Vo2 levels

[BrunoH]

@lexterm77 Could you explain sustained max pace? My English skills failed me. Probably not the same as constant max pace?

I know this VO2max is not foolproof, but what pleases me is that at least the measurements in my S9 are consistent. My trend is nicely linear and going upwards. There are no sudden drops or sudden high peaks!

[ldxmsg]

@lexterm77 THanks. I have been running, as well as walking fast enough to push my heartrate up to 100bpm. I’ve done a hard reset of the watch to see if that makes any difference. Fingers crossed!

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

@ldxmsg do you have the same max hr and zones ? Do both devices read the same data in regards to heart rate ?

[ldxmsg]

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos Thanks. Yes, as far as I can tell everything is the same. The new S9B does sometimes give overly heart rate readings at the start of exercise and then settles to what I would expect after a few minutes. Might that explain the discrepancy?

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

@ldxmsg of course. Vo2max can be defined better at max capacity.

I would:

• Do a full reset of the watch (as the watch bases the vo2max on the 6 last sessions as well)
• Set up the zones like my Garmin
• Use a belt and garmin with OHR

check the value after 1-2 good workouts.

[ldxmsg]

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos Will give it a go. Many thanks.

[lexterm77]

@brunoh

Running at same pace for 15 minutes so that at the end you feel nearly exhausted.

[sartoric]

@lexterm77 said in Vo2 levels:

@brunoh

so that at the end you feel nearly exhausted.

Or you have heart attack

[BrunoH]

@sartoric That’s what I’m afraid of. I’ll never look at my VO2max levels again, just to be sure!

[lexterm77]

@sartoric said in Vo2 levels:

@lexterm77 said in Vo2 levels:

@brunoh

so that at the end you feel nearly exhausted.

Or you have heart attack

If you do it often, body adapts to it. (Not the heart attack)

[Brad_Olwin]

An independent test for VO2 max that is fairly good. For me, this test and the S9 baro give very similar results. Cooper test. It is best done on a track.

[stromdiddily]

@brad_olwin ah yes, the “cooper”

Reminder of the glory days of yesteryear, and fitness testing…stuff of nightmares

[lexterm77]

@stromdiddily said in Vo2 levels:

@brad_olwin ah yes, the “cooper”

Reminder of the glory days of yesteryear, and fitness testing…stuff of nightmares

Go to a sports lab and ask them to extrapolate data with half the maximum effort

Edit: bring helmet with you

[Bulkan]

The Garmin only takes in count the running (not trail running, hiking…) and cycling and ONLY with heart rate strap if I recall well.

That’s different of the Suunto.

[isazi]

@bulkan said in Vo2 levels:

The Garmin only takes in count the running (not trail running, hiking…) and cycling and ONLY with heart rate strap if I recall well.

Running with HR (no belt necessary for what I remember), cycling with a power meter. And they end up in two separate VO2Max values, one for running and one for cycling.