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 watch 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). The watch 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 5 watch calculates intensity minutes by comparing your heart rate data to your average resting
heart rate. If heart rate is turned off, the watch calculates moderate intensity minutes by analyzing your steps
per minute.
• Start a timed activity for the most accurate calculation of intensity minutes.
• Wear your watch all day and night for the most accurate resting heart rate.
Garmin Move IQ
™
When your movements match familiar exercise patterns, the Move IQ feature automatically detects the event
and displays it 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 walking and running using time thresholds you
set in the Garmin Connect app or the watch activity settings. These activities are added to your activities list.
Enabling Self Evaluation
When you save an activity, you can evaluate your perceived effort and how you felt during the activity. Your self
evaluation information can be viewed in your Garmin Connect account.
1 Press .
2 Select an activity.
NOTE: This feature is not available for all activities.
3 Select
> Settings > Self Evaluation.
4 Select an option:
• To complete self evaluation only after workouts, select Workouts Only.
• To complete self evaluation after every activity, select Always.
Activity Tracking Settings
Hold , and select Settings > Activity Tracking.
Status: Turns off the activity tracking features.
Move IQ: Allows you to turn on and off Move IQ events.
Auto Activity Start: Allows your watch 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 select Auto to use the default algorithm.
Turning Off Activity Tracking
When you turn off activity tracking, your steps, intensity minutes, sleep tracking, and Move IQ events are not
recorded.
1 From the watch face, hold .
2 Select Settings > Activity Tracking > Status > Off.
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