Hey, hey! What’s up Garmin fans!
I’m Kevin, your host here at Garmin’s training video series.
Here at Garmin, we want you to perform at your absolute best.
And one of the many factors that can prevent us from training at our peak is stress, but how do we track it?
Well today, let me introduce you to one of Garmin’s health features – All Day Stress Tracking.
Before we talk about tracking stress, it’s important that we understand exactly what stress is.
Stress is a feeling of emotional or physical tension
and the body’s natural defense mechanism that prepares us to either evade or confront danger.
This is known as fight-or-flight.
In short bursts stress can be positive and helpful,
but long-term stress can result in various health conditions including high blood pressure, heart disease, depression, and many more.
We all have stress in our lives. It’s unavoidable.
Long meetings, being sick, traffic jams – these will all trigger stress.
And stress has a negative impact on our Body Battery, further draining our energy reserves.
But knowing our stress levels throughout the day and how we manage that stress, not eliminate it,
is what allows us to perform at our best.
So, we’ve included all day stress tracking in many of our wearable devices.
Your stress level or stress score is based on your heart-rate variability.
The stress score range is from one to one hundred, where one is very low stress and one hundred is very high stress.
Knowing your stress score can help you decide if your body is ready for either an easy or tough training day.
You can see your stress score at any time on your compatible Garmin watch, Garmin Connect Mobile app, or Garmin Connect website.
Not only will you be able to see your current score,
but you’ll also see how long you’ve spent at rest, and at a low, medium, or high stress state.
So, I’ve just looked at my current stress score and it’s pretty high. What do I do with that? That’s a great question!
There are many ways to manage stress, such as going out on a long walk or a run, doing a cardio workout, or even doing yoga.
But another tried and true way to reduce stress is to try a relaxation technique.
To help with that, we built a relaxation breathing exercise into our compatible Garmin watches.
Now this breathing exercise comes in a couple of different forms depending on the watch you’re using,
either a Relaxation Timer through the stress widget on the watch, or a Breathwork activity for a longer, more comprehensive technique.
So, let me show you how to start a Breathwork activity with the Venu that I’m wearing today.
From the stress level screen on your watch, tap the display, scroll down and select the green check mark to take a moment to relax.
This will take you to the breathwork exercise.
By scrolling down, you can select a variety of breathwork techniques.
For today’s demonstration, I’m going to select Relax and Focus (short).
Then select Do Workout.
When ready, hit the start button and follow the onscreen prompts.
ahhhhhh, I feel more relaxed already!
We want you to improve.
And training when your body and mind are ready is one of the best ways to maximise your performance to achieve your long-term goals.
Don’t ignore your stress, manage it – with the help of Garmin All-Day Stress Tracking.
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