7 Day Training Load Optimal Range Unrealistic

Yes, auto goals work like that. So, if you want to always complete steps and intensity goals - just set them manually to some reasonable values: Device Settings -> User Settings.

Thanks for the reply.

Don’t think training load works that way. No way to change it in settings like steps and intensity minutes. I think I read somewhere that Garmin calculates optimal training load based on the previous 30 days training. My very first run with my Garmin device was a really intense 8 mile tempo run. Perhaps it based my optimal training load based on that first run. Will see if the optimal 7 day load is more meaningful when I have 30 days of data for it to use.

just did a pretty hard 45 minute interval session but am still well short of the optimal load for the day. Looks like I am off to the gym this arvo to bump up my load?

I have the opposite problem, my 7d load is really low (180-390), which I completed with 2 runs and everything over that is displayed as over training :)

Training load makes no sense when it tracks downwards after a hard 90km road bike ride, but upwards after only a 5km Zwift ride!  

I am frustrated by the training load function because it doesn’t accurately reflect training load at all, but rather some strange algorithm that assumes an ever increasing training load is possible, but then penalises that extra effort for no apparent reason!  

…might be time to ditch the Garmin and actually ride based on how I feel, rather than how a computer tells me to feel!

…does anyone at Garmin actually read these comments? 

Are you talking about the 7 day training load? It is just a sum of your training load for the past 7 days. 

Is the training load for the individual activities incorrect?

Using Zwift makes you leave the Garmin eco system which might give incorrect training load. It will probably work a lot better if you only use Garmin devices all the way.

I'm not sure how it works when you are using 3rd party services like Zwift. Is the training load calculated by Zwift or do you sync the activity to a Garmin device to calculate the load and the sync it back to Connect like you do with VO2 max?

Hi Andy, thanks for reply.  …yes the perpetual 7 day training load. Yes Zwift ride data syncs to Garmin, then Garmin interprets it. …regardless of Zwift, when the 7 day load goes down significantly after my biggest ride of the week (90km) but up after a short ride, it makes no sense. 

not sure what you mean by “Is the training load for the individual activities incorrect?”  If so not sure how to correct it?

jon

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not sure what you mean by “Is the training load for the individual activities incorrect?”  If so not sure how to correct it?

I wonder if you have checked if they are correct. You can't correct them, but you feel that something is worong then you need to find the source of the error and report it or fix the error if possible. Otherwise nothing will change.

The 7 day load is just a sum then the load for the individual activities must be incorrect in some way since you say the load goes in the wrong direction. Another cause could be that something with high load in the beginning of the 7 day period has been pushed out which makes the training load go down.

It could also be that Zwift sends data that makes the calculation incorrect. Zwift is virtual and you will sometimes get odd values from it depending on your setup.

How do you check if training load is correct?

Thinking I might try setting Activity Class to zero…as per this thread. forums.garmin.com/.../what-is-activity-class-and-how-do-i-use-it