VO₂max / Fitness Level not working

[A Former User]

I made 1 run, 2 walks but VO₂max / Fitness Level widget is still not activated, and just show text with description about calibration!

What in the name of the god is needed, should I run marathon to get this activated?

[Egika]

The calculation has some boundary conditions:

• proper GPS reception
• long enough activity
• some minimum or varying effort

For me it is working well outdoors with a 30min run under open sky being in HR zones 1-5.

can you share your running activity here on in PM?

walking will probably not have raised your HR enough…

[cosme.costa]

@Jasmin-Klipic Run 10 km outdoors “fast” a you will get it, I think yours 3.2 km in 34 min is not fast enough.

[sartoric]

@cosme-costa said in VO₂max / Fitness Level not working:

@Jasmin-Klipic Run 10 km outdoors “fast” a you will get it, I think yours 3.2 km in 34 min is not fast enough.

I would add “to have a proper measurement”

You can probably have some estimation even slow walking, but useless

[zhang965]

I got my vo2max estimation after my first run(3km about11mins) with s9pp.

It looks like you got a configuration issue

[cosme.costa]

@zhang965 Well, you did the same distance in one third of the time… I guess his HR was too low for all the activity time.

[zhang965]

@cosme-costa said in VO₂max / Fitness Level not working:

@zhang965 Well, you did the same distance in one third of the time… I guess his HR was to low for all the activity time.

And I use chest belt

[cosme.costa]

@zhang965 Mee too (in fact an OHR arm belt, Polar) but in essence is the same.

[Egika]

@zhang965 said in VO₂max / Fitness Level not working:

I got my vo2max estimation after my first run(3km about11mins) with s9pp.

It looks like you got a configuration issue

As mentioned before. Some minimum effort is needed. 3km in 11mins does it. OP effort probably not enough.

[Spree]

@Egika Additionally/alternatively, he might have had a GPS loss. When the watch doesn’t have any older VO2 value to use, if you at any point during the workout lose GPS (start when it’s not found; start when it’s just found and instable so maybe you lose it for a few seconds immediately after; go under a tunnel), the VO2 is not calculated.

[zhang965]

@Egika said in VO₂max / Fitness Level not working:

@zhang965 said in VO₂max / Fitness Level not working:

I got my vo2max estimation after my first run(3km about11mins) with s9pp.

It looks like you got a configuration issue

As mentioned before. Some minimum effort is needed. 3km in 11mins does it. OP effort probably not enough.

I personnally do agree with you
but minimum effort is not mentionned in the user guide

[Egika]

@zhang965 this is why we have this forum with a lot of user experience in place

[taziden]

@Egika said in VO₂max / Fitness Level not working:

@zhang965 this is why we have this forum with a lot of user experience in place

And that’s why we should have commit rights on Suunto documentation

[A Former User]

@zhang965 said in VO₂max / Fitness Level not working:

I personnally do agree with you
but minimum effort is not mentionned in the user guide

no, and it is mentioned in documentation “run or walk”…and I walked 5,5km/h, and this not slow at all, and had 105/110 bpm, but this is not enough, or the sh… does not work…

well, how ever the watch goes today back to amazon

[sartoric]

I’m closing this thread to avoid duplicates as there are plenty of discussions about “vo2 calibration” and since the watch is being returned.