如果您拥有Garmin 健身(Garmin fitness)追踪器或任何其他Garmin智能设备，您将可以使用名为Garmin Connect的令人印象深刻的(Garmin Connect)健康追踪器应用程序(health tracker app)。
Garmin Connect与其他流行的健康追踪器应用程序(health tracker apps)类似，甚至提供了其他应用程序不具备的多项功能。让我们了解有关Garmin Connect 应用程序(Garmin Connect app)的所有信息，以及如果您拥有兼容的Garmin 健康(Garmin health)跟踪设备（例如任何Garmin Instinct 智能手表(Garmin Instinct smartwatch)），您可以使用它做什么。
注意(Note)：如果您购买了Garmin智能设备，请注意您不仅限于使用Garmin Connect 应用程序(Garmin Connect app)。Garmin设备与市场上的许多其他(Garmin)健身应用程序(fitness apps)兼容。希望本文能帮助您选择是否在您的设备上使用Garmin Connect 健身(Garmin Connect fitness)应用程序。
Garmin Connect 主页
当您首次启动Garmin Connect 应用程序(Garmin Connect app)时，它会默认显示“我的一天”(My Day)页面。在这里，您将看到按顺序列出的每一项健康统计数据。根据您要使用Garmin跟踪的活动，有很多信息需要滚动浏览。
您将看到以下信息和统计信息(see information and stats)：
- 心脏(Cardio)统计数据，如平均心率(heart rate)、最大心率(heart rate)和燃烧的卡路里
- 您一天的休息和高心率(heart rate)
- 每日步数
- 您燃烧和消耗的卡路里（如果您正在记录卡路里）
- 前一天和前一周的统计历史
您可以点击此页面上的任何统计信息框以查看更多详细信息。
例如，选择有氧运动页面(Cardio page)会显示您一天消耗的卡路里、总活动时间(activity time)和平均心率(heart rate)。在图表页面上，您可以查看当天的心率(heart rate)、爬升高度等详细信息。
同样，心率和步数(heart rate and steps)页面会向您显示健康统计数据在您一天中的特定活动中如何变化。
如果您只想查看所有活动的日志，请从主页中选择菜单，然后选择您想要查看日志的活动类型。(activity type)
或者您可以选择所有活动(All Activities)以查看所有活动的日志，包括活动的日期和时间(date and time)以及燃烧的卡路里(activity and calories)。
您将在主页底部看到几个菜单选项。
- 挑战(Challenges)：加入挑战以获得新徽章
- 日历(Calendar)：在日历上查看所有锻炼活动的可视化显示
- 动态消息(News Feed)：查看您过去所有健身活动的日志
- 通知(Notifications)：检索应用通知
这些快速链接是访问一些您可以通过点击菜单找到的相同信息的便捷方式。
Garmin Connect 健康统计数据
在主菜单中，您会看到另一个名为Health Stats的部分。在此部分下是您的设备跟踪的所有核心统计信息。
您可以选择其中的每一个来深入了解有关跟踪数据的更多详细信息。选择睡眠(Sleep)以查看您的睡眠模式，包括深度睡眠、浅度睡眠、快速眼动(REM)和醒来时间(wake time)，以及您的脉搏血氧(Pulse Ox)数据。
选择卡路里以查看消耗卡路里的历史记录，按您在(Calories)休息时燃烧的卡路里和(rest and calories)在活动期间燃烧的卡路里进行细分。
Garmin Instinct智能手表计算和跟踪(calculate and track)的两个独特的健康统计数据是压力(Stress)和身体电池(Body Battery)。我们将在下一节中更详细地探讨其中的每一个。
压力和身体电池健康统计(Stress and Body Battery Health Stats)
Garmin使用各种数据来计算应用程序图表和历史记录的这些统计数据。
- 压力水平(Stress Level)：如果您的Garmin智能设备支持压力功能(stress feature)，它将测量您全天的心跳变化。由于您的神经系统会调节每次心跳之间的时间，因此非常稳定且可预测的心跳意味着您承受的压力较小。更多的可变性意味着更多的压力。
- 身体电池(Body Battery)：与压力统计(Stress stat)一样，身体电池(Body Battery)也是使用心率变异性(heart rate variability)计算的，但它还结合压力和您的活动水平来计算您身体在一天中任何特定时刻的能量储存。这是从 1 到 100% 的评级。这个计算出奇地准确。
这两个独特的统计数据在帮助您管理日常压力水平并确保您获得足够的休息以完成您每天想要实现的目标方面大有帮助。
Garmin Connect 培训功能
在菜单的“训练(Training)”部分下，您会发现各种可帮助您将锻炼和训练提升到新水平的功能。
点击锻炼(Workouts)以在库中搜索各种锻炼。您可以按肌肉群、活动类型(activity type)、目标等进行过滤。点击锻炼以查看一系列锻炼活动，然后点击每个活动以查看锻炼步骤。
只需点击下一步(Next)即可完成锻炼。您还可以创建自定义锻炼。
点击“锻炼”菜单中的“训练(Workouts menu)计划(Training Plans)”以查看以跑步或骑自行车为中心的训练计划。
每个计划都将帮助您针对特定目标进行训练，例如跑 5K 或完成 100 英里的自行车骑行(bike ride)。
您可以保存您运行或骑行的课程，以用于您已经经常进行的锻炼。为此，请从培训菜单中选择(Training menu)课程(Courses)。在课程类型(course type)中，只需选择您进行的锻炼，例如公路自行车或越野跑(Road Cycling or Trail Running)。
在下一页上，您可以选择使用GPS 位置创建(GPS location)自动(Automatic)课程，或自定义(Custom)课程，您可以在地图上绘制课程。
将您的课程保存到Garmin Connect应用程序可以让您在参加我们的(Garmin Connect)课程和培训(course and training)时随时使用您的Garmin 设备(Garmin device)显示您的课程以进行跟踪。
点击Training 菜单(Training menu)下的PacePro Pacing Strategies以使用起搏功能(pacing feature)。此功能通过在Garmin 设备上显示您的配速与配(Garmin device)速目标(pace target)，帮助您在比赛（跑步或骑自行车）时保持健康的配速。
(Set)通过选择路线或比赛距离(course or race distance)、选择比赛类型来(race type)设置您的配速，然后在“目标(goal time)时间”字段中设置整场比赛的目标时间(Goal Time)。您将在目标步速(Goal Pace)字段中看到计算出的步速。
Garmin Connect 还具有Insights功能（在主菜单中），该功能使用您的统计数据和历史记录来定制有关改善您的健康和健身(health and fitness)的提示和建议。
启用Insights 功能(Insights feature)后，您只需给应用程序时间(app time)来分析您当前的统计数据和历史记录。然后，您将开始在Insights 页面上看到新的(Insights page)建议和技巧(advice and tips)。
其他 Garmin Connect 功能
在主菜单下，您还会看到一些其他功能可供选择。
连接(Connections)：您可以选择查看Facebook、Google或手机联系人列表中的朋友当前是否也在使用Garmin Connect。如果他们愿意，您可以邀请他们加入您的群组。
群组(Groups)：您可以搜索有兴趣与他人合作开展培训活动的公共群组。
这是为您的锻炼添加社交方面的一种有趣方式。您可以查看您的活动表现(activity performance)与组中其他人的表现在哪里。保持动力的最好方法之一就是看看其他人的表现，甚至尝试与他们竞争！
安全与追踪：(Safety & Tracking:)选择此项可访问LiveTrack 功能(LiveTrack feature)。这是让家人或朋友(family or friends)在锻炼时知道您的确切位置的好方法。
要设置LiveTrack，您只需授予应用程序(app permission)使用您的位置的权限，然后选择您的联系人以分享您的实时锻炼位置(workout location)。
连接设备和应用程序
使用Garmin Connect 应用程序(Garmin Connect app)时，您不仅限于一台Garmin 设备(Garmin device)。您可以从主菜单中选择Garmin 设备(Garmin Devices)来添加您可能拥有的任何Garmin设备。(Garmin)
您还可以从手机上安装的任何兼容健身应用程序中提取(fitness apps)健康和活动(health and activity)跟踪数据。您可以通过从主菜单中选择Settings并选择(Settings)Connected Apps来执行此操作。
如果您的手机上安装了这些应用程序，您会看到它们出现在可用应用程序(Available Apps)下。选择应用程序，然后选择同意(Agree)将其连接到 Garmin Connect。
设置菜单(Settings menu)可让您配置Garmin Connect如何从您的Garmin 设备(Garmin device)发出通知。例如，您可以启用推送SMS、电子邮件或应用程序通知。
请记住，您可以随时点击主屏幕顶部的Garmin 设备图像来查看设备(Garmin device)状态信息(status information)。
这包括特定于您设备的传感器的状态以及调整Garmin 设备(Garmin device)设置的能力，例如振动警报、通知和请勿打扰。
您应该将Garmin Connect 应用程序(Garmin Connect App)用于Instinct 设备(Devices)吗？
Garmin Connect 应用程序(Garmin Connect app)适用于Garmin Instinct(Garmin Instinct)智能运动手表。它可让您查看数据并自定义手表的设置。但是，如果您没有Garmin 设备(Garmin device)，它可能无法用作独立的健身应用程序(standalone fitness app)。
不过，如果您使用 Garmin Connect，则不必放弃您最喜欢的健身应用程序(fitness apps)，因为它与大多数其他流行的健身应用程序(fitness apps)集成。
The Garmin Instinct App: A Full Review
If you own a Gаrmin fitness tracker or anу other Garmin smart device, you’ll havе access to an impressive health tracker app called Garmin Connect.
Garmin Connect is similar to other popular health tracker apps, and even offers several features that other apps don’t. Let’s learn all about the Garmin Connect app and what you can do with it if you own a compatible Garmin health tracking device, such as any Garmin Instinct smartwatch.
Note: If you purchase a Garmin smart device, know that you aren’t limited to using only the Garmin Connect app. Garmin devices are compatible with many other fitness apps on the market. Hopefully, this article will help you choose whether or not to use the Garmin Connect fitness app with your device.
The Garmin Connect Home Page
When you first launch the Garmin Connect app, it will default to the My Day page. Here you’ll see every single one of your health stats listed out in order. Depending on the activities you want to track with your Garmin, there is a lot of information to scroll through.
You’ll see information and stats such as:
- Cardio stats like average heart rate, max heart rate, and calories burned
- Your day’s resting and high heart rate
- Daily step count
- Calories you’ve burned and consumed (if you’re logging calories)
- A history of stats for the previous day and previous week
You can tap any stats boxes on this page to see more details.
For example, selecting the Cardio page shows you your day’s calories burned, total activity time, and average heart rate. On the charts page, you can see the details for the day for heart rate, elevation climbed, and more.
Likewise, pages for heart rate and steps show you how that health stats varied around specific activities during your day.
If you want to see just a log of all of your activities, select the menu from the main page and choose the activity type you want to see a log for.
Or you can select All Activities to see a log of everything, including the date and time of the activity and calories burned.
You’ll see several menu choices at the bottom of the main page.
- Challenges: Join a challenge to achieve new badges
- Calendar: See a visual display of all of your workout activities on a calendar
- News Feed: Review a log of all of your past fitness activities
- Notifications: Retrieve app notifications
These quick links are a convenient way to access some of the same information you can find by tapping through the menus.
Garmin Connect Health Stats
In the main menu, you’ll see another section called Health Stats. Under this section are all of the core stats that your device tracks.
You can choose each of these to dive into more details around your tracking data. Select Sleep to see your sleeping patterns, including deep sleep, light sleep, REM, and wake time, along with your Pulse Ox data.
Select Calories to see a history of calories consumed, broken down by calories you burned at rest and calories burned during your activities.
Two unique health stats that the Garmin Instinct smartwatches calculate and track are Stress and Body Battery. We’ll explore each of these in more detail in the next section.
Stress and Body Battery Health Stats
There is a variety of data that Garmin uses to calculate these stats for the app charts and history.
- Stress Level: If your Garmin smart device supports the stress feature, it will measure the variability of your heartbeat throughout the day. Since your nervous system regulates time between each heartbeat, a very steady and predictable heartbeat means you’re experiencing less stress. More variability means more stress.
- Body Battery: Like the Stress stat, Body Battery is also calculated using heart rate variability, but it also incorporates stress and your activity levels to calculate your body’s energy stores at any given moment during the day. This is rated from 1 to 100%. This calculation is eerily accurate.
These two unique stats go a long way toward helping you manage your daily stress levels and ensure that you’re getting enough rest to accomplish what you want to achieve every day.
Garmin Connect Training Features
Under the Training section of the menu, you’ll find various features that’ll help you take your workouts and training to the next level.
Tap Workouts to search the library for various workouts. You can filter by muscle groups, activity type, goals, and more. Tap the exercise to see the series of workout activities, and tap each activity to see the workout steps.
Just tap Next to walk through the workout. You can also create custom workouts.
Tap Training Plans from the Workouts menu to see training plans centered around running or cycling.
Each plan will help you train for a specific goal like running a 5K or accomplishing a 100-mile bike ride.
You can save the courses you run or ride for workouts you already do frequently. To do this, select Courses from the Training menu. In the course type just choose the workout you do, like Road Cycling or Trail Running.
On the next page, you’ll have the option to create an Automatic course using your GPS location, or a Custom one where you can draw out your course on a map.
Saving your courses to the Garmin Connect app lets you display your course for tracking with your Garmin device any time you’re out on our course and training.
Tap PacePro Pacing Strategies under the Training menu to use the pacing feature. This feature will help you maintain a healthy pace while you’re racing (running or biking) by displaying your pace against your pace target on your Garmin device.
Set up your pace by selecting a course or race distance, choosing the race type, and then set your goal time for the entire race in the Goal Time field. You’ll see the calculated pace in the Goal Pace field.
Garmin Connect also has an Insights feature (in the main menu) that uses your stats and history to customize tips and advice about improving your health and fitness.
Once you enable the Insights feature, you’ll just need to give the app time to analyze your current stats and history. Then, you’ll start seeing new advice and tips on the Insights page.
Other Garmin Connect Features
Under the main menu, you’ll also see a few other features to choose from.
Connections: You’ll have the option to see if your friends on Facebook, Google, or in your phone’s contact list are currently using Garmin Connect as well. You can invite them to join you in your group if they are.
Groups: You can search for public groups of people interested in collaborating with others on training activities.
This is a fun way to add a social aspect to your workouts. You can see where your activity performance falls in line with other people’s performance in the group. One of the best ways to stay motivated is to see how other people are doing and maybe even try to compete with them!
Safety & Tracking: Select this to access the LiveTrack feature. This is a great way to let family or friends know your exact location while working out.
To set up LiveTrack you’ll just need to give the app permission to use your location and then select your contacts to share your live workout location.
Connecting Devices and Apps
You aren’t limited to just one Garmin device when using the Garmin Connect app. You can select Garmin Devices from the main menu to add any Garmin devices you may own.
You can also pull in health and activity tracking data from any compatible fitness apps that you have installed on your phone. You can do this by selecting Settings from the main menu and selecting Connected Apps.
If you have the apps installed on your phone, you’ll see them appear under Available Apps. Select the app and then select Agree to connect it to Garmin Connect.
The Settings menu lets you configure how Garmin Connect will issue notifications from your Garmin device. For example, you can enable push SMS, email, or app notifications.
Keep in mind that at any time you can tap the image of your Garmin device at the top of the main screen to see device status information.
This includes the status of sensors specific to your device and the ability to adjust settings for your Garmin device like vibration alerts, notifications, and do not disturb.
Should You Use the Garmin Connect App for Instinct Devices?
The Garmin Connect app is handy for Garmin Instinct smart sports watches. It lets you see your data and customize settings for your watch. However, it may not be useful as a standalone fitness app if you don’t own a Garmin device.
Although, you don’t have to give up your favorite fitness apps if you use Garmin Connect because it integrates with most other popular fitness apps.
