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Garmin connect default zones mess

Garmin sets default heart rate zones in such a way that you can't even understand why they are set like this ...

For example if my LTHR is 180 I would expect the top of my Z4 to be 100% of LTHR when set to % LTHR. No, it's configured to 90%. Why? I am questioning my understanding of zones.

Then power zones ...  I configured Stryd to be used for power, but no, app will use HRM PRO+ or my FR965 for that, why? It's less accurate. But ok, I have Stryd application for that.
Can I just disable power zones in Garmin? Today I was shocked when Garmin told me my training readiness is '1' down from ~60. I thought, do I over-train? Well Garmin app thinks that I was running 50m in Z5 (power) even if my HR zones were set correctly ... Double check for this case would make sense ? Again default power zones settings are not something I understand, but hey I can re-configure them.

How can I now reset my training readiness which is the metric that I need the most? I will see if it will fix itself due to good HRV value.

I think such little things should get polished ...

  • and my HRV increased from 56 to 65 last night ... again making Garmin training effect ridiculous. If it classified run as threshold, based on 2min of Z4/Z5 work ... hmm... I don't think it should ... it's EPOC based and 2min shouldn't be enough ....