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Garmin Connect Change Default Activity

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Former Member over 11 years ago
I use a forerunner 10. The default for the activity is always choosing "running". I would like to set the defaults for activities as they load.
I saw an OLD thread with no answer. Has this been resolved somewhere?
  • 0 over 11 years ago
    The activity type in Garmin Connect is just the activity type that was in effect at the time that you recorded your activity. There is no concept of a default activity type. I don't have a FR10, but I believe that the only activity mode it supports is running. So the default activity type when using this device is running.

    With a 910XT, you can select swimming, running, cycling, or other before you start your activity, and when you upload those activities they end up in Garmin Connect with those activity types.
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    0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to travis.vitek

    Wrong, I've changed it from running to biking on my 45 but can't remember how ( : < ).

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

    The thread is 6 years old so things may have changed. In my FR945 the activity selected when I start an activity is the activity that I used the last time. 

  • +1 over 5 years ago in reply to e7andy

    I think you guys misunderstood OPs question. The FR10 has no option of selecting an activity type. All activities registered by the watch are of type "Running", so OP wanted Garmin Connect to set the type of uploaded activities to something else by default.

    And since this kind of limitation applies to none of the more recent watches (since even the simplest have several sports), there is very little point in digging up this old thread Slight smile

    Cheers!

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to tmk2

    I have the same question in 2023 on my Garmin 220 and Garmin Connect on my iphone. I've never been able to figure out how to change the default from running to walking. I do more walking and I have to change EVERY activity every time in the app. It's getting really annoying and this should be a basic feature that is easy to access.

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    I replied to a thread today that is now locked, so I have to repeat it here to continue the discussion. I have a Garmin 220 and Garmin Connect on my iphone. I've never been able to figure out how to change the default from running to walking. I do more walking and I have to change EVERY activity every time in the app. It's getting really annoying and this should be a basic feature that is easy to access.

    Someone replied (and then locked the thread), that my Garmin is old and it wasn't a feature then, but it is now. 

    The feature shouldn't be solely dictated by the device. It could easily be implemented in the Garmin Connect APP! to default ALL activity types to something besides RUNNING. I was running a lot more years ago, and now I'm mostly walking. 

    If garmin really wanted to be clever about it, they could obviously differentiate between walking and running based on other historical data it's already captured, or by the amount of time it takes to go the distance recorded. Who takes 50 minutes to run 3 miles? I would guess no one, and they can assume I'm walking. Conversely, who can "walk" 3 miles in 30 minutes. Clearly I'm running (and not too fast at that speed).

    I'm talking about making the app better, not the device.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to tonykara

    Newer devices got lots of activity types so you select the type right on the watch and it will be logged as that. I don't believe Garmin will make any changes to fix limitations with older devices. The selected activity type will be used and for an old Forerunner with only one activity type it will be running.

    The 220 is 10 years old and it is impressive that the battery is still in that good shape so it can be used.