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Training plans and heart rate zones

Former Member over 8 years ago

Hi there,

I'm trying to load a Sprint Triathlon training program onto my Garmin watch and have a few questions:

- Most of the workouts seem to be in Z1, which is super low for me (my max heart rate is 184). When I do normal runs, I'm almost always in Z3 (aerobic)... 130 - 145. What's going on here? I'm not sure if I should recalibrate my heart rate zones on the watch, or if the heart rate zones are fine and the workouts are just light and I should edit them all?
- Anyone understand the difference between training programs marked LEVEL 1 and those marked LEVEL 2? I guess LEVEL 2 is harder, but how do I decide which is right for me?

Thanks very much!

Andrew

0 ASmugDill over 8 years ago

What's going on here? I'm not sure if I should recalibrate my heart rate zones on the watch,

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0 grunk over 8 years ago

i have just downloaded a half marathon training plan and saw excactly the same issue. all trainings was in Z1 and i had to edit all 55 trainings to the correct zonez by chosing a different zone and save and then change back to the right zone and then save again
not excactly something that makes people stick with garmin training plans

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

This was actually the main reason I bought a Garmin watch, shame that it doesn't work (and no sign it's getting fixed - has been broken a long time) - I guess people don't use this feature?

Does Apple Watch have a better training program app kind of thing?

0 grunk over 8 years ago

This was actually the main reason I bought a Garmin watch, shame that it doesn't work (and no sign it's getting fixed - has been broken a long time) - I guess people don't use this feature?

Does Apple Watch have a better training program app kind of thing?

you can just use third party training plans and export to your watch with the old garmin training center even thought garmin claims it doesnt work it still does work
or use this software https://www.2peak.com/ that works dynamicly and interacts with the garmin connect calendar where you can then export trainings to your watch
as far as i know 2peak is the only software able to do this