DSW for gym days

Robert said:

ignore suggested run and do gym

This exactly.

Keep in mind that if you do heavy weight strength training, your training effect will be under estimated because it is based only on HR. The anaerobic effect is not well captured. Therefore your trianing load will be higher than the watch measures. Ensure enough recovery.

Grazie! My strength training is registered as anaerobic but sometimes DSW suggests high intensity on the next day, so you may be right.

Garmin - as well as other watches - do not take into account the fatigue encoutered by muscles during a strength or gym activity. Simply because there is no way so far to measure the force/energy consumed by the muscle you are training from the watch itself, just HR metrics. So yeah you have to take some days yourself for stretching or muscles recovery.. 

Thanks! But what do you mean by some days? I run 5-6 times a week and 1-2 strength trainings on top of that. There is no time for "some days' of recovery. 

Depends on your age, fitness level and intensity of training. If you target a balanced training focus and your watch metrics are ball park accurate, you should not run everyday if you are 40+. You should run every other day if you are 50+ and have a day of nothing but rest, stretching, yoga, etc. Targeting 2-3 strength workouts is highly recommended if you get to your 50's.

If you are a younger adult, you can probably follow the DSW each day, adding the strength training. Monitor your HRV and your level of soreness status to detect signs of overtraining. If the soreness doesn't go away during warm up, you are probably training too much.

Well, I'm 40+ and I follow exactly all steps that you've mentioned in second paragraph. And to be completely frank with you, this is my second year of running and healtly lifestyle. 

Robert said:

I follow exactly all steps that you've mentioned in second paragraph

You should be good then! No worries

Oh, man! Now I'm reading whole Internet to find what I'm doing wrong...

Resting/recovery is the most crucial thing in any sports/training, you are definitely doing something wrong there if you do not take rest into account. Also what kinda strength training you are doing? it also affects the running form,,

Hi Madani! I'm doing DSW 5-6 days a week. strength 2 days a week and one day off with stretching and walking only. My training Load is optimal, the same with HRV and load focus. VO2 MAX and endurance score are gradually improving. I think everything is fine. I'm not overtrained and I'm free of injuries.