My training status has stopped working - i have been consistently doing activities that meet the criteria - it says “no status” “load focus” not available- help?

training status is no longer available on my Garmin instinct- and Load focus is not available - this has been working fine for almost a year. I’m consistently doing activities that meet the criteria to keep this going.

my acute load looks like it dropped off the cliff- any suggestions?

0 e7andy 4 months ago

Check your 4 week VO2 max graph. Do you have at least 1-2 values for the past two weeks? If you don't have that then you will lose your training status.

0 1592430 4 months ago in reply to e7andy

Hi- last VO2 max was the 15th so maybe that’s it- I only bike- and never with a power meter just a heart rate monitor - does the Garmin count walks or hikes for VO2 max-

0 e7andy 4 months ago in reply to 1592430

Then that is the issue here.

Garmin can use walking for VO2 max. Not hiking. You need at least 10 consecutive minutes with at least 70% of your max HR.

0 1592430 4 months ago in reply to e7andy

so biking alone with just a HR monitor won’t count towards VO2max?

0 e7andy 4 months ago in reply to 1592430

Correct. A power meter is also required.