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Base?! Seriously...?

I do a lot of Base training - very aware of that. And my Garmin Training Status often moans about High Aerobic and/or Anaerobic shortages - or Base overload.

But then - this gets (don't laugh at the numbers!) counted as Base?! What then does not count as Base? (And yes, I know the theoretical answer... so in my mind this was surely not Base training.)

0 lightalmighty 2 months ago

I've got similar classification couple days ago. Weird. Or let's say - just stupid.

0 2775383 2 months ago

If your MAX HR is set too high, it will do this.

The auto MAX HR feature kept increasing my MAX HR, and these kind of workout started to be classified as Base or Recovery. So I reduced MAX HR to something that is realistic for me and my age.

0 lightalmighty 2 months ago in reply to 2775383

I've got my HRmax 190 (43 years) and I've got that max. Why do I have to reduce that parameter? :D I think Garmin should use Power during intervals. Hope they hear about it ;)

0 2775383 2 months ago in reply to lightalmighty

Also check your lactate threshold is not too high as well.

0 seabeegps 2 months ago in reply to 2775383

While I understand this, mine is and has always been high - and is set as such. And yes, auto detect HR is off.

But you got me thinking - I will double-check whether auto FTP might not be on on the Edge. I do turn it off, not sure if it was inadvertently turned on on the Edge.
Because surely if you're riding on power, that should be considered rather than HR?
Edit: That said, I remember having updated my FTP just the other day, so it is not auto-detect. So there goes that theory.

0 George 1 month ago

Could it be that Garmin is using your average heart rate over the ride? Thus intervals, whilst hard don't move the needle much. Agree that this isn't very smart.