Getting Your VO2 Max. Estimate for Running
This feature requires wrist-based heart rate or a compatible chest heart rate monitor. If you are using a chest
heart rate monitor, you must put it on and pair it with your watch (
Pairing Your Wireless Sensors, page 78
).
For the most accurate estimate, complete the user profile setup (
Setting Up Your User Profile, page 85
), and set
your maximum heart rate (
Setting Your Heart Rate Zones, page 87
). The estimate may seem inaccurate at first.
The watch requires a few runs to learn about your running performance. You can disable VO2 max. recording for
ultra run and trail run activities if you do not want those run types to affect your VO2 max. estimate (
).
1 Start a running activity.
2 Run for at least 10 minutes outdoors.
3 After your run, select Save.
4 Press UP or DOWN to scroll through the performance measurements.
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 watch (
Pairing Your Wireless Sensors, page 78
). If you are using a chest
heart rate monitor, you must put it on and pair it with your watch.
For the most accurate estimate, complete the user profile setup (
Setting Up Your User Profile, page 85
) and set
your maximum heart rate (
Setting Your Heart Rate Zones, page 87
). The estimate may seem inaccurate at first.
The watch requires a few rides to learn about your cycling performance.
1 Start a cycling activity.
2 Ride at a steady, high intensity for at least 20 minutes.
3 After your ride, select Save.
4 Press UP or DOWN to scroll through the performance measurements.
Turning Off VO2 Max. Recording
You can disable VO2 max. recording for ultra run and trail run activities if you do not want these run types to
affect your VO2 max. estimate (
About VO2 Max. Estimates, page 29
).
1 Hold
.
2 Select Activities & Apps.
3 Select Trail Run or Ultra Run.
4 Select the activity settings.
5 Select Record VO2 Max. > Off.
Viewing Your Predicted Race Times
For the most accurate estimate, complete the user profile setup (
Setting Up Your User Profile, page 85
), and set
your maximum heart rate (
Setting Your Heart Rate Zones, page 87
).
Your watch uses the VO2 max. estimate (
About VO2 Max. Estimates, page 29
) and your training history to
provide a target race time. The watch analyzes several weeks of your training data to refine the race time
estimates.
TIP: If you have more than one Garmin device, you can specify your primary training device in the Garmin
Connect app, which allows your watch to sync activities, history, and data from other devices (
and Performance Measurements, page 36
).
1 From the watch face, press UP or DOWN to view the performance glance.
2 Press START to view glance details.
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