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Understanding and Using the Respiration Glance on an Approach Watch
The Respiration glance will display your breaths per minute. This is measured by using your HRV (Heart Rate Variability) as measured by the heart rate sensor of your watch.1 You can use this glance to track your breathing all day or while sleeping. To see if your Approach watch is compatible with the Respiration Glance, refer to your owner's manual.
The average respiration rate while resting is between 12-20 BRPM (Breaths Per Minute). During activities, BRPM can be much higher, between 40-50 BRPM.
IMPORTANT: Garmin™ wearables are not medical devices, and the data provided by them is not intended to be utilized for medical purposes and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Garmin recommends you consult your doctor before engaging in any exercise routine.
Adding the Respiration Glance
From the clock, swipe up to the bottom of the widget glance loop.
Select Edit.
Select +Add.
Select Respiration.
Press Back.
If you desire to change the placement of Respiration in the glance loop, select Respiration.
Hold the touchscreen and drag Respiration to the desired place in the order of widgets.
Select Respiration to confirm the placement.
Press Back to return to the widget glance loop.
You can now see your breaths per minute by viewing the Respiration Glance on your watch.
Example:
1 Activity or movement can impact the ability of your watch to read HRV using the OHR (Optical Heart Rate) sensor and will result in the watch not being able to read your breaths per minute. For this reason, an HRM-Pro, HRM-Run, HRM-Tri, or HRM Dual is required to capture respiration data during an activity.