Getting Your VO2 Max. Estimate for Cycling
This feature requires a power meter and wrist-based heart rate or a compatible chest heart rate monitor. The
power meter must be paired with your Descent device (
Pairing Your Wireless Sensors, page 117
). If you are
using a chest heart rate monitor, you must put it on and pair it with your device.
For the most accurate estimate, complete the user profile setup (
Setting Up Your User Profile, page 70
) and set
your maximum heart rate (
Setting Your Heart Rate Zones, page 71
). The estimate may seem inaccurate at first.
The device requires a few rides to learn about your cycling performance.
1 Ride at a steady, high intensity for at least 20 minutes.
2 After your ride, select Save.
3 Select UP or DOWN to scroll through the performance measurements.
TIP: You can select START to view additional information.
Turning Off VO2 Max. Recording
You can turn VO2 max. recording off for trail run or ultra run activities (
About VO2 Max. Estimates, page 60
).
1 Hold MENU.
2 Select Activities & Apps.
3 Select an activity.
4 Select the activity settings.
5 Select Record VO2 Max. > Off.
Viewing Your Fitness Age
Your fitness age gives you an idea of how your fitness compares with a person of the same gender. Your device
uses information, such as your age, body mass index (BMI), resting heart rate data, and vigorous activity history
to provide a fitness age. If you have a Garmin Index
™
scale, your device uses the body fat percentage metric
instead of BMI to determine your fitness age. Exercise and lifestyle changes can impact your fitness age.
NOTE: For the most accurate fitness age, complete the user profile setup (
).
1 From the Garmin Connect app, select
or
.
2 Select Health Stats > Fitness Age.
Viewing Your Predicted Race Times
For the most accurate estimate, complete the user profile setup (
Setting Up Your User Profile, page 70
), and set
your maximum heart rate (
Setting Your Heart Rate Zones, page 71
).
Your device uses the VO2 max. estimate (
About VO2 Max. Estimates, page 60
) and your training history to
provide a target race time. The device analyzes several weeks of your training data to refine the race time
estimates.
TIP: If you have more than one Garmin device, you can enable the Physio TrueUp
™
feature, which allows your
device to sync activities, history, and data from other devices (
Syncing Activities and Performance
).
1 From the watch face, select UP or DOWN to view the performance widget.
2 Select START to scroll through the performance measurements.
Your projected race times appear for 5K, 10K, half marathon, and marathon distances.
NOTE: The projections may seem inaccurate at first. The device requires a few runs to learn about your
running performance.
Heart Rate Features
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