Garmin Forerunner 945 Owners Manual - Page 16

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 , 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 35). 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. 1 From the watch face, hold UP. 2 Select Settings > Activity Tracking > Status > Off. TIP: You can customize your hydration settings, such as units of measure and daily goal, on your Garmin Connect account. Menstrual Cycle Tracking Your menstrual cycle is an important part of your health. You can learn more and set up this feature in the Health Stats settings of the Garmin Connect app. • Menstrual cycle tracking and details • Physical and emotional symptoms • Period and fertility predictions • Health and nutrition information NOTE: If your Forerunner device doesn't have the menstrual cycle tracking widget, you can download it from the Connect IQ app. Heart Rate Features The Forerunner device has a wrist-based heart rate monitor and is also compatible with chest heart rate monitors. You can view heart rate data on the heart rate widget. If both wrist-based heart rate and chest heart rate data are available, your device uses the chest heart rate data. There are several heart rate-related features available in the default widget loop. Your current heart rate in beats per minute (bpm). The widget also displays a graph of your heart rate for the last four hours, highlighting your highest and lowest heart rate. Your current stress level. The device measures your heart rate variability while you are inactive to estimate your stress level. A lower number indicates a lower stress level. Your current Body Battery™ energy level. The device calculates your current energy reserves based on sleep, stress, and activity data. A higher number indicates a higher energy reserve. The current saturation of oxygen in your blood. Knowing your oxygen saturation can help you determine how your body is adapting to exercise and stress. NOTE: The pulse oximeter sensor is located on the back of the device. Wrist-based Heart Rate Wearing the Device • Wear the device above your wrist bone. NOTE: The device should be snug but comfortable. For more accurate heart rate readings, the device should not move while running or exercising. For pulse oximeter readings, you should remain motionless. Hydration Tracking You can track your daily fluid intake, turn on goals and alerts, and enter the container sizes you use most often. If you enable automatic goals, your goal increases on the days when you record an activity. When you exercise, you need more fluid to replace the sweat lost. Using the Hydration Tracking Widget The hydration tracking widget displays your fluid intake and your daily hydration goal. 1 From the watch face, select UP or DOWN to view the hydration widget. 2 Select START. 3 Select an option: • Select for each serving of fluid you consume. • Select a container to increase your fluid intake by the volume of the container. NOTE: The optical sensor is located on the back of the device. • See Tips for Erratic Heart Rate Data, page 11 for more information about wrist-based heart rate. • See Tips for Erratic Pulse Oximeter Data, page 19 for more information about the pulse oximeter sensor. • For more information about accuracy, go to garmin.com /ataccuracy. 10 Heart Rate Features