Garmin

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Bowman 🇸🇪 Feb 2022 7:24am, 8 Feb 2022 963 posts	Bowman 🇸🇪 My 7 has not really dialled in on my metrics yet. vo2max and so on. Gave me some strange lactate detections also, so iv´e gone over to MHR instead of lactate threshold for a while. But its expected, it will get to know me in a few weeks i think. The stamina chart looked strange there, but it will probably sort it self out Quimby.
quimby Feb 2022 7:37am, 8 Feb 2022 5,360 posts	quimby After a recovery run this morning, it's now saying I'm Productive. I'll take that. 🙂
Bowman 🇸🇪 Feb 2022 7:42am, 8 Feb 2022 965 posts	Bowman 🇸🇪 That does not sound right quimby
Sigh Feb 2022 8:25am, 8 Feb 2022 11,407 posts	Sigh You can take Benilyn for that.
geordiegirl Feb 2022 8:41am, 8 Feb 2022 17,217 posts	geordiegirl Is your garmin broke it’s losing letters. 😂
SPR Feb 2022 8:53am, 8 Feb 2022 36,239 posts	SPR Might be different for the higher models but the productivity thing is simply about VO2 max on lower models so if the run has any portion that it can measure VO2 max from (used to be 10 mins above 70% max but pretty sure it's less now) and it rises, it will say training is productive. Unproductive basically means it's dropping.
SPR Feb 2022 8:56am, 8 Feb 2022 36,240 posts	SPR You'd think the higher models would look at what's happening at threshold which is more important than VO2 Max for a lot of endurance running but not seen any evidence that they do.
SPR Feb 2022 9:01am, 8 Feb 2022 36,241 posts	SPR *70% max HR.
larkim Feb 2022 9:01am, 8 Feb 2022 16,926 posts	larkim This article seems to give some rationale for it all. But ultimately, as SPR says, it's the movements in the VO2Max metric (which can be pretty sensitive to things like how hilly a chosen route is, or what the headwind is like) which are pretty influential on the way it moves. I think movements in VO2Max in decimal places influence this too, which won't be immediately visible on the watch itself (one of the reasons I use Runalyze alongside Fetch / ~~strava~~ / Garmin Connect / Intervals.icu ) myrunnerslife.com
SPR Feb 2022 9:13am, 8 Feb 2022 36,242 posts	SPR Good article Larkim, I had forgotten the training load coming into it as well. It would basically always say early base training is unproductive assuming it can measure VO2 max in those runs (increased load = more fatigue and lower VO2 max at least initially)