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Re: GarminDB

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Post by canucker2016 »

stevenwoo wrote: post #4
NoboruWataya wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Activities are just FIT files that can be accessed over USB.

You are right, but I've worn out the USB ports on multiple Garmins from using the ports to recharge and download the files. Now I just use the app and download the files later from the Garmin website, and use a magnetic charger plug also to eliminate the wear and tear on the port. I wish I could wirelessly access the files and cut out the Garmin app/download steps.

How old is your Garmin watch/device?

I'm still using a Forerunner 935 from 2017 and I haven't had any problems with charging/syncing data. I use the USB charger about once a week. Once every two weeks during winter when I don't use the GPS as much.

Only thing I have updated on the watch is the free loop, which holds the watch band after you've threaded it through the buckle. I'm gonna have to replace the watch band eventually - the plastic band is starting to crack, Canadian winters aren't gentle on these things.

Garmin support sent me replacement free loops when I called in asking how I could replace them.

Re: GarminDB

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Post by timanderson »

eitally wrote: post #10
nradov wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Garmin Connect web site seems to work fine for building structured workouts. It can also sync with TrainingPeaks. Is there something else we need? There are a lot more than two apps which read or write FIT files for purposes other than workout planning. I wrote one of them.

I personally don't know anyone who creates workouts in Garmin Connect. Not saying it doesn't happen, or even that it isn't common, but everyone I know is creating their workouts in TP, Intervals.icu, Golden Cheetah (or other similar dedicated training platforms), or even in Zwift (or another virtual training platform).

I create workouts in Garmin Connect

Re: GarminDB

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Post by parkersweb »

A friend recently put me on to Intervals (https://intervals.icu) for Garmin / Strava related data nerdery and I’ve enjoyed it very much. As a rower it was nice that you can construct reports that give rowing related metrics rather than just the usual cycle / run stuff.

Re: GarminDB

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Post by cenamus »

etrautmann wrote: post #15
pokstad wrote: post #12

Garmin should really embrace this. The alternative, relying on smartphone apps, will lock them out in the long run. The big advantage of buying dedicated hardware, like a Garmin bike computer, is having more control over your data.

The WorkOutDoors app and Strava both provide full access to gpx data

Is the Garmin data you get through Strava unfiltered? As strava does some auto-pause things and so on, Garmin too probably...

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Post by iamacyborg »

parkersweb wrote: post #23

A friend recently put me on to Intervals ( https://intervals.icu ) for Garmin / Strava related data nerdery and I’ve enjoyed it very much. As a rower it was nice that you can construct reports that give rowing related metrics rather than just the usual cycle / run stuff.

I tried using that a couple years back and recall being frustrated by how it required running intervals to be formatted.

I believe it wanted interval activities to be recorded without also recording the rest intervals in between which was frustrating.

/edit derp, I’m getting confused between this and runalyze

Re: GarminDB

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Post by iamacyborg »

eitally wrote: post #10
nradov wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Garmin Connect web site seems to work fine for building structured workouts. It can also sync with TrainingPeaks. Is there something else we need? There are a lot more than two apps which read or write FIT files for purposes other than workout planning. I wrote one of them.

I personally don't know anyone who creates workouts in Garmin Connect. Not saying it doesn't happen, or even that it isn't common, but everyone I know is creating their workouts in TP, Intervals.icu, Golden Cheetah (or other similar dedicated training platforms), or even in Zwift (or another virtual training platform).

I’ll parrot the other replies and say that I also do.

Re: GarminDB

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Post by andreareina »

cenamus wrote: post #24
etrautmann wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The WorkOutDoors app and Strava both provide full access to gpx data

Is the Garmin data you get through Strava unfiltered? As strava does some auto-pause things and so on, Garmin too probably...

If it's pushed to Strava from another device (Garmin, Wahoo, etc) then you can download the original file, which will have all the data that the original device recorded. This may have auto pausing, may not.

On e.g. files that are uploaded from my Garmin watch, Strava adds its auto pause as a filter on top of the data: iff the original data doesn't have any pauses (Garmin auto pause not enabled on my runs), then Strava will cut out periods of time when you're standing still; otherwise it'll leave the data alone.

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Post by thefz »

parkersweb wrote: post #23

A friend recently put me on to Intervals ( https://intervals.icu ) for Garmin / Strava related data nerdery and I’ve enjoyed it very much. As a rower it was nice that you can construct reports that give rowing related metrics rather than just the usual cycle / run stuff.

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Noped the f outta there

Re: GarminDB

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Post by thefz »

pokstad wrote: post #12

Garmin should really embrace this. The alternative, relying on smartphone apps, will lock them out in the long run. The big advantage of buying dedicated hardware, like a Garmin bike computer, is having more control over your data.

You can view and download everything from their website

Re: GarminDB

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Post by dolmen »

pokstad wrote: post #12

Garmin should really embrace this. The alternative, relying on smartphone apps, will lock them out in the long run. The big advantage of buying dedicated hardware, like a Garmin bike computer, is having more control over your data.

I have two Garmin devices: a watch and bike computer. Both are connected to the same app that collects data to a single Garmin Connect account.

I expected some synergy but I got nothing. When monitoring the same activity with the two devices you just gets dupes (for example, sum of the distances measured by the two devices). This is worse than if I had 2 devices from 2 different brands.

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