A good night’s sleep makes everything better. Sleep is a vital time for restoration and rejuvenation. It is only when you are asleep that your body can reach the peak of its recovery powers. Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock, this is old news. It is hard to miss the tide of interviews and articles from sleep experts, influencers and health professionals praising the benefits of a good night’s sleep. Sleep has a universal favourable approval rating. Making good sleep a priority is one of the most rewarding decisions you can make for your health and personal well-being. It is the great mu ..read more

Garmin users are intense — and we’ve got the data to prove it. Garmin smartwatches come packed to the brim with features dedicated to helping you take a more intentional approach to your health and wellness. One such feature is intensity minute tracking, designed to help you monitor your physical activity each week. Below we outline everything you need to know about intensity minutes — what they are, how many you should be logging and how you compare with your peers on the Garmin Connect app. What is an intensity minute? An intensity minute is a 60-second time period spent in either ..read more

Take your golf game to the next level with a Garmin golf watch with GPS. Who’s ready to hit the links? Whether you golf for a living or just for fun with friends, you’ll want to consider getting a leg up on the competition with a Garmin GPS golf watch before you aim for the fairway. From the innovative Garmin Approach® product line to the award-winning MARQ® Golfer, you have a variety of options. But not to worry — we’re here to help you decide which feature-packed watch makes the most sense for you and your golf game. For golfers looking to cover the basics with ..read more

By Ben Clark, Adapt to Perform CEO If you’re a full-time wheelchair user looking for an enhanced fitness regimen, look no further. By switching on wheelchair mode in selected Garmin smartwatches, you gain access to 31 preloaded wheelchair workouts, developed with wheelchair exercises crafted specifically for you by Adapt to Perform. Founded by Ben Clark, otherwise known as “The Wheelchair Fitness Guy,” Adapt to Perform is a trusted resource for adapted fitness that helps users around the globe step into a new era of diversity and inclusivity alongside the pursuit of a healthier lifestyle. Belo ..read more

New data shows Garmin customers work year-round to meet their goals — no New Year’s resolutions needed. The champagne has been popped and Auld Lang Syne has been sung. Now what? Many people use this time as an opportunity to set new goals but before you get too focused on how to change your habits, let’s take the time to appreciate how far you’ve come. Because we happen to think that Garmin customers were pretty great to begin with. Take 2023, for example. As with years past, we decided to take a deep dive into the data collected in the Garmin Connect app, a tool used by millions of fitness lo ..read more

The lineup of Garmin Edge GPS bike computers is as diverse as the cyclists who use them. So which unit is right for you? People ride bikes for different reasons. Whether you’re a roadie, gravel grinder or a mountain biker, a triathlete or casual commuter, or even just someone who’s ready to dust off your old bike in the garage and get some fresh air, there’s a Garmin GPS bike computer built specifically for your needs. We have so many options, in fact, that it can be tough to choose. And while we really don’t think you can go wrong with any of our bike computers, we also want to make sure you ..read more

While we can’t plan your trip to Olympus for you, we can help you complete the climb virtually — all within your free Garmin Connect account (on mobile or web) when paired with a compatible Garmin watch. The free Garmin Connect app is a fitness tool used by millions worldwide for tracking, analysing and sharing health and fitness data — and now it offers even more adventure. Start taking the stairs (and we mean a lot of stairs) to earn expedition badges for climbing the equivalent height of popular summits around the world, or increase that step count to earn expedition bad ..read more

Historically, coaching a team of athletes has required a bit of guesswork. Are they sleeping well? Are they working hard enough? Are they allowing enough time for recovery between intense workouts? These may be educated guesses, but they’re guesses nonetheless — until now, that is. Garmin Clipboard is a free, all-in-one team app that eliminates the guesswork between coaches and their athletes. As long as athletes wear compatible Garmin smartwatches, Garmin Clipboard operates as one easy-to-manage dashboard that helps coaches track, train and communicate with their athletes. Providing ..read more

With two decades of experience under our belts, Garmin releases data to highlight 20 years of running accomplishments as well as 20 years of watches for runners. At Garmin we know runners. Rising before the sun just to get miles in before work, sweating through your T-shirt while most of your friends are still in bed, constantly pursuing the next personal best simply for your own satisfaction — all experiences we know well, because we’re right there with you. In fact, we have been for the last 20 years. Garmin released the world’s first GPS running watch, the Forerunner® 201, in 2003, and my h ..read more

Spoiler alert: Very few of you are getting excellent shut-eye. Sleep is an essential bodily function that directly impacts both your mental and physical health. At this point, we all know we should be aiming for 7-9 hours each night — and we know how we feel when we cut ourselves short. But correcting less-than-stellar habits is easier said than done, and knowing that you finally decided to put the phone on the nightstand at 11 p.m. and didn’t touch it again until 7 a.m. may not be sufficient information to analyse what actually happened in those 8 hours.  Here’s where your Garmin sleep s ..read more