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Feature: Garmin Health API

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Related: How to link Garmin Connect to the Firstbeat Sports Cloud

With the Garmin Health API you can now seamlessly access training, sleep and overnight recovery data collected from compatible Garmin wearables directly within the Firstbeat Sports platform bringing a more complete picture of athlete readiness into daily decision-making.

Linking the Garmin Connect with Firstbeat Sports means that the activity, sleep and overnight recovery data will automatically sync to Firstbeat Sports. 

Sleep & overnight recovery data
Athletes wearing supported Garmin devices can automatically sync the following overnight metrics:

  • Sleep Duration
  • Sleep Score
  • Resting Heart Rate (bpm)
  • Average Last Night HRV
  • Peak 5-minute Last Night HRV

(Available metrics vary depending on the Garmin device model.)

Training data
All training data collected with a Garmin wearable will automatically sync to Firstbeat Sports platform. From the measurement all Firstbeat Metrics as some Garmin metrics (speed, cadence, altitude) are visible in Firstbeat Sports Cloud.

Also Lap data will be visible on Firstbeat Sports Cloud.

Daily data
Active Calories
BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate)

Important details relating to Heart Rate Variability and VO2Max data 

Some Garmin wearables support the recording of Heart Rate Variability (HRV). To include HRV data in the recorded activities, the user must use an HR strap and make sure logging of HRV is enabled in their Garmin wearable device. In some Garmin Device models, this setting can be found in the menu by following “Physiological Metrics” ⟶ “Log HRV”. Doing so allows the use of extra metrics for analysis in Firstbeat Sports. 

Activities that don't include HRV data are visible in the Firstbeat Sports Cloud. These are usually activities that were recorded using an optical HR sensor.

VO2Max results are calculated for the “Running” sports type only and not for running sub sports like Trail Running.

Measurement naming 

Garmin device users select an “Activity Profile” when starting a workout. For example, “Running” or “Pool Swimming”. After syncing data to Firstbeat Sports, the name of this Garmin Activity Profile is replicated and included in the name of the Firstbeat Sports Measurement. 

Handling of duplicate measurements 

It is possible to use both a Firstbeat Sports Sensor and Garmin device to record data at the same time. Doing so will mean an athlete has duplicate data on the same activity. This can happen when athletes pair a Firstbeat Sports Sensor with a Garmin wearable device.  

In case of duplicate measurements, recordings made with a Garmin device are preferred over Sports Sensor data.

Current limitations 

If activities are edited/deleted in Garmin Connect, these changes are not synced to Firstbeat Sports. 

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