Start moving. Keep moving.
Excited about your new hobby? Haven’t started yet but really want to? Here’s our tips and tricks on how to start moving, and keep moving.
We know that running 5K might not feel like a walk in the park for everyone. We also know that some people begin with a burst of motivation, start with full speed and end up hitting a wall. Some of us might need a little push from a personal trainer to keep going and some might need to be told to give our sneakers a little break once in a while. We’re here to tell you a few tips on how to make your active life a little easier and enjoyable in the long run.
1. Follow your heart rate for optimal speed
Ensure your speed is optimal by following your heart rate. If exercising feels like a huge effort, slow down. Running becomes more fun and feels easier when you don’t try too hard.
Leave the excess huffing and puffing to others.
2. Keep an eye on your recovery time
A new hobby can easily swift you away. Make sure you don’t end up overtraining by keeping an eye on your recovery time. This way you have the energy to train and keep your zest for biking, running, swimming or whatever your sport is.
Taking a break is so 2020.
3. Find cool new routes
Studies show that by always running the same routes, you might actually kill your progress. We understand that exploring new paths might feel like a hassle – but it’s your lucky day because we have the perfect solution for you. With heatmaps you’ll find popular routes nearby, or you can choose to stay off the beaten track.
Left? Right? Up? Down? We’ve got the answer for you.
4. Stay on track with a training plan
Following a personalized 7-day training plan makes it easier to follow routines and stay motivated. Choose if you want to maintain, improve or boost your fitness level and our adaptive training guidance tells you when and how hard to train so that you can reach your training goals.
Ditch the pen and paper!
Read more on our adaptive training guidance here.
The page is about Suunto 3 but the same guide applies for your Suunto 5 and Suunto 9 watches as well.
5. Track your 24/7 activity
It’s not only the training sessions that count. By tracking your daily steps and calories as well as sleep quality and duration, you can easily get a holistic picture of your overall 24/7 activity. Check out the summaries in Suunto app and learn how to optimize your days and nights so you can stay energetic and avoid injuries.
Every step counts if it’s tracked!
You’ll find more information on steps and calories here.
This page is about Suunto 7 but you can track steps and calories with your Suunto 3, Suunto 5 and Suunto 9 as well.
If you’re interested in learning how to optimize your sleep, check out this article.
Find your perfect match
SUUNTO 3
Lightweight but durable sports watch with adaptive training guidance
For you who are looking for a sleek watch for training and maintaining your active life. Suunto 3 comes with a personalized adaptive training guidance, holistic 24/7 activity tracking including steps and calories, sleep quality as well as stress and recovery tracking. You can also track your speed and distance with GPS by connecting your watch to the Suunto app on your phone.
SUUNTO 5
Compact GPS sports watch with great battery life
For you who want to track your sports with a compact watch that has a long battery life and intelligent battery modes for keeping up with your training sessions. Suunto 5 is packed with multiple sport features including GPS navigation and fitness level tracking. You can also track your 24/7 activity including steps, calories, stress, recovery and sleep.
SUUNTO 7
Smartwatch with versatile sports experience
For you who are looking for a GPS smartwatch sporty enough it can keep up with your active everyday, seamlessly. Suunto 7 is our first watch that combines Suunto’s sports experience and free offline outdoor maps with helpful smartwatch features from Wear OS by Google™, including quick, easy payment from Google Pay™, smart help from the Google Assistant, activity tracking and coaching from Google Fit™ and thousands of apps on Google Play™.
SUUNTO 9 BARO
Ultra-endurance GPS watch with exceptional battery life and barometer
For you who demand the best from your sports watch. Suunto 9 is the ultimate GPS watch that comes with exceptional battery life, intelligent battery modes and charge reminders. This durable watch has numerous sport and outdoor features including barometer and weather functions. With Suunto 9 you can also track your 24/7 activity including steps, calories, sleep, stress and recovery.
SUUNTO APP
Enable your active life
- View key training, activity and sleep summaries as well as overall trends to help keep your life in balance.
- Stay connected with notifications
- Customize what you want to see on your sports watch during training and adventures by creating your own sport modes
- Activity-specific heatmaps in Suunto app show you where the most popular routes are, all around the world.
- For Suunto 3, see your speed and distance as well as your track in the map by using the Suunto app to enable ‘connected’ GPS from your mobile phone.
- Suunto D5, Suunto EON Steel, Suunto EON Core: Transfer your dive logs easily over Bluetooth to your mobile phone after diving.
- Connect to your favorite sports services, such as Strava, Endomondo, TrainingPeaks, Relive and more.