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Recommended process for Vivoactive 4 and Edge 530 during for cycling

MartijnBosch2
over 4 years ago

Hey there, 

What is the recommended way of using a Garmin watch and Edge together? I need the watch to broadcast the heart rate to the Edge, so I have an activity going, even though I am not really looking at it. I so far have not saved the activities from the Vivoactive (to avoid duplicate activities in Connect), but I noticed that hence my VO2Max is not being updated and my Training Status is not updated in the app (I am always 'detraining'...).

If I would save only the Vivoactive activity and delete the Edge one, I would (probably?) loose the Training Effect (aerobic vs anaerobic) stats.

Of course I want it all (and I paid for both devices), how should I use them together? Any ideas?

Martijn 

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to Oren

    Started the day with ~600 teps and 1 floor climb.

    Rode for ~16KM /343m climb mountain biking while broadcasting HR and finished the ride with ~1K steps and 1 floor climb.

    Indeed, floors were not counted at all while some steps were added but not dramatically.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to Kurev

    I've found that when I do this the HR measurement is much less reliable. I think the HR sensor uses a different algorithm if it knows you are on the bike.