Venu 3 Training Load/Readiness - ?? Where is it?

My Physio asked if my watch was a Garmin, and after confirming he said "great, let's have a look at your Training Stats, your watch can tell you if you're overtraining..."

But lo and behold, regardless of the watch having all of the tech requirements, you've apparently just disabled this feature for us?!?

"Hi. I know you've just bought our new car, with power windows & mirrors, air-conditioning, and heated seats ... but we've disabled those functions because we don't think you'd understand what they're for, or be overwhelmed by them, or something, because this is a wellness car, not a fitness car. Enjoy!"

Does anyone at Garmin not recognise that this decision for the Venu 3 is ridiculous?

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flowstate 5 months ago in reply to PetersRunningThings +3

PetersRunningThings said:
while the watch is functionally capable of recording the required metrics to deliver this feature, they have made the business decision not to enable it, as part of their decision…
trux 4 days ago in reply to kiwidoc +2

kiwidoc said:
Surely it's calculated by the platform?

No, it is calculated on the devices (watch or Edge). The platform is merely a storage of the data coming from the devices, with close to no server…
trux 5 months ago in reply to PetersRunningThings +1

PetersRunningThings said:
As such, it is disabled.

Not disabled. It was never implemented, so you did not pay for it when buying your watch. You do not pay only for the hardware, you pay also for the software…

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0 PetersRunningThings 3 days ago in reply to flowstate

flowstate said:
PetersRunningThings said:
_What I'm actually saying:_ the decision not to include it in the first place should be revisited

Sorry for the late response.

That's fine but

... that's fine but ... you still continue to argue more about what you've acknowledged I'm not saying ... I don't know why.

The purpose of my posting here is to wave my hand at Garmin and say "hey, I'm a customer, and I don't like your decision on this". From what I understand, this is the only option I have to do such a thing. If others agree with me, this is a forum for us to "tally our votes", so to speak. By conflating my (admittedly, backhanded) request for this feature to be added to this line in future, with your misconception that I expected it to be there, you pollute the thread - undermining the reason for my posting, and reducing the likelihood that others like me will want to share their agreement, less they be attacked in a similar fashion.

flowstate said:
Very rarely (never?) does Garmin turn around and add that feature.

Maybe I shouldn't tell you about this - but let me introduce you to the Venu X1

Which has training readiness.

Hopefully they'll bring out a circular-watch-face version sometime soon.