Viewing Your Recovery Time
For the most accurate estimate, complete the user profile setup (
Setting Up Your User Profile, page 52
), and set
your maximum heart rate (
Setting Your Heart Rate Zones, page 53
).
1 Go for a run.
2 After your run, select Save.
The recovery time appears. The maximum time is 4 days.
NOTE: From the watch face, you can select UP or DOWN to view the training status widget, and select to
scroll through the metrics to view your recovery time.
Recovery Heart Rate
If you are training with wrist-based heart rate or a compatible chest heart rate monitor, you can check your
recovery heart rate value after each activity. Recovery heart rate is the difference between your exercising heart
rate and your heart rate two minutes after the exercise has stopped. For example, after a typical training run,
you stop the timer. Your heart rate is 140 bpm. After two minutes of no activity or cool down, your heart rate
is 90 bpm. Your recovery heart rate is 50 bpm (140 minus 90). Some studies have linked recovery heart rate to
cardiac health. Higher numbers generally indicate healthier hearts.
TIP: For best results, you should stop moving for two minutes while the device calculates your recovery heart
rate value.
Body Battery
™
Your device analyzes your heart rate variability, stress level, sleep quality, and activity data to determine your
overall Body Battery level. Like a gas gauge on a car, it indicates your amount of available reserve energy. The
Body Battery level range is from 0 to 100, where 0 to 25 is low reserve energy, 26 to 50 is medium reserve
energy, 51 to 75 is high reserve energy, and 76 to 100 is very high reserve energy.
You can sync your device with your Garmin Connect account to view your most up-to-date Body Battery level,
long-term trends, and additional details (
Tips for Improved Body Battery Data, page 49
).
Viewing the Body Battery Widget
The Body Battery widget displays your current Body Battery level and a graph of your Body Battery level for the
last several hours.
1 Press UP or DOWN to view the Body Battery widget.
NOTE: You may need to add the widget to your widget loop (
Customizing the Widget Loop, page 89
).
2 Press to view a graph of your body battery level since midnight.
3 Press DOWN to view a combined graph of your Body Battery and stress levels.
Blue bars indicate periods of rest. Orange bars indicate periods of stress. Gray bars indicate times when you
were too active to determine your stress level.
Tips for Improved Body Battery Data
• For more accurate results, wear the watch while sleeping.
• Good sleep charges your Body Battery.
• Strenuous activity and high stress can cause your Body Battery to drain more quickly.
• Food intake, as well as stimulants like caffeine, has no impact on your Body Battery.
Heart Rate Features
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