Garmin blues part two

[HeavyFoot]

Isn’t Mr Garmin a bully? I fulfilled my step quota easily before breakfast. Then two hours later, he’s telling me to move again. And not just a potter round the house.

Tomorrow he’s going to expect even more steps. Tyrant!!!😁😁

[Irish-John Graduate10]

"Behind every successful man, there is a good woman'And maybe behind every successful Runner, there's a Garmin or similar gadget?

[HeavyFoot Graduate10 in reply to Irish-John]

I will rename her Madame Garmine ❤️

[Irish-John Graduate10 in reply to HeavyFoot]

I like it!

[HeavyFoot Graduate10 in reply to Irish-John]

It’s getting a bit chilly in Russia isn’t it? I didn’t pack any thermals so am looking forward to heading southward. 🥶

[Irish-John Graduate10 in reply to HeavyFoot]

We will miss being cold in a month or two LOL

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I turned of the increasing steps quotum. With me it is just fixed on 10.000 steps per day, which I get to exactly 1 time a week. Working from home and being a lazy bitch does not generate a lot of steps. And my 30 minute runs on weekdays don't gather that much steps...

[HeavyFoot Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

I get my own back on Sundays when I barely manage 500 steps 🙀

[Oldgirlruns Graduate10]

How frustrating for you HF! Luckily my Garmin doesn’t seem to tell me I need to get up and move. Must be that my non-tech ability stopped me setting up that feature! Bargain!

[HeavyFoot Graduate10 in reply to Oldgirlruns]

In a couple of months I’ll be waiting for a Go to the Pub instruction 😀

[sparky66 Graduate10]

😆😆😆🏃‍♀️🏋️‍♀️🏊‍♀️

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Ha ha. I switched my move alert off, it was driving me mad.

[HeavyFoot Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

I didn’t realise I could. It’s called Learned Helplessness 😶

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to HeavyFoot]

On my Forerunner 35 : settings/activity tracking/move alert/turn off. 😉

[HeavyFoot Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

Thanks Dexy5. A bit more complicated on mine but I got there. As a result Move! is on permanently now 😩. It’s not my day - this afternoon I was trying to sort a fault on our landline and now have disabled the whole shebang. Does Garmin ever advise staying in bed?

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to HeavyFoot]

Oh no. If you try again it may give you the option to turn off. ☹️

[HeavyFoot Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

Three times now! I’m hoping that next time Move! switches off, it’ll be the last time.

This too shall pass ....

[Oldgirlruns Graduate10 in reply to HeavyFoot]

I could lend you a hammer if that would help HF!

[Tasha99 Graduate10]

Oh I’ve switched off all of those annoying notifications!

[Blackberrypie Graduate10]

I've just been reading about this in Exercised and unfortunately even if you have done a run it is still important to avoid long periods of sitting. So I do have my move alert on but I have turned the step increase off as it varies so much between run and rest days - my average is 16k a day but there are lots of days where I don't manage 10k.

[HeavyFoot Graduate10 in reply to Blackberrypie]

I wouldn’t mind if just going upstairs or taking the bins out were enough to satisfy the Move command. It seems to expect at least a 200 metre walk. Your point about keeping moving after running is excellent.

[Blackberrypie Graduate10 in reply to HeavyFoot]

Yes, I am not sure what triggers it to turn off again!

[Reggit Graduate10]

I still have that annoying increasing step thingy turned on, keep threatening to turn it off. Never had the move alerts turned on, should really do it but it’ll probably keep going off when I’m on virtual meetings then it’ll be forgotten about when I’m free - well that’s my excuse anyway!