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Treadmill walking

egomol over 7 years ago

I see that treadmill running is an activity on GC, but not treadmill walking. Can that be added as an activity type?

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egomol over 7 years ago +12

Just choose walking. Does it really matter that much? You can always change the activity name to reflect that it's on a treadmill.

I already do change the activity name to treadmill. If it doesn…
KimPichler over 2 years ago in reply to e7andy +2

I want it to count as walking miles and as a treadmill activity just like "treadmill running" counts towards running miles and as a treadmill activity. Right now there is an option for treadmill running…
SylvainGa over 7 years ago +1

I guess it depends on your device. y VivoActive device as Walk, Run, Treadmill Walk and Treadmill Run.

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0 willsaunders over 2 years ago in reply to Dr Phil

"...and the prize for the least helpful answer goes to..."

0 BennyTheBandit over 1 year ago

Agreed! I would love a treadmill walking activity that showed elevation gained.

0 gerrit_smit over 1 year ago

I took the standard Walk activity and copied it to “Indoor Walking”. Turned off GPS for this new activity and it worked!

0 gerrit_smit over 1 year ago in reply to gerrit_smit

It counts the distance / speed based on steps.

0 8890446 over 1 year ago in reply to gerrit_smit

That's what I was thinking as well. Do you know if it would let you calibrate your walk at the end as it does with treadmill activity?

0 gerrit_smit over 1 year ago in reply to 8890446

I remember once or twice I got the question whether i’d like to calibrate Treadmill Running, but for the walking activity I never got it. Guess you may need to calibrate manually in the settings.

0 wildflowerrachel 11 months ago in reply to KimPichler

Totally agree! Garmin needs a treadmill walking activity.! If you edit the activity to walking it won’t count for the treadmill badge!

0 e7andy 11 months ago in reply to wildflowerrachel

Treadmill walking wouldn't count for the treadmill badges since they require treadmill running. You also need new badges for that new treadmill walking activity.

0 wildflowerrachel 11 months ago in reply to e7andy

Technically it is a treadmill “activity” badge. If we have Pilates we should probably have treadmill walking and a treadmill running badge.

0 e7andy 11 months ago in reply to wildflowerrachel

Yeah, the text only says Treadmill, but it will not work by just adding a new activity type and think that it counts since it only works with Treadmill Running. Garmin didn't believe anyone would think of the crazy idea to walk on a treadmill