Garmin smartwatch features for women
You don’t need us to tell you that the female body is incredible. Its rhythms and cycles, ebbs and flows, constantly empower women to both give and sustain new life — and that’s just what’s happening behind the scenes — while on the surface they’re conducting a meeting at work or running a marathon or reading a book. From a physiological perspective, there’s a lot going on at any given time. So while you may not need us to tell you that the female body is incredible, you might need us to help you understand it better.
Garmin smartwatch features can play an instrumental role in tracking a woman’s body metrics throughout the day to help give her a real-time health assessment in the time it takes her to glance at her wrist. From how well she slept the night before to where she is in her menstrual cycle, a variety of factors play a role in how well she’s feeling — and may continue to feel for the rest of the day.
Menstrual cycle tracking
Compatible Garmin smartwatches can help track where a woman is in her menstrual cycle, which affects more than you might think, including nutrition, training and general health — all of which can also be monitored on a Garmin smartwatch. Your smartwatch also tracks your skin temperature1 while you sleep for more accurate period predictions and past ovulation estimates2. A woman’s cycle typically involves varying levels of hormones throughout a typical 21- to 35-day timeframe. But, it’s a lot more complicated than whether you’re actually on your period or not. Low estrogen and progesterone levels during menstruation, for example, might leave you feeling drained, while an increase in estrogen during the follicular phase may have you feeling ready to take on a killer workout. In fact, it’s for this reason that many women will train hard during their menstrual cycle.
Pregnancy tracking
If you’re pregnant, knowing how far along you are is important. Once your doctor has given you an approximate due date, you can use the pregnancy tracking feature on your compatible Garmin smartwatch to monitor daily symptoms and mood, approximately how big your baby should be measuring, your baby’s movement, weight gain and more. You’ll even receive tips for exercise and nutrition as you progress in your pregnancy.
Sleep score
How well you do — or don’t — sleep affects nearly every other aspect of your body’s performance for the day. Select Garmin smartwatches with advanced sleep tracking will assign a sleep score1 from 0-100 to rate your sleep, drawing on a combination of sleep architecture, stress data, interruptions during the night, how long you slept and more. It’s important to wear your Garmin watch to bed to get a better idea of how your sleep is impacting your body. We can’t guarantee that you’ll have a successful day if you wake up with a better sleep score — but we are willing to say it’s more likely.
Body Battery
Like the gas gauge on your car, the Body Battery™ energy monitoring feature on your Garmin watch is designed to help you manage exactly how much energy you’ve got left in your personal tank. Your Body Battery score considers physical activity, stress, rest and sleep — and all the ways those factors impact your energy stores. The more you monitor it, the more you’ll understand how activities and lifestyle choices impact your overall energy levels, allowing you to adjust accordingly moving forward.
Stress score
When you’re stressed, your body is in an elevated physiological state. Using primarily heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) data, compatible Garmin smartwatches can measure your stress level on a scale from 0-100, giving you a stress score1 that indicates just how well your body is reacting to the challenges of life and the environment you’re in. If you’re undergoing an unfamiliar — but stressful — situation you’ll know exactly how well your body is reacting to it, which may help you to know how to better prepare next time.
Peace of mind
The reality is that if you’re a woman who runs, it’s important to keep safety in mind. Compatible Garmin smartwatches come equipped with features such as LiveTrack3 and incident detection and assistance in case an accident happens when you’re away from home.
LiveTrack tracks your location in real time when you’re out logging an activity, so chosen family and friends can follow along wherever you are. The incident detection feature can sense when there’s a drastic change in movement while recording a timed GPS activity and alert your emergency contacts that you need assistance. If for any reason you feel unsafe, you can also trigger assistance manually to alert your emergency contacts.
Would you like to better understand everything that happens in a woman’s body? Browse our collection of Garmin smartwatches to find one that fits you and your needs.
1See Garmin.com/ataccuracy
2The menstrual cycle tracking feature should not be used in support of conception, contraception or birth control. This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition.
3When paired with a compatible smartphone. For safety and tracking features requirements and limitations, see Garmin.com/safety.
