Vigorous intensity minutes only from JR zone 4 and not zone 5

1126588 1 month ago

Hi, in Garmin connect app Health and Wellness setting I can select the HR zone for intensity minutes, for Vigorous the options are either zone 4 or zone 5 (screenshot below). How do I set it to include both zone 4 and 5?

0 trux 1 month ago

When you set 4, it means 4 on higher. From the documentation:

How Are Intensity Minutes Earned? | Garmin Customer Support

Can I Earn Intensity Minutes Based on my Chosen Heart Rate Zones?

When using heart rate zones, you will earn intensity minutes when you reach or exceed the device requirements where your heart rate is at or above the heart rate zones you have set for moderate and vigorous intensity.

0 1126588 1 month ago in reply to trux

Thanks. I thought so too but in my MTB activity the time I was in zone 5 was not added to the intensity minutes

zone 3 43 min

zone 4 26 min

zone 5 9 min

intensity minutes: 46moderate 26 vigorous total 98 (46 + 26*2)

see screenshots.

0 trux 1 month ago in reply to 1126588

Which device did you use for recording the activity? Some of them discard minutes spent over threshold, unless you stay more than continuous 10 minutes over it.

0 1126588 1 month ago in reply to trux

fenix 7

0 trux 1 month ago in reply to 1126588

In your place I'd ask on the Fenix 7 forum, whether others have the same experience. On my watch it works as expected. Alternatively, you can switch the IM mode to the standard option, using the threshold based on the Resting HR, and not on HR zones.