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Training Status 'Unproductive'

Hi, I’ve noticed this week that my Training Status has dropped very quickly from Peaking to Unproductive. My VO2 Max was 51 and now down to 49 in just over a week. My Training Effect scores for Aerobic & Anaerobic have been high all week. Any reason for this drop?
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  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 6 years ago
    I've noticed that the Edge 1030 and Garmin app/website the Training Load and VO2 Max don't always match.

    Some rides don't update the Training loads and VO2 Max figures on the Garmin site/app even though the 1030 the values have changed.

    Does your 1030 show different values?

    When it does match, Garmin connect still misses data on the VO2 max and training load graphs from previous rides.

    My edge520 always synced VO2 max detail after every ride.
  • Sounds like over training and therefore unproductive
  • Which powermeter do you use for measurement? Any change there? Does your ftp go down as well?
  • Which powermeter do you use for measurement? Any change there? Does your ftp go down as well?


    I use a Wahoo Kickr indoors and Garmin Vector 3 when outside.All the data looks fine there. FTP doesn't go down as it has been manually set by myself.
  • You could check your Kickr calibration vs. The numbers reported by your vector-3. In my case I had similar problems with my trainer being out of calibration - it was reporting higher which lead to an unproductive status once I recalibrated / used the vector 3..
    Other than that check your activities for avg heart rate vs normalized power.
  • your training load has gone up this week but you are having a higher HR for a given power output which is driving your VO2Max number down. Increased load and decreased fitness means unproductive(overtraining). If it continues to be unproductive then either you have a setting wrong somewhere or you are actually over training and possibly headed for an injury or sickness. If it rebounds back to productive, it is just an artifact of having a bad workout or a non-standard training plan. Only you know how you are feeling, I find the training status to be more of a general confirmation that my settings are correct. I find the resting HR graph to be a better determinant of whether I am over training or need more recovery.