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Acute load and zwift

Why are my zwift rides not showing up in my training status exercise load and therefore not in acute load and thus not being factored into training status? My rides do show up in my history on my watch as well as on the homepage of Garmin connect app.

0 3064576 over 2 years ago

Interesting. For me they were (sometimes!) showing up in Excercise Load but not being accounted for in Acute Load:

https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/running-multisport/f/forerunner-955-series/298769/more-forerunner-955-bugs-load-calculation-extended-display-race-predictor

However sometimes it works correctly. Seems to be intermittently broken.

0 5692026 over 2 years ago

Same here- I have done a couple of Zwift rides and they upload to Garmin Connect, however they are not contributing to my exercise load.

0 5692026 over 2 years ago in reply to 5692026

OK- Zwift rides now showing up in my training status exercise load/acute load. I did what was recommended in the DC Rainmaker discussion section: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/06/garmin-training-status-now-includes-zwift-trainerroad-the-sufferfest-and-tacx-app-workouts.html I recorded a Zwift session by connecting my 955 to my Elite Direto XR and recorded the session using the Indoor Biking activity. Got my training load metrics as expected. Also got my Zwift ride from Zwift on Garmin Connect- no load data though. However, all subsequent Zwift rides uploaded from Zwift to Garmin Connect do contribute to exercise load and training load.

0 Garmin-Kevin over 2 years ago

All,

Have you recorded a cycling activity on your Forerunner 955 Series watch since you started using it? If not, please do so, then the subsequent Zwift activities will use that "seed activity" on your watch to calculate the load. Because the Training Load is calculated on your watch and not in Garmin Connect, you need this seed activity there to be used for calculation. You will also need to sync multiple times for the load to show up in your Garmin Connect account.

Activity goes to your Garmin Connect account after being recorded on Zwift (provided you have auto sync enabled).
Garmin Connect sends the activity to your Training Status/Load compatible device (the 955 Series watch in your case) for calculation.
The Zwift activity that now has Training Status and Training Load data in it is now sent BACK to Garmin Connect from your watch to display the new TS/TL data in your account.

If you have done all of this and still do not see your TS/TL updating after some activities (some of which may be Zwift rides). please see:

Training Status Shows Updated Status on Watch Widget, but Will Not Update in Garmin Connect

0 thetrickstergib over 2 years ago in reply to Garmin-Kevin

now that garmin own firstbeat and the technology behind it - and no longer have to licence it per device - are we going to get training load and all the other firstbeat metrics at any point being calculated server side without the need for this backwards and forwards sync.

I think this is also why training load, intensity minutes etc are completely broken if you have multiple devices, even with Tune Up enabled.