Just noticed for the very first time I stayed out of heart rate zone 5 and my vo2 max jumped 2 points so I'm nearly in the excellent zone. All thanks to my flatter parkrun route . Amazing π
Very first time π: Just noticed for the very... - Bridge to 10K
Very first time π
Which app is that?
Its from my garmin watch on the Garmin connect app π
Iβm waiting for my VO2 max to go up in my Fitbit app, my resting heart rate, running heart rate and time asleep have all improved significantly since I started C25K. Amazing stuff!
Excellent work you are doing great. Decided I just naturally have a high HR when active and passed it to daughter and baby bump. She was monitored for 30min last week. Every time bump moved its HR went high - just like granny . Pleased to say all 3 of us have great recover time to low HR π I love the way elevation charts grade the height to make it look like we are running mountains
Yes that chart looks like the Swiss Alps, I monitor my HR with Mapmyrun it's zero all the time, I think I would need to get a Garmon Connect app.
Don't quite understand where the hills come in AlMorr as you know the parkrun is flat
Good afternoon Buddy34, I have just come back from a 11.80 kilometers walk, about halfway to Airdrie and back, I had Mapmywalk app with me, 16,678 steps and burned 696 calories, no I didn't mean the parkrun course was hilly, it was the graph that looks like β°. mountainsπ
That's a long walk AlMorr hope you enjoyed it . Weather's not bad today π
Yes I did enjoy my walk this morning as I enjoyed parkrun yesterday, interesting the calories I burnt today compared to recent 5K runs, almost 700 calories for a near 12K walk, most 5Ks I have ran are less than 400 calories, although I burnt 759 calories on a recent 10K RUN.
I agree some of just have a high HR when running as all of mine are normally. Also my resting heart rate has been as low as 52. When is the baby due now πΆ
Well done Buddy34 thatβs excellent progress. Think I need to get myself a Garmin & start recording my running & fitness!
Happy Winter Solstice πβ¨Have a great Christmas ππ & New Year. Is it a white Xmas up there?
Great stuff for your fitness levels Buddy 34! Excellent !!
Thanks for showing your run profile, that is really interesting(and depressing). It confirms that age is the issue for meβΉοΈ. My zone 5 is >137. Philosophy of "If I feel ok I am" will have to do.....or I could fiddle with the heart rate settings π
I didn't know you could ' fiddle ' with anything π€£. Obviously if I didn't have the watch I wouldn't know any of this stuff
I think that you can reset the heart rate zones; they will be set at a default age related average I guess.
Yes I think I changed my top heart rate to the rate i have at a speedy parkrun. I canβt remember how I did it , but it would have been in settings somewhere. Iβd have to walk a lot to stay within the 220 - age calculation .
Good idea. I will look at it over Christmas when my tech literate youngest is around ( just as a safety net you understand!). Have a wonderful Christmas Dexy5 and UTSππ₯
Only way I can find is to lie about my date of birth in settings! Not doing that π
Iβm always going into zone 5. Is that bad? I never pay attention to heart rate zones but just had a look. Isnβt it good for your cardio fitness?
If I didn't have the watch I would never know anyway. On yesterday's run I was in zone 5 nearly the whole time but that cause I was running hills and inclines I can't avoid them.
As long as the run feels good and we are fine it doesn't matter π π
Probably is, but VO2max dropping in the short term feels bad.
Mine is in constant decline at the moment. The garmin VO2 max is a poor measure. I can make mine go up by sprinting 1 mile flat around the block, yet it drops when I do 15 miles of hills across the moors. Iβve decided itβs very inaccurate. But if you want it to go up, sprint a mile ππ½
You can change heart rate zones in the app - go to more, Garmin devices, your device, user settings. You can change your HR max and the zones or what theyβre based on - I found HRR reserve the best. Have fun!
That's quite an achievement! Well done πππ
Thatβs brilliant! So good to see it go up, but 2 points! Iβm on that top of good zone, and canβt seem to get up to excellent π€£
It sat at 37 for ages then 4 weeks ago at parkrun it went up to 38. The next run it went back down to 37 again. Then yesterday 39. Just likes to annoy usπ€£
I think youβre right! Iβm on 36 and it seems to be saying that Iβd go up to excellent if I get to 37 - Iβm assuming itβs lower for me because Iβm older π€·πΌββοΈ
I must admit to looking at it after every run π€£
Supposedly I need 39.7 to be excellent π
Hehe Iβve finally found an advantage to ageing - itβs easier for me to be excellent! ππ€£
I like the way it tells me I have the fitness age of an excellent 20 year old (Iβm 61). Iβm not sure I believe it though.
And where do I find my fitness age π€£
... more, Heath & performance, vo2 max. Fitness age is the last item. Yours is probably a 7 year old π
Obviously I see vo2 max buy can't see my fitness age π
Maybe mine is so unbelievable, it is highlighted. π€£π€£It is a statement under the round chart.
I donβt think all models show it. Mineβs a 45, is yours different?
Well done this looks like a good thing. I will hopefully get a garmin in the Xmas sales and I will be learning all about v02 max too! Right now I have no idea about it! @Kevtrev take note!
Well done, thatβs great progress!
Well done π