I understand that, in simple terms, you get anaerobic benefit from doing intervals, bringing your heart rate very high and then very low and repeating.
But sometimes when I do intervals, I receive 100% High Aerobic in Exercise Load, even when the Training Effect of an activity shows aerobic and anaerobic benefit. I don’t understand what causes an activity to be categorized as High Aerobic for the Exercise Load when the Training Effect is split between Aerobic and Anaerobic.
I did an interval workouts yesterday, which included a warmup and cooldown
Training Effect -
3.7 - Aerobic
3.0 - Anaerobic
Exercise Load - 100% High Aerobic
I wonder if recording a warm up/cool down in the same activity as intervals is causing the activity to be categorized as High Aerobic instead of Anaerobic? Because if I record the intervals separately, anaerobic effect would be higher than the aerobic effect.
I just wish I knew how Garmin differentiates between High Aerobic and Anaerobic. Sometimes I receive anaerobic exercise load when I don’t expect it, other times I don’t receive it when I do expect it.
