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Health snapshot and breathing

I made n health snapshot today to test it out. Breathing was telling me 16 per minute. I took in a breath hold it for 10 seconds and then blew out and hold it for 10 seconds. It repaeted that for the full 2 minutes so i think it should be 6 rather then 16.
is it a bug?

0 partyman66 over 3 years ago

I too have tried similar tests in the past with my watch and noticed the breathing rate doesn't drop that drastically while doing this which prompted me to look into how Garmin actually determines our breathing rate, which is that it uses HRV since there is apparently a slight variation in your heartbeat between each breath. It probably has something to do with the way your body and heart are responding to holding your breath being different than normal breathing.

0 Paulb over 3 years ago

Same thing