Intensity Minutes From Uploaded Activities

Hi there,

a newcomer to Garmin world after a few years with Apple Watch. To be honest, I miss the daily targets of the Apple Watch, the active calories, standing every hour, and minutes of exercise. I haven't found yet a good Watch Face cover those features. But speaking specifically about the intensity minutes, I now mostly do virtual cycling (FulGaz/Sufferfest), and I do the workouts on my iPad + Wahoo Kickr Core + Garmin HR strap and I never any changes in the activity minutes, I tried changing settings from the auto HR to the HR zones but that didn't change anything. How can I fix that?

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5135968 over 4 years ago in reply to EnormoDerClown +2 verified

No, it won't - I really think you need to record in parallel, it seems fairly obtuse not to, to my mind.

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0 5135968 over 4 years ago

The mistake you are making is not recording your Virtual Cycling on your device as well.

Start the activity on your iPad and also record in parallel on your Garmin as an Indoor Ride, this will upload to Garmin Connect and you'll get those metrics. Ensure both iPad and Garmin are paired to the HR strap.

0 Mikhail over 4 years ago in reply to 5135968

I was thinking about that, but because I use Strava, I would then have to disable automatic uploads I guess not to doable the records?

0 5135968 over 4 years ago in reply to Mikhail

Often you don't actually get a duplicate in Strava as it figures out by activity length and start time it's a duplicate.

If you do get a duplicate in Strava, just delete the Garmin duplicate. Yes, disabling automatic uploads to Strava froom Garmin Connect would also fix it.

0 bluefish over 4 years ago in reply to Mikhail

Mikhail said:
I never any changes in the activity minutes

In order to earn intensity minutes credit, you must reach or exceed 10 CONSECUTIVE minutes where either your step count rate or heart rate is elevated above the threshold that is considered moderate intensity. Performing a more vigorous activity resulting in a high heart rate can double your credit minutes allowing you to meet your weekly goal faster.

you must reach or exceed 10 consecutive minutes where your heart rate is elevated above the threshold that is considered moderate intensity.

So if the effort was frequently interrupted, and there were only shorter bursts (<10min) in the upper HR zones, then they won't count.

0 mcalista over 4 years ago

Just wear the watch while cycling indoors. You don't have to record (and eliminate duplicates) to get Intensity Minutes.

0 EnormoDerClown over 4 years ago in reply to mcalista

Does It also calculate Training Status, Training load and Training Focus this way?

+1 5135968 over 4 years ago in reply to EnormoDerClown

No, it won't - I really think you need to record in parallel, it seems fairly obtuse not to, to my mind.

0 Mikhail over 4 years ago in reply to mcalista

I always do, never did anything to me

0 Mikhail over 4 years ago in reply to 5135968

Will give it a try, weird that Garmin can't use the data from the other apps. Thank you!

0 EnormoDerClown over 4 years ago in reply to Mikhail

I think it has to do with licencing the Algorithm for this Data. Only Data Produced by the watch will get analysed. At least i heared Something Like that in the past. I think Garmin gets this Data from Firstbeat and Their Algorithms, therefore they will only provide this Data with Their devices because you bought the licenced Algorithm with it