Garmin Real-Time Stamina | Best settings for Fenix 7 & Epix 

5:38 if you want to jump straight to the stuff on the Real-Time Stamina feature. 👍

Recommendation from Mark: Custom layout with 4 fields: 1 - Stamina Fields - Current 2 - Stamina Fields - Distance remaining 3 - Stamina Fields - Time remaining 4 - Stamina Fields - Potential

Mark these reviews are exactly what I require!!! So precise and balanced!!!

Just wanted to say that you have fast become my favourite channel! Appreciate all the content 🙏

Brilliant - your videos are the reason I come to RU-vid. You provide well thought out and well presented ‘inside’ info (practical and expert). Great job‼️ Please keep more coming, and thank you to your lovely wife for allowing the time to produce for your audience. SUBSCRIBED😊💯

Mark, thanks for your on going reviews on the Fenix 7. I bought mine 2 weeks back and am totally blown away with what it can do. My main usage is gym work (the weight lifting part is incredible for keeping tabs on my lifts). Also wild camping and hiking (and a life saver when storms and white outs occur as the base map is incredible.

Just got the Epix delivered yesterday and did my first run. 3 mile course and Epix tracked the run and data nearly perfectly. Love this watch! This will keep me straight for years to come.

I just got a Fenix 7 pro saphire solar for Christmas and this is FANTASTIC info. Thank you for your deep understanding and explanation.

I bought a Fenix 7X based on your videos Mark, so thank you. I was torn between this and an Apple Watch and had a bad experience with a Garmin 5X. However, the 7X is so much better; more features, faster, easier and more intuitive. I love it!

Great overview of the stamina data and how it works. I was quite interested in that when I heard about this. Cheers!

Thanks for testing this and letting us know your thoughts, appreciated.

As always entertaining and informative. Thank you.🍻

I'm really excited about this new stamina feature... My only concern is that VO2 is generally overestimated by Garmin and so I wonder if stamina reading can be slightly above your real capability or not because of this. Thank you so much for the amazing review!!! 😍

At 9:20, data fields, is by far THE BEST content you’ve made (in my opinion); I’ve been following you for ages and THAT LITTLE bit of time, was the best. I hope you could share more of the data info. For different screens.

Excellent screen configuration tip! Thanks, Mark!

Great video Mark. I wanted to suggest doing a video on the Supersapiens glucose monitoring. I am interesting on what you think of the device since I relate to your weight loss and endurance journey. Keep up the great videos.

My first gen 945 does post activity perceived efforts questions too, I think it’s pretty standard now. Don’t forget to say you no longer need to adjust settings on the Fenix 7 watch you can do most of it on GARMIN connect. If you hear a bank was robbed in the next few days that could be me in aid of a Fenix 7 purchase, ha;-).. Seriously I am absolutely happy with my 945. And oddly the screen seems truly black & way bright enough at 80%. Hmmmm….No doubt I’ll be wearing a bloody Fenix sometime in the future. Keep it up….

Hi there, thank you for the explanations, I was trying this just a couple days then I saw you're video, rich in informations, I needed this, thank you so much 👍

Great tips, thank you. Waiting for my Epix to arrive. Will definitely make your suggested changes.

Just watched this after seeing your latest 100km video. Interesting to see this play out in reality, especially your comments about depleting potential stamina

That was incredibly useful information. Thank you

Cool feature update. I definetly will do this screen modification in 2 weeks when my 7 arrives. Thanks!

That is definitely a good feature and would be something I could use on a sportive or on the chasing the sun cycle that I'm considering doing.

Many thanks for this brilliant and useful setting! Have hit that like button and subscribe button!

For the first time I understand aerobic vs. anaerobic workout. Thanks!!!

Just wrecklessly throwing thumbs and comments. Great stuff. Looking forward to Epix comparison video!

Sold, although by the time I NEED a Fenix 7 the 8 will probably have been released :-) I've said it before, your channel has some cracking content, well informed with just the right amount of humour. Loved Mortal Kombat, Scorpion wins, flawless victory, fatality !!!!

That stamina function looks really good, as you said for those longer session or intervals 😎

Oh 😮 come on 🤪damn now I have to buy it before I start my training after recovering from the broken Achilles’ tendon 😂😂😂 I believe You will come back in several days confirming that 😎 great review again BIG THANKS 🙏

Hey Mark, Thanks for the last video and the comparison 7 vs 6. Just upgraded to a used 6X this morning coming from a 935. Feels like Christmas in January waiting for the mail. 😁

Trail Running with your dog! Awesome sir!

Hi Mark, thanks for the awesome videos. Very interesting to see the feature, making me sad to just still have the 6 :-D. I guess still much more tech than I actually need :-) How about a video where you do an intervall training where you show the intense drain of your stamina and compare it to how you feel? Keep up the good work, or as Goggins would say: Stay strong!

I had forgotten about the stamina stuff but looking back to yesterday’s Makuri climb on Zwift when I gave everything I had it dropped to zero like a stone, bounced around there as I limped to the end during the descent and came back up on the cool down - obviously more use for a longer sustained effort but interesting nonetheless! Another trip up the Alpe sans chien for research purposes?

Mark, great review, tempted. When’s the swimming starting for the IM?

Had to come back and see this after I got the new watch. nice information.

This is very interesting. I have been looking at a number of watches, Garmin's the one which has stood. I have been trying out a watch a work fried loaned me. It keep a log on my heart rate and walking pace. But as you know, there's more to it. The GPs, maps and other fitness log's. I like the stamina data info. I am not a runner, I trekker and I am keen to get back into long distance, light weigh treks. Say, 24 to 48 hour kit. Now with the Fenix 7x, 7x Pro Solar. I am keen to follow reviews. Take care...

Bought the 6x sapphire because of your body battery video! Now really thinking about buying the 7 because of this video 🤣

Mark, when I watch your vids, I always think GOAT;)

5:20 Perceived Exertion tracking came to the Fenix 6 in an update last August. I suppose you would have had to dig through the settings to enable the prompt. My lowly Forerunner 45 has it, so I would have been shocked if the F6 didn't.

thank you very much. you helped me a lot

Hi Mark, thank you very much for your videos. I have a suggestion for you, it seems you know everything that is needed including how to make a good video. And it seems like you want to do this as well. So: 1) Make a video, or a small series, how to start runnning to get healthier, in the best way with the Fenix 7 / Epix. And probably Fenix 6 and even 5 users can follow and use most of it anyway. What is a good program? Should I trust the restitution time of the watch or how do I best get started. 2) Make a video, or a small series, how to improve your running to get your goals with everything the Fenix 7 / Epix have of tools. I guess this is quite different form 1. If not, then I suppose the video or series from 1) is enough. 3) Make a video, or a small series, about how to use Fenix / Epix for 'everything else'. The watch is of course first and foremost a training partner. But it has so many other possibilities. So I think it would be worth it. How do you easily mark where you park you car so you can find it again? How do you get a good report to show to your doctor. These are the things I know about, but I am sure it has many other possibilities, and I would like to see your guide how to get more out of the watch. Perhaps, you will know better, I am not sure, but I would imagine, that a discussion of different watch faces including discussion about battery drain but also to show some of the very good watch faces that can be downloaded and improve the daily use of the watch. 4) And I'm not sure it's even possible and even if it is, I'm not sure you are the right guy, but let me suggest anyway. How to use the Fenix 7 / Epix best for resistance training / power lifting. And again. Thanks for your videos.

Well explained STAMINA feature 👍

This watch looks like it would be great to have, but it would have many features on it that i probably would never use. It is also bit pricy to justify what I would use it for in my daily activities. i am active but retired. I walk and play golf, but there are cheaper devices dedicated for that. i do use a bicycle, but I dont do long distance bicycling. Thank you for the time to explain these watches.

After watching your last video I decided to buy, I'm waiting for my 7x sapphire to arrive as I watch this. Asside from the extended battery (against my 245 music) the stamina feature is the feature I want the most. Glad you made this video as that screen seems so much more relevant to my expectations than their default one. Cheers. C'mon Yodel.

Nice review, I'm feeling my interest in keeping my Fenix 6 Titanium Sapphire starting to come into question. Especially with the Epix out there as well. I like the stamina feature and see how it could be very useful for my long days in the saddle, but now come to think of it, that seems pretty similar to my Time to Exhaustion - Xert app on my Garmin Edge 1030. So since I'm not really a long distance runner, looks like the stamina feature is kind of a been there, done that,...ask the waiter for the check kind of a thing. Thanks once again for the great review but really seems that I've talked myself out of an upgrade once again, but with SRAM picking up Karoo, might be time to get a better look at the Hammerhead 2 in a few months or so. Hmmm....

Just bought the 6x pro solar a week ago and now I'm so jealous when you scroll the map on the touch screen :)

Solid advice. I need it today on my (failed) Marathon attempt 😂

Good info, I've got the arc50 next weekend so will be interesting to monitor how badly my body is taking a beating!!!

My Fenix 3 has just started playing up so gone “all in”on a 7 (not x). So excited waiting on it

Great setup 👍

thank you for the useful tip. just one remark, the stamina is also available on the Garmin forerunner 965

Would be good to see stamina across edge devices also. Great video!

great info thanks! Where are you getting your great colored bands?

Thank you so much Mark, for this Stamina Data Screen 4 fields, I can't wait for my next run to see how it works. It's going to be so awesome to see how much distance is left that I can still run or time left etc, hope i got that understanding right. I love your doggy Nixon so much, how I so wish I could get a Parsons Jack Russell too but I'm in New Zealand & have tried searching & just can't find one, I'm wanting a female Parsons Jack Russell, if you're able to help suggest in any way or know of how I can obtain one, plse do not hesitate to let me know. Your Nixon is so adorable I could just eat him (figure of speech). xoxo

2:59 A wrist based mortar? That sounds awesome!

Useful! Thank you

I just got the Epix after seeing your review. It's awesome and the screen is so much more clear compared to the Fenix 5

Great review!

Thanks m8 for this video. Please create more videos featuring my new toy and professional equipment, the Garmin 7x Sapphire

Hope they migrate the stamina feature to the Garmin Edge bike computers. They should be able to see from the Garmin cloud data mt current body battery status and such (even could pair my watch to the Edge for that , but don't think that should be necessary). Combined with a good HR band (Garmin / Polar H9/10) it should be possible for Garmin to calculate the same stuff for us bike riders.

Exceptional video!

Hello Mark, Very interesting review! Thank you! I have a question! I currently use my Garmin Edge 530 (yes... I like buttons!) for navigation and -as soon as my new road bike was delivered- also to display the values of the powermeter. If I now purchase a Fenix 7x, I would of course like to have the "Real-Time Stamina" values displayed while road biking. Do I then have to start the activity on Fenix and Edge at the same time? Or is there any more elegant way to display this data? Thanks for your feedback!

The stamina idea is a cool looking feature. I’m curious about how it could be used to pace 1mile, 5k, 10k time trials where you try to get to the end with nothing left.

Hey there mate , I’m enjoying your videos, I am a 56 year old bloke trying to regain some fitness , I got to 110kg and the beginning of September I had enough and committed to losing weight, I am now at 90kg and feeling way better but still have a way to go, my partner bought me the Garmin Tactix 7 Pro for Christmas 😍 how do I set up my v02max properly I think you had a video on it but can’t see it, I’m committed to getting fit and staying that way, sorry for the long comment 😂 cheers from Greg down under 😊

Many thanks! I added the new Stamina data fields for run and bike. Very helpful. Curious: they don’t allow you to load these Stamina data fields on ‘ebike’ for some reason, though you CAN add the standard data field. I don’t ride ebikes much, but I work out hard when I do so I found that odd.

Hey Mark, great video, thx. Does somebody know, as far as the Stamina stats are only available for Run and Bike, if it is possible to use it also for Indoor bike? Maybe by making a copy of the regular Bike profile?

Fantastic videos, is there anyway we can use garmin fenix 7/ epix as car navigator?

I'm still running the Fenix 3 but this is making me want to upgrade.

Thats great, thanks Mark. By the way, what running harness do you use for the dog? Struggling to find one - and it appears our dogs are similar sized. Cheers!

You make me want to start runnning again just to get this watch. I’m into ultra cycling where the headunit and the mobile phone rule. I’m curious if your 4 data field on stamina would work in cycling. God, I’m almost becoming a triathlon nerd.

I hope we are getting this Stamina feature on bike computers.

Mark, you and I are roughly the same size. I’m 6’5” 235 lbs with a 19cm/7.5 in wrist. I was completely torn between the F7x and the Epix. Coming from a Forerunner 245, and being an avid watch collector, with my largest watch being 44mm, and the rest of my collection between 37mm-40mm, the idea of a 51mm watch seemed daunting. Did it take you a while to get used to a watch this size? Also, what is your wrist circumference? I look down at the F7x on my wrist, and while I love the screen size, I can’t seem to get over the fact that the watch looks gigantic.

I’m surprised the Fenix 6 didn’t ask those questions at the end of the workout. My FR245 updated to ask them some months ago. I laughed about the new delivery.

Thanks! How does the 7X work for general weightlifting and tracking metrics? Does it get in the way?

The 7x looks really good on your wrist! What is the circumference of your wrist?

Great video

Do you not wait to get a GPS lock before running... its one of those painful parts of the run tbh (esp in winter) but feel its a necessary evil to get good results... good to know the 7 is better!

Interesting thank you. To fully utilise the stamina information do you need to keep the watch on all the time, so leave it on in between runs? Would it work the same if I took it off straight after a run, and then didn't put it back on until I go out for my next run the next morning?

Ciao Mark sono Manolo e ti scrivo da Carrè,Italy.Mi sono appena iscritto al tuo canale,troppo bello. Complimenti per le tue recensioni,davvero da numero uno. Ho solo una domanda da farti,e per me la tua risposta sarà fondamentale:sono possessore del Garmin Fenix 6X sapphire,mi consigli il passaggio al Fenix 7X solar sapphire?Non sono un grande sportivo,sono solo le nuove funzionalità del 7X che mi attraggono.Ti ringrazio e ti rinnovo i complimenti.

Haha. I don’t know whether I’m wrecked from my long run and slightly delirious, but ‘maybe a sheep ate the sign’ joke made me lose it 😂

Great Video Mark. Not sure if you know, but since this is based on VO2 Max, what happens then on trail running since VO2 Max isn't recorded? Is the stamina feature only for standard runs? Also I too have been waiting since 1992

This would be interesting to see in one of your Zwift races or even better going for a PB up Alpe du Zwift. Please do a video.

Here is a question. (6X but I think all Fenix) Training plan data screen. Do you know if the data fields can be selected on that screen (The screen you can not choose anywhere. But it appears by itself when running a programmed training plan. It has a red/green/red bar and an arrow to show your status. Its awsome)

I use the Fenix 6 now for cycling and general exercise and an approach 62 for golf connected to the golf sensors, would the 7 replace both devices into just 1?

Garmin is going to add this to the 945 LTE per DC rainmaker.

@mark lewis Could you kindly tell me sir what the lug width is of the epix 2 ? Thank you

What is your wrist circumference? The 7x looks massive

thanks for the great video. How did you manage to get hands on both watches so quickly here in the UK. I ordered from garmin directly and they tell me to wait 2 weeks. and I am not the patient type… :o

Hi There, does the stamina mode and recoverytime also apply for gym workouts? Or only cycling and running?

Can you use the stamina feature for something other than a run? Like maybe HIIT or swimming?

Try running up the hill in St Ives with the watch.

Yes BUT did they fix current PACE under tree cover as it’s a trail watch and this has been terrible on the 6X and when you use a foot pod with speed distance always It Doesn’t do your VO2 correctly

Is the orange strap a Garmin one? Looks a bit bright!

Discovered an interesting issue with this this morning. Although you can add the default Stamina screen for other cycling activities ie. Cyclocross, you can’t add the Custom Fields. Stamina just isn’t an option. Annoying!

What site did you purchase the orange band from please?

Actually I'd be interested if there's any way to account for 'calories in' whilst exercising asside from just rest.

Question, so Apple watch doesn't figure Vo2 max out for cycling #aggravating. i checked the Garmin site and it appears they will but apparently requires a power meter... you know that tech you put in bin2.0 along with the whoop strap. Would be interested to see if any of your cycling is included in your Vo2 max calculations without the power meter?

Hi, has somebody noticed that cool hand gesture > to just put down the palm of the hand onto the display to dismiss a notification or exit a menu / the widgets?

I guess the big question is does it still cut corners like my Fenix 3 does? I went from the forerunner 305 to the Fenix 3 and the old Forerunner was more accurate(did not cut corners).

Love the mortal kombat memes 😂😂