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Instant Keyboard, go to Settings > Instant Keyboard in
Garmin Connect app.
NOTE: Garmin Connect app must be open and paired
with your device when the text field appears.
User Profile
You can update your user profile on your watch or on
the Garmin Connect app.
Setting Up Your User Profile
You can update your gender, date of birth, height,
weight, wrist, heart rate zone, power zone, and Critical
Swim Speed (CSS) settings (
Swim Speed Test, page 17
information to calculate accurate training data.
1 Hold MENU.
2 Select User Profile.
3 Select an option.
Viewing Your Fitness Age
Your fitness age gives you an idea of how your fitness
compares with a person of the same gender. Your
watch uses information, such as your age, body mass
index (BMI), resting heart rate data, and vigorous
activity history to provide a fitness age. If you have
a Garmin Index scale, your watch uses the body fat
percentage metric instead of BMI to determine your
fitness age. Exercise and lifestyle changes can impact
your fitness age.
NOTE: For the most accurate fitness age, complete
the user profile setup (
Setting Up Your User Profile,
page 45
).
1 Hold MENU.
2 Select User Profile > Fitness Age.
About Heart Rate Zones
Many athletes use heart rate zones to measure and
increase their cardiovascular strength and improve
their level of fitness. A heart rate zone is a set range of
heartbeats per minute. The five commonly accepted
heart rate zones are numbered from 1 to 5 according
User Profile
Recording a Critical
). The watch uses this
to increasing intensity. Generally, heart rate zones are
calculated based on percentages of your maximum
heart rate.
Fitness Goals
Knowing your heart rate zones can help you measure
and improve your fitness by understanding and
applying these principles.
y Your heart rate is a good measure of exercise
intensity.
y Training in certain heart rate zones can help you
improve cardiovascular capacity and strength.
If you know your maximum heart rate, you can use
the table (
Heart Rate Zone Calculations, page 46
to determine the best heart rate zone for your fitness
objectives.
If you do not know your maximum heart rate, use one
of the calculators available on the Internet. Some gyms
and health centers can provide a test that measures
maximum heart rate. The default maximum heart rate
is 220 minus your age.
Setting Your Heart Rate Zones
The watch uses your user profile information from the
initial setup to determine your default heart rate zones.
You can set separate heart rate zones for sport profiles,
such as running, cycling, and swimming. For the most
accurate calorie data during your activity, set your
maximum heart rate. You can also set each heart rate
zone and enter your resting heart rate manually. You
can manually adjust your zones on the watch or using
your Garmin Connect account.
1 Hold MENU.
2 Select User Profile > Heart Rate.
3 Select Max� HR > Max� HR, and enter your
maximum heart rate.
You can use the Auto Detection feature to
automatically record your maximum heart rate
during an activity.
4 Select LTHR > LTHR, and enter your lactate
threshold heart rate.
You can perform a guided test to estimate your
lactate threshold (
Lactate Threshold, page 26
You can use the Auto Detection feature to
automatically record your lactate threshold during
an activity.
5 Select Resting HR > Set Custom, and enter your
resting heart rate.
You can use the average resting heart rate
measured by your watch, or you can set a custom
resting heart rate.
6 Select Zones > Based On.
7 Select an option:
• Select BPM to view and edit the zones in beats
per minute.
• Select %Max� HR to view and edit the zones as a
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