be more that I didn't know about on the Garmin

[@michaelcummins9434]

This is awesome! You can also choose a "random" direction from your front door to see routes you've never thought about. Thanks for the tip.

[@neilbeacher17]

Great feature but just to clarify this is using the Garmin Connect app and not directly on your watch.

[@murielh766]

@neilbeacher17 yeah. I done it on the app. Then saved it and you can then send it to your watch

[@nickvc8957]

@@neilbeacher17i have a 955 and do this on my watch fwiw.

[@fat_vegan_slim]

I use "Find my phone" constantly 😅 I'm always forgetting where i put it down at home 😅

[@runningchannel]

Us too 😂

[@jkpiowa]

Yes!!

[@eomer1981]

That and the flashlight on the Fenix 7 😂

[@Pappamea81]

Me too, but on my Apple Watch, it’s way louder and you can press and hold to get a flashing light as well.

[@katesmiles4208]

Me too 😂

[@rebecca4508]

I really wish that Garmin would add "time only" on the training target. Sometimes I don't want to do a set distance in a time, but just to run for 60 or 90 minutes, It would be great to have this on the screen as a countdown so that you can turn round on an out and back, as well as see how many kms you're covering.

[@JonathanKoscik]

First watch video that was useful. Thanks!

[@runningchannel]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TischTosh]

I use HRV as an indication of whether or not I need to start my "try not to get sick" regimen 😅.... can't keep up with it on the daily, but it's super helpful when needful!

[@stephanmanthey]

Ever tried AutoLap in "Position" mode? Most people probably use the "Distance" mode set to 1 mi or 1 km. Using the "Position" mode counts a new round whenever you pass the starting position. Add a data field for rounds and you will never ever be confused about number of rounds made in the park or stadium. Kind regards and thanks for the video. 😊

[@Mack.Tracks]

I had to disable “Performance Condition” - Nothing worse than seeing -6 as you start a race!

[@tadejdanev5030]

how on 6x pro? ;)

[@neilporter6908]

I think it’s a useless and unreliable function. I started a warm up and it showed a -4 condition. I then restarted to an interval session and miraculously I had improved to a +3 condition.

[@AckerQ.]

Depending on which route I go, I either get a plus (slight downhill) or minus (uphill). I have disabled it as well.

[@willyengland]

I like it! It shows +1 to +5 always! 🙂 😎

[@sirsquid577]

​@neilporter6908 if anything I think that's proof you should warm up before you start a session/run or a race 😅

[@beachs7210]

Wow, I didn’t know I could set Run/Walk or HR zones on my FR 265! Thank you so much, great video!!

[@yvette-rebeccaneary5137]

I had no idea about the light hold -menu !! Amazing that will come in handy 😂

[@sireynolds]

Never knew about the lap undo. Definitely will find that helpful Is be happy to see some more videos on Garmin forerunner hints and tips

[@run.rahul.runitall]

Not only find my phone, there is find my watch too. I used it few days back. Very useful.

[@nyxablaze]

i track my shoe milage even though my shoes are beyond stuffed at this point - also HRV is awesome having been retrofitted to the fenix 6 in semirecent software updates. it showed a difference a couple days before i got hit w a bad covid case

[@runningchannel]

Yeah HRV is like an early warning system isn’t it?!

[@andyharrington8492]

I came out of covid with a form of exercise induced asthma. And because of meniscus surgery on both knees, I'm only doing no more than three and a half miles now. I do look at my watch a lot because I'm focusing on my heart rate in my pace. If my heart rate is too high and my pace is too low I slow down. So pace and heart rate are two things that I focus on

[@Rustyfox46]

Good luck explaining this science to Rick 🤭 Always been interested in which satellite setting to use. Good job Andy 👊🏻👌🏻

[@valarie218]

I'm a scatterbrain and not much of a runner. So the last Garmin tip about finding your phone is the only one I know and use regularly once I discovered it! I found out about it accidentally though!

[@jamesmitchell0885]

A good one I find is when I've planned a route in strava and synced that to my Garmin...I can setup a run and use the planned route on my run and it even prompts me audio on my headphones of say an upcoming turn

[@LuNa4Death]

Might as well make this a series and do the Coros Pace 3🥳 (this is a selfish request since that's what I use😂)

[@Doug_McC]

Plus 1 for Coros Pace 3 🎉

[@khuaplox]

hell ya!

[@Enoch-Root]

I think they're sponsored by Garmin. As a Garmin user though I'm definitely looking at switch to Coros for my next watch. I see no benefits from Garmin over Coros and the price of Coros watches is far superior.

[@AckerQ.]

@@Enoch-Root, I go the Coros Apex as I started running (2.5 years ago) and switched to Garmin 255 last December. I really loved the Garmin Coach as it brought me to structured running training. I am currently subscribed to one of the coaches there directly, so I don’t use their feature directly. I guess it depends on what we want from our watches, but I am happy I’ve switched to Garmin when I did. Sometimes is hard to know which features are personally useful until you try them. I really PacePro as well, although I used it only twice as a pacer.

[@LuNa4Death]

@@Enoch-Root that's fair, but also let's put it this way. If they do other brands it will show an unbiased opinion and if Garmin is the better option for features then it will let us as viewers (consumers) see it for ourselves plus sprinkle in additional credibility to their videos. Although, lets be real, I trust them with my training so I do trust their opinions very much already. 💃🏼

[@Teraed]

Спасибо. Всем что вы рассказали пользуюсь, но все равно интересно было послушать. Из последнего что для себя открыл в часах это что можно выбрать в ежедневных рекомендованных тренировках настройку по пульсу или по темпу. Интересно бы было послушать кто по мощности тренируется, как настроены экраны и как оценивают прогресс.

[@katierafferty12]

Yes! I would love to see a lactate threshold test!

[@Pappamea81]

These are great! Keep em coming! 😊 But I have a FR 55 and it doesn’t have a lot of these features unfortunately.

[@julietwistguernsey]

So useful - more please. Custom alerts 🤯👌

[@FagnerSerrano]

What a great video. Thank you guys!

[@sharkster85]

Yes to the Lactate Threshold Test and more vids like this

[@isthi000ify]

Very handy tips - thanks!!!

[@vivienblack5321]

We recently discovered track back whilst running an out and back on the trails. Very useful!

[@noahrextalosig685]

I just started my running journey. I have my trusted basic garmin 255. I’m excited getting fitter weekly and it’s definitely better than staying on my couch. But sometimes garmin is very harsh in its reminders to increase anaerobic/speed interval excercises.

[@thetimwinter]

This video was super helpful! I wish they would add a double tap confirmation for saving an activity. Stop > Save > Bro! Are you Sure? I think you have another 1k to go. > Saved

[@MrBoulderhead]

Would love to see James and Jess do the lactate threshold test! Enjoyed their different views in the marathon training run video

[@Mikenight120]

Loved this video! Learned more about the stats presented in my garmin. Garmin is trully awesome watch💯

[@jennabutler6304]

Yes, I love the garmin videos!

[@mioszmaciejczak8036]

I used to have an AW, so I've found quite difficult to pay via my Garmin to start with, but you can actually set up hot key for card payments, so it's easy and fast :)

[@augustryan2366]

Great video! I added the performance condition to my Fenix 7 and edge 1040

[@sebastianschreiber5302]

Pace pro brought be successfully through my first HM with negative splits. I found DSWs great because this keeps the training surprising and kinda reminds you to do the hard stuff as well. Training Status is another great feature, just to have visualization of training load, recovery etc.

[@JuhaYlitalo]

For lactate test, I'd say James and Jess What comes to Garmin tricks, you can set for each activity type whether or not it will ask self-evaluation at the end of activity (I guess it is just something that Garmin stores into your history, but doesn't actually use anywhere).

[@stevendeckert6373]

Garmin uses it for training readiness I think.

[@keagandevilliers2832]

performance condition is the biggest load of… if i’m running zone 2 it is always low. if i do intervals it’s high so literally just based on pace

[@JustBrowsing777]

Agreed. If I follow the watches recommended run of the day and that is a slow run, it complains about my performance even if I feel it's very easy. 🤦‍♂️

[@vincewarne228]

You can totally skew it if you head out fast for the first 10 mins. If you run slow up a hill with a vest on it’s terrible. Maybe not great as training readiness I do think it gives an indication of how efficient you are.

[@js.fuller]

Fab video, very helpful thanks!!

[@Pokeepogo]

I’m very down to watch Tom and Sarah do the lactate threshold test! Especially since we can compare to Sarah’s previous lab grade test

[@0MrFox0]

keep em coming!

[@stevenmcfarlane6010]

I'd say yes to lactate threshold - unedited version - I (and many people I know) have tried this several times and it's always failed having been through the whole guidance. Be good to see if we're doing something wrong or different and thats why it's failing.

[@ajayharvey1217]

Sarah, Tom, Jess, Mo and Andy for lactate threshold test!

[@garybc]

Can’t count the number of times I’ve pressed the lap button without meaning to. Thanks for that tip.

[@jelespuru]

Nice video. Thank you.

[@DM_RUNNING]

Thought I knew the watch quite well, but the find my phone bit is great

[@emvikk]

Great video, thank you!! During my runs I have the feeling that in low GPS-coverge areas Garmin might also take advantage of the accelerometer. Can this be the case or it's just the inaccuracy of the GPS, really? As for extra feature, I love the event-based daily training recommendations, which adapt as per your sleep, stress and recovery.

[@ShawnGreyling]

the lap button undo. what a life saver of a tip that is.

[@thiking1]

Useful video

[@CiCC-kány]

Please do the lactate threshold test video, but do it in the lab too, and compare the results. I would be really interested in how much can the watch estimate be taken seriously.

[@Jorg303]

Already been done, 11% lower on watch than labsetting

[@CiCC-kány]

@@Jorg303 What is lower, pace or heart rate?

[@jazzplace]

Keep it coming

[@ckohlermn]

Add your Dog as Gear in Connect. Also if you want you can creat a unique Dog walking activity and have it automatically add the dog(gear) to that activity. Then you can track your dogs walks etc.

[@deadlydavidpocock129]

Yes do more Incident detection would be good

[@SVpedro68]

Another battery saver for long runs when navigating is the track orientation - the default is to always track up (so that the heading big always points in the direction of travel, but this causes the screen to redraw a lot more often). Change it to "track north", which means that 12 o'clock on your watch is always North. Takes a bit of getting used to when running in a southerly direction but it saves some battery life 😉😎

[@wk633]

oh that's brilliant!

[@AckerQ.]

Did anyone test how much battery will be saved?

[@SVpedro68]

@@AckerQ. I thought someone had done but a quick search seems to mostly throw up anecdotal evidence, so I may give it a try at some point as I am genuinely intrigued. I much prefer track up but it seems to make sense that constant screen redraws would drain the battery more than just redrawing the pointer and moving the screen according to distance travelled, but I use track north just to save battery life. I'd love to know how much battery I'm saving 🤔😊

[@whysosalty]

Always like to see more tips on making sessions easier to follow and tips and tricks to improve that is great. More please. Maybe worth noting that some of the features are only available on newer watches. The apple map pin ism't available on older phones like the Fenix 6X Pro for example (and i assume all phone from that year and older).

[@dannirr]

thank you - enjoyed it

[@headstart.running]

I used to think Performance Condition ranged from -10 to +10, with me rarely seeing anything outside of +/-5... ...then recently I started a 10k race and saw "+13"!!!! Was such an ego boost!!!! (oh and Definitely Andy and Rick for Lactate testing: Great to see what a high end lactate performer would look like, and Rick's struggles with science basics would make entertaining viewing)

[@sdixon92]

I used the pin drop navigation to get from the finish of London Marathon to meet my family Mile 27. ( They had my phone)

[@katieamarshh]

The lap discarded funnily enough I discovered literally today 😂

[@gabesrunning8495]

Since I could not afford one of the new Garmin‘s, I use a Fenix 5 in prep for my first HM. I must say this Fenix 5 is giving me some hard time as inconsistency is on a regular base, HR spikes all the time, pace showing odd timing, horrendous. But I am stuck with this for my prep, hope at least to finish my HM regardless😜😜

[@PhilMUK]

Looking forward to the same video for Coros

[@kwhite312002]

I would love to see a Garmin lactate threshold test and see how it compares to a lab’s test.

[@mrepage5896]

Useful, thanks

[@ZyboroTown]

Subscription made🎉

[@rscott6512]

Yes more please 🎉

[@CanalMecanica]

great video, very interesting! May you explain the differences between HIKE an TRAIL RUN modes in Garmin Fenix 3? How does Garmin collect trekking data in both cases

[@jt.8144]

VO2 MAX. a great indicator

[@Quintinia]

There's a timer which you can access through the "light" menu and I use it all the time for brewing tea, boiling eggs etc

[@mothanare]

Using the watch heart rate sensor when cycling on zwift. You go to watch sensors and you broadcast the heart rate and it will record the heart rate on zwift.

[@fedupwithaccounts]

Sarah and James for the lactate threshold test. They love to make each other suffer 🤣

[@PatrikS1994]

would be interesting to see you test the lactate on garmin compared to the lab test

[@LachlanNoone]

That first tip is going to change my life.

[@MoggleBoggle]

I recently upgraded from a 255 to a 955, mainly for the full mapping, which is fantastic. But the 955 has some odd quirks. For example, its default Sleep setup was to go into Battery Saver mode, which turns off the HR monitor. This meant that pretty much all of the watch’s recommendations for recovery, training suggestions, and HRV status were hopelessly inaccurate. Strange!

[@Drbhupisuhag]

Txs 😊

[@GeoffreyRun]

Find my phone/watch is a great tip, thanks 👍

[@guilhermefalcao1817]

Hi! Very good video! I loved it! How can I do to calibrate my watch when runnin on a treadmill? When I first used my Garmin Forerunner 965 my cadence was a lot lower than now. So , my Garmin is sooo wrong , because it uses the accelerometer to estimate pace, distance , etc. Thanks

[@GripEngineering]

Activity: Treadmill Upon stopping activity, keep scrolling down and you should eventually see Calibrate. I have a 965 and at first I just saved the activity; easy to miss the Calibrate option way down the list of options.

[@guilhermefalcao1817]

@@GripEngineering thank you so much!!

[@carlogiorgi]

Great video thanks 🇧🇷

[@WestNottsRunner]

Find my phone is definitely a favourite of mine but didnt realise you could also use it to find my watch. Once there's an update for find my watch charger then it really will be top notch 😂 I never realised rhats what the recovery time meant and always thought it to be not to run. Fortunately I always ignored it and did run so I was being good rather than a rebel it turns out! Other than that i knew most of them so must be a watch geek, albeit an old model watch geek.

[@marlinweekley51]

I have a Garmin 945. I struggle with often bad or questionable elevation gain data. Occasionally it seem correct for the course often though it’s way off and inconsistent. Ran a flat marathon with a friend last week- 500’ of gain on the course, my 945 showed 3500’. Any ideas?

[@Kallekula274]

Good video even though there was nothing new for me. To be fair some of the things mentioned took me a month to notice after i got my fenix. I got some things i noticed think some migvt not know. - when turning on the flashlight you can adjust the brightness instantly. -you can adjust short keycommands so if u like to take a screenshot by holding stop and up button. Or turn on touch by pressing start and down both at once. -you can enter emergency contacts so garmin can contact them if something happens to you. -%hrr zones was good to switch to instantly. -you have to manually switch pulse ox measures rather than opt out. -you can have stamina and potential stamina on the watchface when running. -pace pro functionality took a while before i tried it. -sometimes i forget to turn off the activity (if it happens to be discgolf or something other than running) and you can easily crop it afterwards.

[@grast961]

Please can you show how to set up a timer for a HIIT workout, I’m finding it a little bit frustrating 😊

[@stevehallesy]

Question if you race a previous run on the watch and indicates your 10 seconds behind, is the 10 seconds on the same part of the course, or total distance, hope that makes sense

[@StefanDrury]

I've been running a lot recently but my watch still says I have the pulse of an ox, do you know how I change this to another animal? Asking for my friend Rick, thanks.

[@hiddenpk1]

When you use the ultra GPS option you lose out on the VO2 max feature. One of the weird quirks I learned the hard way

[@kophotography895]

I use a lot of these features, be aware some features not available on older models

[@alanridout]

Only recently learned that if you double press the light up button (top left) the watch becomes a torch with adjustable red or white light (forerunner 965)

[@fitigued]

Interested to hear that you can specify the default trainers for different flavours of running activities. On Garmin Connect for web I only have the following choices: - Running - Cycling - Hiking - Other - Walking - Swimming How can I also get road, trail and track options?

[@254marathon]

The stamina function works ok for me on long runs

[@francorizza3570]

Thank for video was great. Can I ask, I've chosen a run coach on garmin connect and following his running program. I don't like and want to choose someone else that saw st the beginning when I first setup my 955. I can't seem to find the other coach to load. Must I first cancel or delete the current coach before it allows me to choose someone else? TIA

[@smurphies]

I wish Garmin had a way to track stroller runs. Well over 50% of my runs are with a stroller and my watch keeps thinking my performance is decreasing when it slows me down.

[@SubtleForces]

Yes to a threshold test. However, I’d have to say Andy and Sarah, not only to compare with the lab, but also how accurate it is for a fit young woman and an elite runner