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      halajos Bronze Member @Dareo
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      @Dareo you can confirm R-R intervals data quality with Runalyze.

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        VoiGAS Silver Members @halajos
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        @halajos Would be great to have such a functionality in the App. Maybe just a quality metric, like Good, Medium and Bad. Then I we would have a hint why it doesn’t work like expected and could e.g. replace the belt to get better results

        Edit: And maybe the possibility to do the warmup as a separate activity or multisport activity. I don’t want the warmup to have influence to my running statistics 😉. And so you could have Zonesense from the beginning of the run


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          far-blue Bronze Member
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          Yesterday I attended my first pilates class since xmas (and could feel it!) and then went on a 30mins easy run. I also admit to prob. not hydrating enough after the class. What I noted was that my HR was well above where I’d expect for an easy run (160 rather than 140) but using ZoneSense I was able to confirm the easy run was indeed still easy on my body because it still showed I was working aerobically despite the higher HR 🙂

          I assume what I experienced here was basically a form of aerobic decoupling where dehydration and an hour of previous activity pushed my HR up rather than it rising due to increased effort. This is a recognised problem with zone 2 HR training and longer runs and it’s cool that ZoneSense appears to be ‘immune’ to it - I assume because the R-R interval properties of the heart change with stress, not heart rate 🙂

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            A Former User
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            Hello,

            I am new and have a question about ZoneSense. What are the advantages of DDFA over DFA?

            Thanks

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              far-blue Bronze Member @Guest
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              @placebo This article may help explain: https://the5krunner.com/2024/09/18/ddfa-dynamical-detrended-fluctuation-analysis-dfa-comparison/

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                A Former User @far-blue
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                @far-blue hey thanks, really appreciated!

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                  Inge Nallsson @Guest
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                  @placebo If you want a more hands-on evaluation of the differences than pure math, I’ve written about my experience with DFA as seen through the Garmin CIQ datafield AlphaHRV at:

                  “Let’s hope for something as good as ZoneSense??”

                  https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/running-multisport/f/forerunner-965/385558/let-s-hope-for-something-as-good-as-zonesense/1864901#1864901

                  Further down in the thread I give a multi-post review (upon request) of my initial sightings of DDFA through Suunto ZoneSense.

                  To conclude: DFA is not ‘actionable’ without a lot of post-exercise analysis of the individual’s data (fixed thresholds like VT1 at 0.75 and VT2 at 0.5 have been debunked) and an extremely controlled environment. The DDFA as implemented by Suunto seem to be of use in the field, at least when it comes to separating the Aerobic from the Anaerobic effort - and this because the athlete’s actual HRV inflection point of the day is detected. Whether this holds true also for the upper efforts in the VO2Max area I have yet to examine.

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                    A Former User @Inge Nallsson
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                    @Inge-Nallsson Hi, thank you!!! I currently use a Garmin watch and am a big fan of that application. As soon as I read that Suunto implemented DDFA I became interested and now I’m curious to read your thoughts! I will let you know…

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                      wakarimasen Silver Members @Inge Nallsson
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                      @Inge-Nallsson said in Suunto ZoneSense:

                      “Let’s hope for something as good as ZoneSense??”

                      That thread is an interesting read, in addition to being an antidote to the (sometimes) negative opinions that appear here about functionality etc. offered by Suuunto. I almost laughed out loud when I read…
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                      It seems that the grass is indeed always greener on the other side 🤣

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                        A Former User @wakarimasen
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                        @wakarimasen the grass is very shiny green on my Vertical side. 😂

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                          thanasis Bronze Member
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                          It strikes me that a vast majority of the reviewers of athletic / tech equipment haven’t posted much about zonesense . Eg @dcrainmaker hasn’t mentioned anything or so

                          As I am far from proper athlete , I find it challenging to understand how zonesense really works , but it gives me a direction which is quite interesting

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                            larrybbaker
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                            Have been having great alignment(?) with the HR and ZoneSense recording. IMG_0602.PNG

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                              VoiGAS Silver Members @larrybbaker
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                              @larrybbaker Wow, thats great! Do you use the Suunto HR belt?


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                                larrybbaker @VoiGAS
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                                @VoiGAS I am currently using the Morpheus belt.

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                                  stromdiddily Gold Members @larrybbaker
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                                  @larrybbaker said in Suunto ZoneSense:

                                  @VoiGAS I am currently using the Morpheus belt.

                                  that system looks interesting, how are you liking it?

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                                    larrybbaker @stromdiddily
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                                    @stromdiddily So far I am liking it. You need to have the belt to unlock all the features in the app. Currently no Suunto integration but maybe at some point. I pair it to my watch but also sync to the Morpheus app. They calculate your HR zones daily based on recovery so they are dynamic as opposed to the static ones most go by.

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                                      Theo Lakerveld Bronze Member
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                                      I did an FTP test on Zwift yesterday. Zwift concluded that my FTP is at 284W. I was running ZoneSense on my Suunto Race. As hown in picture below, ZoneSense i the Suunto app indicated that i was going from anaerobic to VO2 max at ~284W. This single test shows very prommising results.

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                                      Previously used: Cyclosport HAC4, Polar S710, Ambit 2S, Ambit 3S, SSU, S5P, S9P Ti. Currently using: Race Ti.

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                                        wakarimasen Silver Members
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                                        https://forum.suunto.com/post/160779

                                        ZoneSense is possible with the Ambit series? Wow - I did not know. I almost asked about this a few days ago, bit assumed it was a stupid question 🙂
                                        How does this work in practice, as I thought the app had to be activated in the watch?

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                                          halajos Bronze Member @wakarimasen
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                                          @wakarimasen no, you also get ZoneSense data in Suunto app retrospectively for all exercises, which have R-R intervals data (that’s true for all exercises done with the Suunto smart sensor, Polar H10, etc.)

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                                            wakarimasen Silver Members @halajos
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                                            @halajos said in Suunto ZoneSense:

                                            @wakarimasen no, you also get ZoneSense data in Suunto app retrospectively for all exercises, which have R-R intervals data (that’s true for all exercises done with the Suunto smart sensor, Polar H10, etc.)

                                            NICE!

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