Zwift ride doesn’t add to training load

Last six months I used forerunner 245 as my main watch. I recorded all my rides using Zwift only and was able to see all the numbers changing including vo2 max and training load/status

I did the same today and Epix doesn’t show me any changes in load. Neither in number, nor in visual days chart. The only things that have changed is recovery hours, it has increased from 2 to 26 and the ride is visible in the history

Zwift ride is not visible in daily body battery and heart rate charts! When I drill down into this ride in Garmin connect I see all the numbers including heart rate that was quite high (it was intervals ride) but intensity minutes value is 2 which is ridiculous.

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Droogles over 2 years ago in reply to Alexej Gerstmaier +4

We're all free to do whatever we want. To each their own, but...

There are other good reasons to dual record, other than being without a "hassle".

1) The Garmin workout shows Stamina for…
Mild over 2 years ago in reply to 2063451 +2

The issue is if you never went on a real bike ride, then it wont work.

What I did was take the bike out, ride it around the block, so I have 1 ride on garmin's systems.. then it worked from there.

You…
Droogles over 2 years ago in reply to Richny +1

You may want to have a look at this: forums.zwift.com/.../592514

I’m now dual recording and using FFRT to merge. It’s quick and ensures I get all of the stats. As is pointed out, these are recorded to the…

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0 AgentMax over 2 years ago in reply to Bedderz

So you’re thinking wrong. I always have the trainer connected to the watch and Zwift on my PC.

0 Arnon over 2 years ago

I have the same problem with Epix 2 9.36.
My Zwift account is linked to my GC account. I can see my training on GC mobile and PC after training, but without the training effect/load score. I do see VO2Max.
The training also does not sync to the watch. When going into "History" on my Epix - i see all my real rids, but not the ones i did with the trainer.
Any idea?

0 Droogles over 2 years ago

Same issue with my Epix. I did discover that I can record on my watch while Zwifting, but I lose things like elevation.

0 XanderU over 2 years ago

Same problem here since 2 days on firmware 10.43 beta

0 Richny over 2 years ago

So to confirm I can do a ride on zwift and not have to start a workout on my watch and it will count towards my training load ?
I Tried with the Marq 2 but don’t see that it counts

0 Mild over 2 years ago in reply to Richny

The solution is in this thread. I'll save you the click by saying it again.

You need to go outside and do a ride first.. the reason it's not doing training load for you, is you most likely have never done any ride outside before.. you need that first... I rode like 200m around my block and it worked after that.

That's it.

You don't need to double record or anything like that... Just go for one ride outside and you're good.

0 Richny over 2 years ago in reply to Mild

Thank you , will try that today

0 Droogles over 2 years ago in reply to Richny

You may want to have a look at this: forums.zwift.com/.../592514

I’m now dual recording and using FFRT to merge. It’s quick and ensures I get all of the stats. As is pointed out, these are recorded to the watch in real time. FFRT overlays the Zwift specific data on top of that.

0 XanderU over 2 years ago in reply to Droogles

That topic is about training effect which was never added to Zwift activities. This is about training status and training load though.

It has been working fine for me untill about 2 days ago. Probably broke with the latest beta update, see: forums.garmin.com/.../training-load-not-factored-in-from-zwift-workout

Taken plenty of rides outside, so this is probably not related to the same bug, but a new one.

I also tested this on the Edge 1040 and there it's working just fine. So this is most probably a firmware bug on the Epix.

0 Droogles over 2 years ago in reply to XanderU

No, the topic is about training effect, status and load. The integration seems broken, hence why I shared the link. Honesty, I don't understand why you wouldn't want ALL of the data. You've taken the time to ride the miles, it only takes about 1 extra minute to dual record and merge at the end. Plus you get see your stamina displayed on your watch in realtime as you ride when dual recording. To each their own though, I guess.