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      herlas Silver Members @kriskus
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      @kriskus 10 min warmup in green according to your current HR zones, I was talking about your ZoneSense data clearly shows it was yellow, so probably a tad quicker than the aerobic recommended warmup for ZS.

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        halajos Bronze Member @Mff73
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        @Mff73 said in Suunto ZoneSense:

        @kriskus and others,
        i noted the same, and i would love to understand how to use it (if usable 🙂 )
        there was here https://forum.suunto.com/post/155245 this mention about a 3min window.
        Might we consider that ZS is indicating the past 3min reflect of our effort ?

        I’ve read the whitepaper and as far as I understood the calculation is based on various buckets of R-R intervals, with bucket sizes between 5…64 R-R intervals. This means the current DDFA index is calculated based on about the last 20…60 seconds of R-R data depending on the HR.

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          Egika Platinum Member @halajos
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          @halajos said in Suunto ZoneSense:

          @Mff73 said in Suunto ZoneSense:

          @kriskus and others,
          i noted the same, and i would love to understand how to use it (if usable 🙂 )
          there was here https://forum.suunto.com/post/155245 this mention about a 3min window.
          Might we consider that ZS is indicating the past 3min reflect of our effort ?

          I’ve read the whitepaper and as far as I understood the calculation is based on various buckets of R-R intervals, with bucket sizes between 5…64 R-R intervals. This means the current DDFA index is calculated based on about the last 20…60 seconds of R-R data depending on the HR.

          You are both right:
          There is the Zonesense sampling rate, but more so your body. Zonesense is relying on a somewhat stable condition of your cardiovascular system. This is where the 3 mins come from. Quick changes in effort or power cannot be measured with a sampling rate of 0.5-1min.

          Google sampling rate.

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            mlakis Bronze Member @Egika
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            @Egika, now we can speak.

            The need for stable cardiovascular condition and the too slow sample rate, in addition to the first minutes where it calibrates, mean that ZoneSense can be a good test to determine zones, threshold etc, where the person to be tested is given instructions on what to do and how to structure his/her efforts.

            For normal efforts like training, racing, free riding etc it seems a very unstable metric where you can draw no conclusion on what your heart/body is doing.

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              Egika Platinum Member @mlakis
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              @mlakis it depends on the kind of training or race. If it is of endurance type >10km run or >1h duration, ZoneSense is a super valuable tool to keep your effort in the aerobic zone. HR zones can be off as they differ from day to day.

              This is where the new technology really shines!
              For my Sunday morning 5k run it is not useful.

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                I have watched the videos about ZoneSense and read many articles about the connections from a medical point of view. A very complex matter and a great, interesting project from Suunto!

                After some tests (several trainings of several sports on several days) I can say for my use that there are clear differences.

                For workouts such as running or kick biking, which tend to be in the higher heart rate range and where I don’t pause to take photos, ZoneSense seems to deliver comprehensible results.

                The same applies to cycling, but only on the fast bike without interruptions and often on the mountain bike during long uphills. Changing conditions such as long descents or interruptions often seem to influence ZoneSense and produce incomprehensible results in the live display.

                The live display also differs from the display in the app after training. I often have the short display in the VO2max range on the watch, which does not appear at all in the analysis. The time delay in the display seems to play a role here.

                The Polar H10 data source provides correct data, which is also displayed correctly in the Suunto fit file. Here, however, the IBI value (interbeat interval) is displayed as HRV, not the actual HRV.

                Quantified Self also displays the IBI values correctly and shows the correlation with the heart rate (I am attaching a screenshot and a correlating screenshot showing ZoneSense and heart rate from Suunto app). The HRV is not displayed and would have to be calculated separately from the FIT file.

                This is my personal experience with ZoneSense. An interesting function that provides additional insights into daily training and is certainly an interesting addition to training for real athletes.

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                  @pilleus A bit off topic: I haven’t opened QS in a while and I was not aware of the IBI chart. Where can I find some guidance on how to read it?

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                    pilleus @Francesco Pagano
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                    @Francesco-Pagano said in Suunto ZoneSense:

                    @pilleus A bit off topic: I haven’t opened QS in a while and I was not aware of the IBI chart. Where can I find some guidance on how to read it?

                    Import your training from Suunto to QS and you will find in the charts section the IBI chart (klick to activate it). To avoid the auto stops you can choose distance as x axis type.

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                      @halajos said in Suunto ZoneSense:

                      @droopsio do you have any other Suunto+ activated or intensity target set? I had issues with ZoneSense when I tried to use different features at the same time.

                      @halajos you was right - after I’ve switched off climb in S+, ZoneSense started to work as it should. I still don’t why there may be a problem, but it seems, that 2 apps running at the same time are too much for the watch 🙂

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                        halajos Bronze Member @droopsio
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                        @droopsio I hope this will be fixed, looks like a problem with the S+ framework

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                          @pilleus said in Suunto ZoneSense:

                          Import your training from Suunto to QS

                          Without QS you can convert your Suunto fit file into a csv file and plot the hr and ibi data into a chart, where you can see the corralation of both charts (the misreadings can be seen clearly).

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                            mlakis Bronze Member @Egika
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                            @Egika, it’s good that Suunto is pairing with group of scientists to provide new insights using the data we capture with our watches.

                            Haven’t read the paper, but in practise, it seems that ZS could be a very good structured test with instructions in the fashion of “in the warm-up do this, then ramp efforts like this etc”, like tests that use blood sampling, only that you can get the same results as a laboratory but without the lab and the blood sampling.

                            This is a huge innovation.

                            But the usage of ZS as a metric on totally uncontrolled environment during the activities (and post-workout on SA), for me (and for many others), is totally unintuitive and unstable.

                            To conclude, I think that ZS will give more value to a lot more people if it can be coupled with some structured test or at least structured instructions for us to do, and with the results we can update our zones, either a 5 or a 3 zone model.

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                              Since I either have to climb 75 meters or descend 35 meters before I reach flat terrain, I only started recording my activity in the valley today to give ZoneSense a good baseline for the first ten minutes.

                              This worked well and over the course of the 40 km bike ride on the single speed, ZoneSense’s live display seemed conclusive to me, apart from two or three peculiarities.

                              Sprints (into the anaerobic range) were displayed slightly delayed on the live scale, a hard sprint on the way back with a headwind (into the VO2max range) was also displayed as a red zone with approx. 4 minutes.

                              After that, however, I cycled at a constant speed and heart rate for about 5 km (about 1:15 in the chart) on flat terrain and the live scale went into the red zone three times before quickly falling back into the low yellow zone. I’m not quite sure what happened there. It’s not so clear in the app display.

                              It is also unclear to me why the anaerobic and VO2max thresholds are explicitly displayed as xxx bpm (value) in the details of one workout, but not in another.

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                                Brad_Olwin Moderator @mlakis
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                                @mlakis said in Suunto ZoneSense:

                                @Egika, now we can speak.

                                The need for stable cardiovascular condition and the too slow sample rate, in addition to the first minutes where it calibrates, mean that ZoneSense can be a good test to determine zones, threshold etc, where the person to be tested is given instructions on what to do and how to structure his/her efforts.

                                For normal efforts like training, racing, free riding etc it seems a very unstable metric where you can draw no conclusion on what your heart/body is doing.

                                The intent is not to test your HR zones. But, for endurance efforts to use ZS instead of HR zones as your AT will vary depending on fatigue, effort, etc in real time. For me during normal runs and ultra races it is incredibly useful. I think you misunderstand the intended usage. I will not need to monitor or set HR zones again! I will use ZS and supplement with RPE.

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                                  herlas Silver Members @pilleus
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                                  @pilleus “It is also unclear to me why the anaerobic and VO2max thresholds are explicitly displayed as xxx bpm (value) in the details of one workout, but not in another.”

                                  Aerobic and anaerobic thresholds are displayed on your workouts when either one of them or both were successfully measured by the ZoneSense algorithm. It won’t be measured in every single workout, you have to spend time on the next zone to get threshold measured, it’s been said that usually at least 5 mins it’s a safe number, however only if that day you’re indeed crossing that threshold value, e.g. if you’re well rested or fitness is getting better, to name a few, threshold can be higher(or lower) that you’d expect. That’s one of the biggest selling points of ZS, it takes in consideration your daily heart stress level recorded during the baseline and adjust efforts zones (aerobic, anaerobic and VO2max) dynamically.

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                                    @herlas said in Suunto ZoneSense:

                                    you have to spend time on the next zone to get threshold measured, it’s been said that usually at least 5 mins it’s a safe number

                                    I understand, I think it was also explained in the Suunto introductory video on YT. And it was mentioned that you should pay attention to your heart rate at shorter intervals, as ZS will not react as quickly.

                                    It is only difficult with the live display on the watch. I set the speed and heart rate option on the ZS display to see that I’m riding at a constant speed and heart rate on the flat. But today the live display went up and down across all three zones in ZS.

                                    This would mean that if I want to ride aerobically, when this happens and the display goes up, I would have to ride slower, when the display goes down, I would have to ride faster.

                                    That doesn’t seem quite logical to me yet.

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                                      mlakis Bronze Member @Brad_Olwin
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                                      @Brad_Olwin, well since I don’t understand, upload a screenshot from an endurance activity of yours with ZS and HR plotted and explain to me how you used ZS, because from mine and of other’s activities that are posted here, even from those from Suunto’s initial release, it seems that ZS numbers are totally counterintuitive, because ZS drops when effort ramps up and goes up when effort ramps down.

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                                        herlas Silver Members
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                                        FYI, S+ ZoneSense has been recently updated.

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                                        According to the Suunto Community channel on telegram (in spanish), initial reported bugs have been addressed.

                                        Bugs fixed mentioned include :

                                        *Multiple arrow indicator issues such as, it gets stuck, it’s shown at the center of the screen.

                                        *text “waiting for data” continues to be shown after the 10 mins warmup/calibration ends.

                                        *zone colors or arrow indicator are missing.

                                        *differences between real time analysis and SA after the fact.

                                        *S+ ZS should work better now when using a second app at the same time ( S+ climb has special workaround, see below)

                                        If using S+ climb together with ZS:
                                        Enable S+ climb after the10 mins warm-up is completed and ZS shows the zones with colors.

                                        Also, it was recommended to uninstall S+ ZS, sync watch, double check S+ is gone from watch pre-workout menu and install it again.

                                        Might not be needed but to be on safer side.

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                                          @mlakis said in Suunto ZoneSense:

                                          @Brad_Olwin, well since I don’t understand, upload a screenshot from an endurance activity of yours with ZS and HR plotted and explain to me how you used ZS, because from mine and of other’s activities that are posted here, even from those from Suunto’s initial release, it seems that ZS numbers are totally counterintuitive, because ZS drops when effort ramps up and goes up when effort ramps down.

                                          I’m not Brad but I just used ZoneSense during my 100 miler to pace it and it worked pretty darn flawlessly. There is definitely some lag on what’s reflected in the watch (ex big climbs taking a few moments for the arrow to jump into yellow).

                                          I’m not yet sure how useful it will be for interval type efforts but I would absolutely use it for any effort where some restrained pacing is required.

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                                            @stromdiddily graph please

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