Use preloaded workouts that include cardio, yoga, strength, HIIT and Pilates, create your own in the Garmin Connect™ app on your compatible smartphone, or try Garmin Coach free adaptive training plans to help you prepare for your next running challenge Like Body Battery, the stress score has also been overhauled to be more sensitive and insightful. You can easily see spikes in stress throughout the day, and this isn’t just limited to the physiological demands of moving about. Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day. Relax reminders will even prompt you to do a short breathing activity when the watch detects that you’re feeling stressed.

We turned the nightly pulse ox on with the always-on display and were able to make five days of battery life on two further cycles. Of course, the app is still busy and it’s often hard to find what you’re looking for. The Challenges section isn’t particularly arresting, and you can compete for badges with any friends on Garmin Connect. And then the Calendar and News Feed seem to be placed to find particular workouts from the past – again, they’re barely used by us.

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A leather strap provides a classic and timeless look that can take your smartwatch to the next level. Protection and maintenance They're easy to follow and if you like the idea of turning to your watch for some Pilates and Yoga action, this is a good way to start. This feature uses chronological age, your weekly vigorous activity, resting heart rate and BMI or body fat percentage4 to estimate if your body is younger or older than you are. And you can get tips to lower your fitness age. This is smartwatch that can hold up for a week if you've not got the screen set to always-on and you're not using power-intensive features like blood oxygen monitoring. Why not elevate your training experience today with the Garmin Venu 2 Plus wristband? Silicone Wristband

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Sleep stages were largely aligned – although the Garmin was less sensitive to stirring than Fitbit, which registers much more awake time on most nights, most of which you never remember. You don’t get an overload of data, the screens will show distance/pace/time (overall and lap) and heart rate (as shown above). You will also see elevation on trail profiles, and that goes for walking/hiking too. It’s not Garmin’s only smartwatch – the Vivoactive 4 and Garmin Lily both offer much of the same in terms of features – but it’s the only Garmin with a full AMOLED display. Get an uninterrupted picture of your health with up to 11 days in smartwatch mode, up to 22 hours in GPS mode and up to 8 hours in GPS mode with music. 10 minutes of charging adds up to 1 day of smartwatch mode battery life or 1 hour of GPS with music battery life.