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Add Activity type: Squash

alexbueno
over 10 years ago
Hello,

I have been using a Garmin FR405 for a long time for my trainings, and now I am using the VivoFit 2 for everyday use, and it would be useful to be able to select, in the activity types, "squash", and have a calory calculation according to that type of sport. I have used other activity tracker platforms, and squash is included in many of them.

Thank you.

Alex Bueno
  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to 3820725

    Check out the Connect IQ store - there are several apps for Squash. On devices not supporting the Connect IQ apps, simply use the Cardio activity profile, or create your own Activity profile and call it "Squash".

    Squash in Garmin Connect IQ Store

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to trux

    Thank you for the information - currently I am using sports+ application for squash tracking. It shows me the activity description as squash however the category is tennis. To have it correctly it would be great to have it under activity squash. I am also not sure if the calories counter is counted by the sports+ application or counted by garmin connect (I have to check it out) - would like to have calories counter related to squash not to tennis.  

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to 3820725
    3820725 said:
    I am also not sure if the calories counter is counted by the sports+ application or counted by garmin connect (I have to check it out) - would like to have calories counter related to squash not to tennis.  

    Calories do not depend on the type or on the name of the activity you select. They are calclulated, using your personal data (gender, weight, heigth, age, Activity Class,...), the Heart Rate and the Heart Rate Variability (HRV). The name of the activity is completely irrelevant. Garmin cannot add all the 8000 existing sports to the watch, but they do have the custom category called "Other" for adding any sport you wish.

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    6 years and the developers can't add this!? Really pathetic. They don't even allow you to create a custom activity and call it "Squash". Apparently "Frisbee" and "Drone Racing" is more important...

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to trux

    The squash apps on the store are trash on a Venu. And you can't name a custom activity "Squash", you can only use their list of predefined names for some idiotic reason.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to 3820725

    I tried the spot+ on my Garmin Venu and it's unusable. Doesn't respond to inputs which makes the game counter pointless :(

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to trux

    They can add drone racing and frisbee but not squash?! I don't buy it. This is poor from the developers. And they don't even let you input a custom name. This is not excusable. This is bad software engineer.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to trux

    You have my vote to Ads squash 

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to mab494

    Agree 100 %, this is a major and inexplicable omission by Garmin. They need to up their game