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Fitness Age

RDav
over 3 years ago

Was an independent Fitness Age widget (not the V02 max measurement) supposed to be on the Fenix 6 Pro after the recent update. Only had the watxh 10 days, wondering if I have missed toggling something.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to RobertSterling

    I think you hit the deep truth. We all need to invest to Garmin smart scale to get our fitness ages back to 20 Relaxed

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to jarivee

    If you will invest in a Garmin scale you will have a surprise. Your fitness age will never be 20 again. My index 2 is telling me that I am overfat on account of my fat percent. I am 174 cm, 68 Kg and pants size S are a little too large, my waist is less than 30". I am working hard to increase my muscle mass so, just as an example, I have started from 80 push-ups and I am at three series of 120 with the same perceived effort. I am able to count my ribs when I look in a mirror and I can even see muscles on my belly. I am not pretending that there is not fat on my body but overfat I am definitely not.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to DFXDFX

    There might be a small bug in that scale if it says you're fat on those measurements.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to DFXDFX

    Garmin index scale is good for 3 thing. 1 the weight itself. 2 your BMI . 3 it push that automatic to GC. All other numbers are way off.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to Jano22222

    You are correct but unfortunately the Index is pushing to GC the body fat percent that is taken into account in the calculation of your fitness age.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to DFXDFX

    Funny stuff , and a sneaky way to sell that ***. But fitness age is just a funny Garmin gimick anyway. I am 65 , went from 20 to 55 year fitness age. Say more about Garmin that it say about me .

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to jarivee
    • I'm 59, I went from 37 to 50, and have had the index scale for a few months, so nope...
  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to RobertSterling

    Yeah that is indeed true. Some people do so many activities with no VO2max, are so fit but maybe only average in running. So VO2max is cool for someone who only runs but otherwise there is much more that tends to tell you how fit you are. Mostly body fat, muscles, resting HR, different sorts of activities you do etc. I don't care about VO2max f.e.. I don't run at all, I don't bike with power meter, I do different kinda stuff too. My RHR is quite low. I would call or describe myself as fit but am anything but one of the fittest people on earth. Still, sometimes just listening to yourself and your body tells so much. Only real thing I care about, also I love any kind of metrics, is RHR. Because not only does it tell you how fit you are, of course not including people with heart disease, but also if you are healthy atm, or maybe being or getting sick. It tells so much, more than many other metrics. But this is about fitness age and VO2max.... sorry. 

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to Zange

    RHR is not off topic here since it's one of the new metrics in Fitness age.

    I agree on RHR but it's also highly personal. Mine is all over the place since my wrists are poorly suited for OHR. But two fingers worked well before any "smart" watches and it still does. It would be nice if Garmin also accepted manual entries/corrections, like Runalyze does.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to ∞

    That is true. Darker skin, tattoos, hair, all make it less accurate. Haven't thought of that as I have almost perfect skin condition for WHR. So I can really take it as an indicator. Still, RHR is not really RHR with all wearables but Apple Watch. My RHR is always around 3-5 beats higher than my lowest HR at different times of the day. But then I can go to Apple Health and check my lowest HR during the day. That is my indicator for many things. It is clearly visible there and then I can check if it went higher or lower over days and weeks. But if people have RHR of, men up to 50 and women up to 60, I think you are quite a fit person if you don't have a heart condition which of course is always possible if someone hasn't been checked for it.

    And regarding body fat it is also, like skin with RHR, sometimes less accurate. So I consider myself a fit woman in my late 30s. I have around 28% body fat according to the Index 1. But my abs are visible, so are my shoulder, *** and back muscles. Not a lot of fat on my upper body, but much more on my hips and thighs, curvy. And that is normal for a woman. The body scales normally check body fat of lower body much more accurate, and body fat of the upper body much less accurate. So esp for people like me those body fat % are highly inaccurate. I believe to have less body fat then the scale tells me because of my curvy lower body. But this is one metric of my fitness age too. So you are absolutely right. Everything is highly personal. Everyone is different. I believe Garmin tries to do the best for the average people. If we want facts we need to get us checked by a sports clinic. DEXA scan is much more accurate, ECK etc. But then again it depends on how fit you are on that specific day. So this isn't the whole story either. Sometimes we should just listen to ourself. I f.e. feel very fit and good, haven't been sick in 1.5 years, no cold nothing, maybe also because of wearing the mask half of the day. Maybe this tells the whole story. Listen to yourself instead of a wearable or company.