Connect your Garmin

Before you start

• You need a Garmin Connect account, and your watch must sync to it.
• Have your Garmin login ready.
• Connecting works the same on the web, iPhone and Android, from Integrations:
  • Web: in the side menu, select INTEGRATIONS. It opens in a new tab.
  • iPhone and Android: open the side menu and select Integrations.

Connect Garmin

1. Open Integrations and find Garmin Connect.
2. Select Connect.
3. A box titled Turn on Historical Data appears. Tick I will switch on Historical Data, then select Continue to Garmin Connect.
4. Sign in to Garmin. On Garmin’s permissions screen, switch on Historical Data before you approve. If you leave it off, Beoflow starts from today and your past workouts stay behind.
5. Allow access.
   • In the app: you see Connected. Select Return to Beoflow.
   • On the web: you see Returning to integrations. Select Continue to integrations if it doesn’t move on by itself.

The Garmin Connect card now shows CONNECTED.

What syncs

• Workouts, including their detail files.
• Sleep, heart rate variability, stress and daily activity.
• Blood oxygen, respiration, body composition and blood pressure, when your device records them.
• Up to 60 days of history after you first connect (only with Historical Data switched on). It can take a while to finish.
• After that, new data arrives when your watch syncs to Garmin Connect. If it isn’t in Garmin Connect yet, it won’t be in Beoflow.

Send a planned workout to your watch

This works for planned workouts that have structured steps.

• Web: open the workout on your calendar, open its menu and select Send to Garmin.
• iPhone: open the scheduled workout, open its menu and select Send to Garmin.

Then sync your watch with Garmin Connect. The workout appears in your watch’s workout list. Sending isn’t available in the Android app yet; use the web.

Resync recent data

1. Open Integrations.
2. On the Garmin Connect card, open the options menu (three dots) and select Resync.

Beoflow fetches your last 14 days again. You can resync once every 5 minutes.

Reconnect Garmin

If Beoflow loses access to Garmin, new data stops arriving.

• iPhone: your Today screen shows GARMIN HAS DISCONNECTED. Select Reconnect Garmin.
• Web and Android: open Integrations. If Garmin Connect shows Connect, connect again. If it still shows CONNECTED but nothing arrives, disconnect it and connect again.

Missing days fill in after you reconnect.

Disconnect Garmin

1. Open Integrations.
2. On the Garmin Connect card, open the options menu (three dots) and select Disconnect.
3. Confirm with Disconnect.

Beoflow stops receiving new data and removes its access at Garmin. Everything already imported stays, and you can reconnect any time.

Troubleshooting

• My past workouts didn’t come across: you probably left Historical Data off. Disconnect, then connect again and switch it on.
• “Couldn’t connect Garmin Connect”: you closed Garmin before allowing access, or the sign-in took longer than 15 minutes. Select Try again.
• On iPhone, Garmin opened in its own app or in Safari: finish there. You’ll be brought back to Beoflow.
• New data stopped arriving: check your watch has synced to Garmin Connect, then use Resync. If that doesn’t help, reconnect.
• “Just did that. Give it a few minutes before trying again.”: Resync has a 5 minute cooldown.
• Still missing? The Garmin Connect card’s options menu has Where is my data? with these steps.

FAQ

• Does disconnecting delete my data? No. Only new data stops.
• I also use Apple Health or Strava. Which one does Beoflow use? By default Garmin ranks above Apple Health, and Strava ranks above Garmin for workouts. Change the order in the Processing preferences tab of Integrations.
• Can I connect Garmin alongside other devices? Yes. Connect each one from Integrations.

Privacy

Beoflow reads only what Garmin shares under the permissions you grant, and uses it to coach you. Only you, and coaches you have given access to your data, can see it. You can disconnect any time from Integrations.

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