Running sometimes with a 10kg weighted Bergen.. and want to manage my results and compensate calorie usage

I'm running sometimes with a 10kg weighted Bergen.. and want to up the weight to 15kg but i don't run with the Bergen all the time. What is the best way to manage my results and compensate calorie usage? do i really need to change my personal weight setting before each run (to include gross weight) each time? is there another way please?

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Crispin_Ellisdon over 5 years ago +3 suggested

My suggestion would be to use the inbuilt Trail Run app to record the runs that you are carrying weight for and the Run app for your normal runs without the bergen.

Why? Well the Trail Run app specifically…

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0 C.sco over 5 years ago

I forget what it's called, but there's a Connect IQ running activity you can download that allows you to input a weighted vest and it'll compensate the calories metric.

Other than that, I don't think the watch has a way to do that, unless you "cheat" and change your body weight by 10-15kg before each run, and change it back afterwards. But of course, that would screw up your bodyweight tracking if you care about that.

0 7926849 over 5 years ago in reply to C.sco

the app is a good idea... ill take a look.. thank you

0 7926849 over 5 years ago in reply to 7926849

i cant see anything on the Connect IQ store...

0 Smallville2106 over 5 years ago

Wouldn’t your body just be working a lot harder with the extra weight. Therefore higher heart rate/burning more calories when doing say 8 min miles with the weight than when doing 8 min miles without the weight.

0 7926849 over 5 years ago in reply to Smallville2106

Yes i know what you mean.. but i have lost weight in the last 3 months and am keeping my data up to date with the changes... i am setting myself a target with the weighted Bergen and wanted to get the best out of my tracking / calories etc.. i just thought there may be a simple setting to either track my weighted exercise or simple button pushing to be sure i am getting the very best out of my technologies :-)

0 Smallville2106 over 5 years ago in reply to 7926849

I’ll keep an eye on this thread then and I’ll download the app as I’m thinking about using a weighted vest soon. Never thought about changing anything/working things out differently. Glad I stumbled across this now

0 7926849 over 5 years ago in reply to Smallville2106

okay.. well fingers crossed for an answer :-)

0 C.sco over 5 years ago in reply to 7926849

My mistake, it was a Weight Training app I had found, which had settings for wearing a weighted vest:

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/2b2e6e1c-81d2-48b5-8f1b-9ca7c77c3b96#0

The same author also made a great running app, but I haven't tried it yet so I don't know if it has weight vest settings:

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/9ff75afa-d594-4311-89f7-f92ca02118ad#0

0 Crispin_Ellisdon over 5 years ago

My suggestion would be to use the inbuilt Trail Run app to record the runs that you are carrying weight for and the Run app for your normal runs without the bergen.

Why? Well the Trail Run app specifically does not contribute to the watch's VO2 Max or Lactate Threshold (LTHR) calculations, but the Run app does. That way your bergen runs will still contribute to calories, training load and recovery advisor (all based upon heart rate only), but will not skew metrics that rely on a relation between running speed and effort (heart rate) like VO2 Max and LTHR.

This change to the Trail Run app was made years ago when the Fenix 3 was current, as huge numbers of users complained that proper trail runs (twisty, hilly and often in thick woods to mess with GPS) their VO2 Max numbers were significantly dropping from a steady baseline established during normal running.

(Addendum: Just to reinforce, the calorie consumption is based on heart rate (unless there is no heart rate source as you’ve turned it off); so the earlier comment that you’re heart rate will be higher with the extra weight is correct, in that it will lead to a higher calorie calculation too, without having to mess with your body weight entered on the watch.)

0 7926849 over 5 years ago in reply to C.sco

Thank you for the update.... i was beginning to think i couldn't see the woods for the trees :-)