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No anaerobic effect

I just finished an interval workout with my TacX Flux and Zwift. Then I imported it to Garmin Connect and got all the data. The data says I was training in the anaerobic power zone but the training effect says 0 anaerobic effect.

Any clues why?

Regards Mikael

0 trux over 1 year ago

Probably just wrongly set power zones. Anyway, for the anaerobic effect you need short bursts of max effort, such as series of sprints, interval training, and similar. In the same time, the exercise must have an impact on the HR, so if the bursts of high power are too short to be detected by the HRM, then the effect won't be accounted for. Read more details here: What Is the Training Effect Feature on My Garmin Device? | Garmin Customer Support

0 7959521 over 1 year ago in reply to trux

So the HR is an important factor too in this. I didn't know.

Garmin estimated my HR to 189 which I highly doubt because i can get at most like 170 and then I'm almost finished so I think a more accurate HR max would be like 180 or mybe not even that.

I should figure out my max HR.

Thank you!

0 trux over 1 year ago in reply to 7959521

7959521 said:
I should figure out my max HR.

Yes, definitely. Do a Max HR field test (there are plenty of tutorial for example on YouTube), enter it in GC, and disable the auto-detection,

0 7959521 over 1 year ago in reply to trux

Great!

I did yesterday. I can't say i blacked out or vomited but it was close so I guess I got pretty close to my max HR and it showed 177bpm.

Should i do a test on a bicycle too since I do a lot of cycling? I think the max HR maybe differ in different activities?

Regards Mikael

0 trux over 1 year ago in reply to 7959521

Max HR is a physiological limit, so doing the test in one discipline should be sufficient.

0 7959521 over 1 year ago in reply to trux

Thank you for your quick answers trux!