How to use the health screen

Your Garmin health data in one place: sleep, recovery, heart rate, HRV and stress, plus what your coach makes of it.

Before you start

• A Garmin connected. Health data comes from Garmin.

Step by step

1. On the home screen, tap Health in the grid.
2. Read the coach's call card at the top. It's today's training advice, based on your health data, your plan and recent training.
3. Scroll through the charts: steps, sleep (with deep, light and REM), heart rate, HRV, stress and intensity.
4. Above each chart, see how your latest day compares with your normal. The shaded band is built from your recent days.
5. Numbers off for three days running? A card at the top says what changed. Tap Ask why.
6. Tag a day: ill, travel, alcohol, late night or stressful. Your coach uses the tags to explain your numbers.
7. Tap Targets to set your own goal for a chart.
8. Tap ↕ to reorder charts and hide the ones you never read.
9. Tap 💬 on any chart, pick a day, and ask your coach about it.

Try this

Where it goes wrong

• A day or number is missing. Garmin hasn't sent it yet. Tap ⟳ at the top. It's a sync delay, not lost data.
• Comparing yourself to the internet. Your normal band is yours. An HRV of 45 can be great for you and low for someone else. Trends against your own band are what matter.
• Today's steps look low. Counts keep adding up all day. That's why the line to today is dotted until the day is done.
• Using it as a doctor. It isn't one. Chest pain, fainting or anything frightening: see a real doctor. The app says this too, and means it.

Check it worked

• Today's coach's call is showing.
• Your latest night's sleep is there.