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VO2 max zones are too conservative

Former Member over 5 years ago

I'm 63 and have always been active and usually going to the gym, although not consistently lately and Vivosmart 4 measures my VO2 max as 31 and says this is poor for my age. However, I found charts (https://www.runnersblueprint.com/vo2-max/) online that put me right in the middle, average for my age. I'm really trying to give feedback to Garmin here but didn't find a way to do that.

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seilogramp over 5 years ago +1

There are essentially 2 ways to give feedback to Garmin.

Report an issue: Garmin Support Center

Submit suggestions & ideas: Garmin | Share Ideas

On this forum we can discuss your issue and work on…
Former Member over 4 years ago +1 verified

I wanted to follow up this thread because I contacted support and indeed there is a discrepancy between Vivosmart 4 reporting and Garmin's blog. Support said the blog may not be accurate but it had…

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0 seilogramp over 5 years ago

There are essentially 2 ways to give feedback to Garmin.

Report an issue: Garmin Support Center
Submit suggestions & ideas: Garmin | Share Ideas

On this forum we can discuss your issue and work on ways to fix it, but Garmin will be unlikely to respond.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to seilogramp

Thanks! I'l try the share ideas link.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago

I wanted to follow up this thread because I contacted support and indeed there is a discrepancy between Vivosmart 4 reporting and Garmin's blog. Support said the blog may not be accurate but it had what looked like a more accurate table for men and women age groups for VO2 max. They said they would look into it. Here are the links to those two resources - the table in the blog puts me in the middle of good category for my age whereas the Vivosmart 4 table shows only poor to fair:

https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/vivosmart4/EN-US/GUID-1FBCCD9E-19E1-4E4C-BD60-1793B5B97EB3.html

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/blog/fitness/whats-a-good-vo2-max-for-me/