![]() Although I might get 10 minutes in zone 2 total, I never get 10 minutes continuously. When I have intensity minutes based on zone and I take my dog for a walk, I get NO intensity minutes because my dog wants to stop every minute to check his pee-mail. You have to have HR above the "moderate" zone for at least 10 minutes to count, though. Looking at the definitions above, I think it's more appropriate to use HR zones, and specifically to use zone 2 for moderate and either zone 3 or 4 for vigorous (I think zone 4, but could be talked into 3). ![]() I don't know how it actually works, but it counts not only the time of the activity, but the cooldown time afterwards when your HR may still be elevated (and may be elevated for a while because you are busy doing something like putting things away after the workout). There's actually a nice webpage called Move Your Way that helps you figure out how much movement you're already doing and how you can add to it to hit the goal.īy default, Garmin uses some algorithm to assess "moderate" and "intense" activity, but in my experience, it's way too generous. A person doing vigorous- intensity activity cannot say more than a few words without pausing for a breath. What counts as moderate or vigorous activity? Well, from the same reportĪs a rule of thumb, a person doing moderate-intensity aerobic activity can talk, but not sing, during the activity. Garmin intensity minutes pdf#The basic formula is that Minutes of Moderate Activity + 2* Minutes of Vigorous Activity should be between 150 and 300, after which the health department doesn't see much additional benefit (page 11 in the PDF linked above) The part in bold was removed from the guidelines when they were updated in 2018 and are not in the current WHO guidelines so that was one of the points of confusion. Additional health benefits are gained by engaging in physical activity beyond this amount. Aerobic activity should be performed in episodes of at least 10 minutes, and preferably, it should be spread throughout the week.įor additional and more extensive health benefits, adults should increase their aerobic physical activity to 300 minutes (5 hours) a week of moderate- intensity, or 150 minutes a week of vigorous- intensity aerobic physical activity, or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity. Actually, they seem to be based on the older 2008 US guidelines.įor substantial health benefits, adults should do at least 150 minutes (2 hours and 30 minutes) a week of moderate-intensity, or 75 minutes (1 hour and 15 minutes) a week of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity, or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous- intensity aerobic activity. Garmin based it's definition of intensity minutes on the physical activity guidelines for adults that many health organizations around the world use, including the WHO. So in case anyone is wondering here's what I figured out. ![]() But they were very helpful and I think I finally got it. I even had a couple chats with Garmin's support team because I thought things were messed up. ![]() I've been struggling to figure out what Garmin is doing with Intensity Minutes lately. This matches the most recent Physical Activity Guidelines put out by the US Health Department & CDC Garmin intensity minutes update#Update : as of recent firmware upgrades (ex, 19.2 on the Fenix 6), the algorithm seems to have been updated to remove the 10-minute lower threshold. ![]()
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