Intensity Minutes; Activity Tracking Settings - Garmin Vivoactive 4 Owner's Manual

Auto Goal
Your device creates a daily step goal automatically, based on
your previous activity levels. As you move during the day, the
device shows your progress toward your daily goal
If you choose not to use the auto goal feature, you can set a
personalized step goal on your Garmin Connect account.
Using the Move Alert
Sitting for prolonged periods of time can trigger undesirable
metabolic state changes. The move alert reminds you to keep
moving. After one hour of inactivity, Move! and the red bar
appear. Additional segments appear after every 15 minutes of
inactivity. The device also vibrates if vibration is turned on
(System Settings, page 19).
Go for a short walk (at least a couple of minutes) to reset the
move alert.
Sleep Tracking
While you are sleeping, the device automatically detects your
sleep and monitors your movement during your normal sleep
hours. You can set your normal sleep hours in the user settings
on your Garmin Connect account. Sleep statistics include total
hours of sleep, sleep levels, and sleep movement. You can view
your sleep statistics on your Garmin Connect account.
NOTE: Naps are not added to your sleep statistics. You can use
do not disturb mode to turn off notifications and alerts, with the
exception of alarms (Using Do Not Disturb Mode, page

Intensity Minutes

To improve your health, organizations such as the World Health
Organization recommend at least 150 minutes per week of
moderate intensity activity, such as brisk walking, or 75 minutes
per week of vigorous intensity activity, such as running.
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 vívoactive 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
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When your movements match familiar exercise patterns, the
Move IQ feature automatically detects the event and displays it
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in your timeline. The Move IQ events show activity type and
duration, but they do not appear in your activities list or
newsfeed.
The Move IQ feature can automatically start a timed activity for
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walking and running using time thresholds you set in the Garmin
Connect app. These activities are added to your activities list.

Activity Tracking Settings

Hold , and select
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 vibrates
to alert you.
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, weekly intensity
minutes goal, and hydration goal.
Auto Activity Start: Allows your device to create and save
timed activities automatically when the Move IQ feature
detects you are walking or running. You can set the minimum
time threshold for running and walking.
Intensity Minutes: Allows you to set a heart rate zone for
moderate intensity minutes and a higher heart rate zone for
vigorous intensity minutes. You can also use the default
algorithm.
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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Hold .
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Select
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Your device comes preloaded with widgets that provide at-a-
glance information. Some widgets require a Bluetooth
connection to a compatible smartphone.
Some widgets are not visible by default. You can add them to
the widget loop manually
page 9).
Body Battery
graph of your Body Battery levels for the last several hours.
Calendar: Displays upcoming meetings from your smartphone
calendar.
Calories: Displays your calorie information for the current day.
Floors climbed: Tracks your floors climbed and progress
toward your goal.
Garmin coach: Displays scheduled workouts when you select a
Garmin coach training plan in your Garmin Connect account.
Golf: Displays golf information for your last round.
Health stats: Displays a dynamic summary of your current
health statistics. The measurements includes heart rate,
Body Battery level, stress, and more.
Heart rate: Displays your current heart rate in beats per minute
(bpm) and a graph of your heart rate.
History: Displays your activity history and a graph of your
recorded activities.
Hydration: Allows you to track the amount of water you
consume and the progress toward your daily goal.
Intensity minutes: Tracks your time spent participating in
moderate to vigorous activities, your weekly intensity minutes
goal, and progress toward your goal.
Last sport: Displays a brief summary of your last recorded
sport.
> Activity Tracking.
> Activity Tracking > Status > Off.
Widgets
(Customizing the Widget Loop,
: Displays your current Body Battery level and a
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Widgets