Garmin Instinct Solar Owners Manual - Page 10

5 Select Zones > Based On. 6 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 percentage of your maximum heart rate. • Select %HRR to view and edit the zones as a percentage of your heart rate reserve (maximum heart rate minus resting heart rate). 7 Select a zone, and enter a value for each zone. 8 Select Sport Heart Rate, and select a sport profile to add separate heart rate zones (optional). Letting the Device Set Your Heart Rate Zones The default settings use your profile information to set your maximum heart rate and your heart rate zones as a percentage of your maximum heart rate. • Verify that your user profile settings are accurate (Setting Up Your User Profile, page 5). • Run often with the wrist or chest heart rate monitor. • Try a few heart rate training plans, available from your Garmin Connect account. • View your heart rate trends and time in zones using your Garmin Connect account. Heart Rate Zone Calculations Zone % of Maximum Heart Rate 1 50-60% 2 60-70% 3 70-80% Perceived Exertion Benefits Relaxed, easy pace, rhythmic breathing Comfortable pace, slightly deeper breathing, conversation possible Moderate pace, more difficult to hold conversation Beginning-level aerobic training, reduces stress Basic cardiovascular training, good recovery pace Improved aerobic capacity, optimal cardiovascular training 4 80-90% 5 90-100% Fast pace and a bit Improved anaerobic uncomfortable, breathing capacity and forceful threshold, improved speed Sprinting pace, unsustainable for long period of time, labored breathing Anaerobic and muscular endurance, increased power Activity Tracking The activity tracking feature records your daily step count, distance traveled, intensity minutes, floors climbed, calories burned, and sleep statistics for each recorded day. Your calories burned includes your base metabolism plus activity calories. The number of steps taken during the day appears on the steps widget. The step count is updated periodically. For more information about activity tracking and fitness metric accuracy, go to garmin.com/ataccuracy. 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 move bar appear. Additional segments appear after every 15 minutes of inactivity. The device also beeps or vibrates if audible tones are turned on (System Settings, page 22). 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 6). Using Automated Sleep Tracking 1 Wear your device while sleeping. 2 Upload your sleep tracking data to the Garmin Connect site (Manually Syncing Data with Garmin Connect, page 13). You can view your sleep statistics on your Garmin Connect account. Using Do Not Disturb Mode You can use do not disturb mode to turn off the backlight, tone alerts, and vibration alerts. For example, you can use this mode while sleeping or watching a movie. NOTE: You can set your normal sleep hours in the user settings on your Garmin Connect account. You can enable the During Sleep option in the system settings to automatically enter do not disturb mode during your normal sleep hours (System Settings, page 22). NOTE: You can add options to the controls menu (Customizing the Controls Menu, page 20). 1 Hold CTRL. 2 Select . 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. 6 Training