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Tips for Getting Your Training Status
The training status feature depends on updated assessments of your fitness level, including at least two VO2
max. measurements per week. Your VO2 max. estimate is updated after outdoor runs during which your heart
rate reached at least 70% of your maximum heart rate for several minutes. Indoor run activities do not generate
a VO2 max. estimate in order to preserve the accuracy of your fitness level trend. You can disable VO2 max.
recording for trail run activities if you do not want this run type to affect your VO2 max. estimate (Turning Off
VO2 Max. Recording, page 40).
To get the most out of the training status feature, you can try these tips.
• At least two times per week, run outdoors and reach a heart rate higher than 70% of your maximum heart
rate for at least 10 minutes.
After using the device for one week, your training status should be available.
• Record all of your fitness activities on this device, or enable the Physio TrueUp
™
feature, allowing your device
to learn about your performance (Syncing Activities and Performance Measurements, page 38).
About VO2 Max. Estimates
VO2 max. is the maximum volume of oxygen (in milliliters) you can consume per minute per kilogram of body
weight at your maximum performance. In simple terms, VO2 max. is an indication of athletic performance and
should increase as your level of fitness improves. The Forerunner device requires wrist-based heart rate or a
compatible chest heart rate monitor to display your VO2 max. estimate.
On the device, your VO2 max. estimate appears as a number, description, and position on the color gauge. On
your Garmin Connect account, you can view additional details about your VO2 max. estimate, including your
fitness age. Your fitness age gives you an idea of how your fitness compares with a person of the same gender
and different age. As you exercise, your fitness age can decrease over time.
Purple
Superior
Blue
Excellent
Green
Good
Orange
Fair
Red
Poor
VO2 max. data is provided by Firstbeat Analytics. VO2 max. analysis is provided with permission from The
Cooper Institute
®
. For more information, see the appendix (VO2 Max. Standard Ratings, page 79), and go to
www.CooperInstitute.org.
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