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HR recovery feature in GC

Former Member over 11 years ago

Is it possible to add the Heart beat recovery numbers to the workout in GC? (either in summery or Heart beat)

Many thanks, a happy Garmin user.

Cheers

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trux over 2 years ago +1

As a workaround you can consult the Recovery HR with the help of DevTools. Not really comfortable, but if you are really interested, it is an immediately available solution. I described it in details in…
MaxR6 over 2 years ago in reply to trux +1

Thx trux
I set up the bookmarklet mentioned there. thx to WillNorthYork
It is only a workarount but works perfectly.
Nevertheless GARMIN could make this value visible in GC.
There seems to be a need for it…
mipapo over 2 years ago in reply to WillNorthYork +1

Oh sorry, didn't got that correct. Yes it's not possible yet to show that in the dataset, as we don't have the data directly available. But feel free to request it at ideas.runalyze.com so we can see if…

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0 JSRUNNER_ over 11 years ago

+1 - That would be a very interesting stat to have

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

I noticed that the HRR data is already stored in the FIT file, why not add it to the workout information?
Nobody else finding this useful data to have?

0 travis.vitek over 11 years ago

It seems that HRR is only mentioned in the format specification documents in one sentence..

For example, the recovery_hr event shall only occur after a session stop. The duration of the recovery is determined by the manufacturer.

and I don't see anywhere that it is mentioned or implemented in the .fit file implementation or examples.

0 Former Member over 11 years ago

If you open the FIT file via the webbased FIT file tool from Garmin, You can find the heardbeat recovery info. in there ..

0 JSRUNNER_ over 11 years ago

This would be really useful to have

0 xtl over 3 years ago

Still not available in 2022. Whoever thought up that this value should only be available immediately after an activity on the watch screen and then be lost forever was clearly not in their right mind.

0 MaxR6 over 2 years ago

Hello GARMIN!

0 trux over 2 years ago

As a workaround you can consult the Recovery HR with the help of DevTools. Not really comfortable, but if you are really interested, it is an immediately available solution. I described it in details in the following forum post

https://forums.garmin.com/apps-software/mobile-apps-web/f/garmin-connect-web/257738/why-doesn-t-my-recovery-heart-rate-get-saved-to-garmin-connect/1230829#1230829

There is also a scriplet from another user, facilitating the reading of the RHR value.

0 MaxR6 over 2 years ago in reply to trux

Thx trux
I set up the bookmarklet mentioned there. thx to WillNorthYork
It is only a workarount but works perfectly.
Nevertheless GARMIN could make this value visible in GC.
There seems to be a need for it.

0 WillNorthYork over 2 years ago in reply to MaxR6

Glad you found it useful!

I think a much more user-friendly solution would be to use https://www.runalyze.com. It's a free site which syncs with your Garmin Connect account and shows lots of extra data, including the recovery heart rate from FIT file. Only disadvantage is that it's not great on mobile (although it is barely usable).

Another advantage over hacking the GC website is that you get 2 pieces of information related to recovery heart rate:

- the "relative" recovery value (start HR - end HR)

- the "absolute" recovery value (end HR)

The GC site only has the relative value.

e.g.

At the end of this run, I used the recovery HR feature on my watch, which gave me a 90 second countdown, during which time my HR recovered 45 beats, ending up at 139.

For anyone who has a watch like 245 which reports weekly training load but doesn't report training load for individual activities, runalyze also gives you that information.