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VO2 Max ratings are incorrect on the vivosmart HR for age categories according to all other medical charts.

Why is the VO2 rating on the Vivosmart HR not in accordance with rating for age of all other medical and fitness charting. For example I am 69 and Garmin puts this in the very poor fitness category. I am in pretty good shape for my age and all other charts, medical and fitness, put 27 in the good to above average rating. This needs to be looked at.

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0 Federonic over 4 years ago

wrong sub thread

This is for Fenix 6 watches

0 2591041 over 4 years ago in reply to Federonic

Then why is accessible directly from my Garmin connect on my iPad?

0 Federonic over 4 years ago in reply to 2591041

https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/healthandwellness/f/vivosmart-4

0 Dr Phil over 4 years ago

Please post a link to the charts you see that put 27 kg/ml/min in the above average rating for your age. The best you might expect is average but AFAIK most charts put that below average to poor. Here's one of the more 'upbeat' charts:

www.topendsports.com/.../vo2max.htm

And the Firstbeat charts:

www.firstbeat.com/.../

0 2591041 over 4 years ago in reply to Dr Phil

That is the same chart I am looking at. Look at it closer. Under female 65+ 24 to 27 is in the above average category. My vivomove HR rates it as poor.

0 Dr Phil over 4 years ago in reply to 2591041

My bad for not considering your sex and only looking at the charts for males.

if you have selected the right sex in the settings on your watch and Garmin Connect then you should take this up directly with Garmin Support.

0 2591041 over 4 years ago in reply to Dr Phil

And how can I do that? Do you have an email address or contact phone number for them?

0 Dr Phil over 4 years ago in reply to 2591041

Maybe searching might be the way to go?

0 Former Member over 4 years ago

I have the same thing with my Garmin Forerunner, which has been freaking me out. According to the charts below, my rating is good to average for my age and gender. But Garmin's been telling me that I'm "poor" and in the bottom 25% of my age and gender. However I'm very active and my bmi is good. So is it possible this might also be happening to random devices as well? I've checked my age, gender and other stats in my profile and they all seem accurate. Very frustrating...

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

I should also add that I just had a chat with a support tech who wasn't understanding what I was saying. In the end he told me that the VO2 max chart on the app is not for your age and gender, but based on all ages and genders. So when it says "you are in the bottom x% for your age and gender," that's actually based on an average of all ages and all genders. So a 30 on the chart ranks as poor based on their logic, but on the chart you've linked to below, it's average to good for me and my age/gender.

If that's the case, I'm only going to look at the number for now on but I'll ignore their chart. But that to me seems super confusing.