How to download a FIT file out of Connect

If you mean the fit file holding the HR data of an activity, then you can export it as "Original" from the activity page on Garmin Connect Web.

If you mean the fit file holding the all-day HR data, then unfortunately the export function was recently removed from Gamin Connect web, but you sill have couple of other options available:

• Download the file directly from the watch - it is in the folder //GARMIN/Monitoring. Golden Cheetah does it automatically, as far as I remember (but it is a long time I used it). Please note that the files in this folder are being deleted each time you sync, hence you have to disable the phone connection, and shut down Garmin Express too.
• Download the full data dump from https://www.garmin.com/en-US/account/datamanagement/exportdata/ 
• Use the DevTools in your browser - the data structures holding the data can be accessed using the Network tool

For some reason I cant read your full response on the forum... read more just get s me back to my post alone !  I cut and paste from the notification email with a few follow ups

If you mean the fit file holding the HR data of an activity, then you can export it as "Original" from the activity page on Garmin Connect Web. I wasnt after Activity HR as I am currently using my watch to track HR after a serious medical incident and need the 24/24 readings which are stored on the watch

If you mean the fit file holding the all-day HR data, then unfortunately the export function was recently removed from Gamin Connect web (typical Garmin!) , but you sill have couple of other options available:

• Download the file directly from the watch - it is in the folder //GARMIN/Monitoring. Golden Cheetah does it automatically, as far as I remember (but it is a long time I used it). Please note that the files in this folder are being deleted each time you sync, hence you have to disable the phone connection, and shut down Garmin Express too. (so I'm scuppered for all the data I've synchronised so far?)
• Download the full data dump from https://www.garmin.com/en-US/account/datamanagement/exportdata/ (as I said on my post, I've done that but the only HR data is the HR bands and the Max/resting neither of which is what I need)
• Use the DevTools in your browser - the data structures holding the data can be accessed using the Network tool THIS looks like my only way forward.. are you able to point to HOW to do that /

Many thanks indeed

John

DevonRefSM said:

as I said on my post, I've done that but the only HR data is the HR bands and the Max/resting neither of which is what I need

There is everything, even the all-day HR data for all the time you are using Garmin Connect, since the very beginning. All-day HR data comes with the sampling rate of 2 minutes.

DevonRefSM said:

THIS looks like my only way forward.. are you able to point to HOW to do that /

Open the DevTools (F12), go to the network tab, open the HR page, and find the HTTP request holding the data (enter "heart" into the search box). See the screenshot below:

Again, the data comes in 2 minutes samples. In the non-activity all-day mode, the watch samples the HR each 15s, and records the 2 minutes averages. So if you are looking for some brief changes of HR, it may not be that helpful anyway. In such case I recommend starting an indoor activity, and having it run all day long. The sampling rate can be then up to 1s (depending on the recording mode in the watch's settings). You can then export the file in multiple formats, including the TCX version (an XML file), which is easier readable.

There are no HR files in my full data download as you indicated that I can see in any folder in the zip file.  

I cannot even see the Developer on CONNECT and F12 has no effect so maybe this isn't available in the UK (are you US based?).   :( guess I will have to screen shot the daily graph and live with that! )

Cheers

John

DevonRefSM said:

There are no HR files in my full data download as you indicated that I can see in any folder in the zip file. 

Maybe you did not look well enough, or not with the right tool. What tool do you use for viewing the *.fit files?

DevonRefSM said:

I cannot even see the Developer on CONNECT and F12 has no effect so maybe this isn't available in the UK

It is available in any Chromium or Mozilla browser, regardless where you live. If the key F12 does work for you, go to the DevTools through the menu of your browser. If your browser does not support DevTools, use Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, or similar.

DevonRefSM said:

the data through the developer (on Firefox) is quite impenetrable.

I do not quite understand what you mean. The data is stored in a quite simple JSON structure, that you can easily convert for example to a CSV file, and load into Excel. Copy the entire structure (may be simpler on the tab Response of the Network tool), and then convert it for example with the JSON To CSV Converter (convertcsv.com)