When you first set up the watch, you must choose a sex. Most fitness and training algorithms are binary. For the most accurate results, Garmin^® recommends selecting your sex assigned at birth. After the initial setup, you can customize the profile settings in your Garmin Connect account.

Profile & Privacy

Enables you to customize the data on your public profile.

User Settings

Sets your sex. If you select Not Specified, the algorithms that require a binary input will use the sex you specified when you first set up the watch.

Wheelchair mode updates your glances, apps, and available activities. For example, wheelchair mode has indoor and outdoor push and handcycling activities, such as Push - Run Speed and Push - Walk Speed, instead of running and walking activities. When wheelchair mode is turned on, your Venu^® 3 series watch tracks your movements as pushes rather than steps. Icons are also updated to represent a wheelchair user. The watch does not update your VO2 max. estimate while in wheelchair mode. Incident detection is also disabled.

The first time you enable wheelchair mode on your watch, you can select your exercise frequency in order to set your activity level to the correct algorithm. While wheelchair mode is turned on, you can pair a cadence sensor to receive distance and speed in activities such as handcycling. For indoor activities, you are prompted to pair a speed sensor for speed data, but a speed sensor is not required to record the activity. For information about specific Garmin sensor compatibility, purchasing, or to view the owner's manual, go to buy.garmin.com for that sensor.

You can turn wheelchair mode on or off in your user profile settings (Setting Up Your User Profile).

For more information about wheelchair physiology, go to garmin.com/en-US/garmin-technology/health-science/wheelchair-physiology/.