A bit of help with Garmin 920xt
Views: 93
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Lucy Hurn on
-
Go to Garmin Connect, then device settings (bit complicated to get there, I found it by clicking on the person icon on the left, then settings/ user settings/ then there's a link at the bottom of the page to device settings. From there you want user settings. Simples!
Once you're there you have the choice of setting your HR training zones based on MHR/ resting HR or lactate threshold HR (for the latter you'd need to do a lactate threshold/FTP test wearing your HR monitor and add in your average HR for the test. See the recent post on FTP for more on that).
But remember (at the risk of opening more hornets nests) if training by HR a) it's only useful for longer intervals, ignore it for the first 30 seconds or so as your HR wont have caught up b) the estimated MHR can be quite a crude estimation, if you know your own MHR from your training data in the last year or so then override it on this page c) your HR can be affected by lots of other factors (fatigue, oncoming illness, hydration levels etc) so its great for checking that you're on track for a good training session, but it can vary quite a lot (and indeed will rise across a training session involving prolonged exercise despite little or no change in workload due to 'cardiac drift).
If you are able, then triangulate your heart rate data with something else (RPE, FTP etc) and overtime you'll get used to know what your true HR ranges should be for each zone/ when something's not right and you need to back off training etc.
Hope that helps,
Lucy
© 2024 Created by Windrush IT Officer.
Powered by
