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New Activity Type??

Former Member
Former Member
Hi there

How do you add a new activity Type? I want the following activity types:

Tennis
  • All Weather Court
  • Shale
  • Grass
  • Other


Is this possible?

Cheers
Roy
  • That is currently not a possibility. You can enter the activity as "Other" or "Uncategorized" then further define the activity in the description.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 15 years ago
    Thanks for the info.

    I guess there is no chance Garmin could update their lookup tables that generate that list?

    Thanks again
    Cheers
    Roy
  • You could post your suggestion in the feature requests section of this forum. However, the current list contains mostly movement-type activities, or activities that require movement from point A to point B. My guess is that when more and more users start using non-gps activities, then some other activities might be added, such as court sports.

    Also, check out the What's New page for current and upcoming changes.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 15 years ago
    Actually, I've moved this thread to the Feature Request thread.

    There are a few non-movement activity types. Indoor Cardio is one. I use that one all the time. That is a big improvement over MB, imo. The ability to have non-GPS activities in my report.s :D

    But if enough people are using the activities you suggest, it's possible they could be added. I can see the reasoning behind not allowing members to create their own activity types.

    But something that has been brought up before is some sort of tagging system so people can tag their activities however they want. I think that would be fun.

    April
  • Indoor cardio is a welcome addition,

    When will I be able to add distance to my splits that I make whilst on the treadmill?

    Being able to analyse my time in a certain heart rate zone as I could do in motionbased would be a necessity I'd have thought

    Steve
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 15 years ago
    There isn't any entry for "jogging"!
  • There isn't any entry for "jogging"!


    I guess it depends on your definition of jogging. Most would call it running. Some would call it running but at a slower, more casual pace. Personally, I don't think there needs to be an additional "jogging" category. The issue of comparing joggers to runners has been beaten to death more than once, going back to my days of MS-DOS and 2400 baud dial-up modem to CompuServe.:rolleyes:
  • Orienteering as Activity Type

    There is currently no Activity Type for orienteering in Garmin Connect. Since this sport lends itself ideally to the capabilities and features of Garmin fitness devices, it should have a place as a standard Activity Type under the "Running" heading. I also noticed that Geocaching is no longer available as an activity type (it was in MotionBased). While I do not geocache, I think it should have its entry too. Check out this blog post where I combine data from my Forerunner 305 with Google Maps to recap an orienteering race.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 15 years ago
    Nice! I looked at your blog post. Very nice mapping. I've always thought mounted orienteering would be fun. I use my GPS units for endurance horseback riding. My running and fitness training is all to help me in endurance training.

    Hope your request gets granted and the orienteering type gets added back.

    April
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 15 years ago
    One more vote for orienteering as a new activity type :)