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Intensity minutes not working properly

intensity minutes no longer classifies brisk walking as moderate exertion (it used to). Also does not pick up some runs as vigorous. Some days does not appear at all on daily dashboard.

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thalinor over 7 years ago +7 suggested

5x issue for me too. Plus an email from Garmin that this app doesn't count steps correctly which is why I keep getting bumped out of the 150k weekly step challenge. Of course $900 worth of 5x+accessories…
crashbowman over 7 years ago +3 suggested

I have the same experience...at this point Intensity Minutes are just junk in my opinion and the lack of consistency provides no real purpose. Sometimes I get them, sometimes I don't...sometimes my activity…
RustysTbone over 7 years ago +3

I had the exact same problem last October. I contacted CS, but was told I wasn't working hard enough, or that IMs were not tracked with my Forerunner 225. I went back and forth with them, and I even ran…

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0 JSRUNNER_ over 6 years ago

ToniSilva swim activities are not included (not sure of the logic) I regularly swim with HRM and get a small number of intensity minutes which I think come from my raised heart rate following the swim. In general my minutes overall are in the right ball park with the exception of an underestimate from swimming. I only see it as a very rough guide of how much activity I am doing in a week.

0 Olive050575 over 6 years ago

Intensity not working properly on new vivmove he. Some days works fine walk for over an hour to work. Some days not be register at all - how do I solve this?

0 KV333 over 5 years ago

Old thread, I know. But I have this problem. Since 6 months ago, my watch no longer records anything as “vigorous.” I can sprint a mile with my heart rate monitor on, and keel over from exhaustion, and it will say this was “moderate” exercise.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to Herman

And they still haven't gotten their act together my husband struggles with his watch; they replaced it and it's still doing the same thing, definitely something wrong with the product super annoyed with the unreliable data and their customer service not super helpful with trouble shooting nor does it seem like they even care to fix it.

0 9736326 over 5 years ago

I'm really disappointed that last Monday, Sept 9th I did 6 walks, all of which were strong intense miles that totaled 16 miles of walking. I didn't get any intensity minutes at all that day! Today my intensity card is missing, but it shows that I have it in my day. I took a brisk walk and didn't get any intensity added to my day calculation. Why is this happening? Why doesn't Garmin help ever respond?

0 6192641 over 5 years ago in reply to 9736326

Same thing happening to me! Frustrating! My heart rate is tracked in the intensity level necessary for 20 mins and nothing shows up for intensity minutes. So frustrating

0 7621980 over 5 years ago

I see this is an old thread, but it is still an issue. None of my indoor rides on my Wahoo Kickr are loading intensity minutes and I am riding for multiple hours with a HR over 155 on average and spikes up to 185.

0 fallingrock over 5 years ago in reply to 7621980

Try activating an aerobic workout on your watch when you start your kickr workout. You don't have to save the workout, but it will activate the heart rate monitor.

0 7621980 over 5 years ago in reply to fallingrock

Yeah, I wouldnt want both workouts saved over the top of each other, but its worth a shot to try. Thanks

0 9643902 over 5 years ago in reply to 6192641

The whole IM thing is kind of a joke. They just don't work consistently. I have the 5x and it's a great platform for GPS and mapping etc., but the activity tracking is really no better and in reality worse than Apple, Samsung, and Fitbit. Just my 2 cents.