How To Use Your Garmin Running Watch

Do you own a GPS running watch? Have you been thinking about buying one? In this video we go through the dos and don'ts of how to use your running watch and get the most out of it!

↓↓ What is your favourite feature on your running watch? Do you run with or without a watch? Let us know in the comments! ↓↓

What’s in this video?
00:00:00 - How to Use Your Garmin Running Watch
00:01:00 - Understanding Different Running Stats
00:02:07 - Different Watch Screens for Different Runs
00:03:12 - Using heart rate for running
00:04:12 - Heart Rate Variability and Heart Rate Zones in Garmin Connect
00:05:13 - Exercise Tips for Heart Rate Monitoring
00:06:15 - Body Battery and Sleep Score
00:07:20 - Customizing Hot Keys and Setting Alerts
00:08:20 - Using Race Widget and Pace Pro on Your Garmin Watch
00:09:23 - Comparing watch data from two runners

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[MarcusSkyVentures]

Literally just got the 265 last week and still learning the ins and outs of this watch. Perfect timing for this video!

[Oliviacatriona]

This is exactly the content I need! I love my Garmin but I get overwhelmed with all the data and everything - would love to see videos about how to use navigation features, favourite watch faces, straps/bands, etc ❤️

[mattb]

Best video. Totally articulate and professional, without someone posing about. Sold!

[pquirk]

I use many features of the Fenix 7X SS Pro: PacePro, newly added activities like skipping (jumping rope), custom activities (e.g. a Parkrun variant of run with a specific pace target), extra apps (parkrun barcode, parkrun results), audio alerts, a playlist of 180bpm songs, lot of GPX courses, race against a previous activity, turn-by-turn navigation, timers for exercises, custom workouts, training calendar, etc. I reread the manual every so often and learn how to use a new feature.

[RigiLiquid]

Garmin is making the most impressive GPS sport watches. Got the Epix 2 Sapphire and it amazes me with features

[ralfdik]

what a very good video.
very good presentation, good sound, good light and very nice editing.
really enjoyed it.🇳🇱

[fivefootonerun]

Perfect, thank you! I’m collecting my 255s on Monday and I’m even more excited now!

[briancross]

I got a Forerunner 965 a few weeks ago and it’s awesome. The maps are super handy.

[stephenmorton]

I just bought a Garmin watch and had never used one before. This video was perfect! And Sarah is my favorite presenter. Great information.

[StanleyBrown-vjqt]

Love the running channel. They’ve got the perfect video for every running thing you can think of!

[spencerharper]

Neeeed this video thank you! The ad people are dumb so many of us runners bought our watch learned the very simple
Basics and haven’t figured anything out since (I’m sure Rick is like me)
Great video as always

[goodyeoman]

I've started keeping it on the HR screen, as I'm getting back into my 80/20 Zone 2 runs. Only took my three months to figure out you can also set HR alerts on it, too, which is really useful for Zone running.

[harryruns]

Had a £500 Garmin watch for 6 months and just learned that it has heart rate and pace alerts.. 🤦‍♂️ thanks for the tips 🙏

[sheldonjanuary]

Rick is going to be blown away by this!

[suppersday]

Extremely useful video and well produced 👏

[juliae]

Great video! I’m not tech savvy at all so this is very useful. I like putting my interval sessions in the watch but I find it can be a bit of a pain to input every step.

[rainsongmorning]

Great video. Thank you. It answered my questions.

[lisa]

petes race pace hi vis timer widget is brilliant especially if you need an at a glance screen

[DomBurgess]

Blimey. There's a lot more too this than I thought! Brain is hurting.

[TristanBailey]

Use all of these features my venu also has but looking how the next version of the features work in a better watch for later in the year. So thanks for the tips.