Suunto Plus apps

[Croatoan]

What do you guys use for biking (no power meter)
Burner is ok but if there are no climbs, I dont know what to activate. Maybe weather but that can be mostly achived in the backgound.

[freeheeler]

@Croatoan
I use HR zones frequently

[Egika]

@Croatoan nothing. No need to activate an S+ all the time

[Łukasz Szmigiel]

@isazi Hm, why not filter the asc/desc segments in decoupling? Wouldn’t it help in getting the app more useful?

[isazi]

@Łukasz-Szmigiel no, decoupling makes sense if the course is the same, always, there is no need to use it if you know that your course is changing continuously. Decoupling can be used to test your aerobic capacity, but tests require discipline and planning.

[Łukasz Szmigiel]

@isazi so basically that would require a treadmil or a raceway. Even changing ground or wind can skew the results.

[isazi]

@Łukasz-Szmigiel I usually do the tests (aerobic/anaerobic) doing loops in a park, always the same park, so that terrain is similar. Of course I am not the same every day, nor is the weather, but it is a good approximation. Your idea of filtering data would not work because the effect of terrain on your body would still be measured.
Example: your route is flat, then climbs, then descends, than is flat again. If we filter ascent and descent, in the last flat section we will still feel in the body the fatigue of the previous ascent descent, possibly have a higher HR and skewing the results.

[fluca]

@DMytro I tried, but no luck atm

[MdzOtt]

@isazi if we are talking about decoupling a very basic question: do you need a power meter for cycling, or the app can calculate the power (effort) based on the HR, speed, cadence(?)?

[isazi]

@MdzOtt I think the app is based on pace and only works for running, but never checked.

[A Former User]

@isazi Theoretically, it’s also available for cycling (see app description), but it doesn’t work.

[isazi]

@Ilya-Sul did you try with a power meter?

[A Former User]

@isazi Yes. It just displays POOR and no percentage. Doesn’t show up in the app afterwards as far as I remember.

[A Former User]

@Ilya-Sul I thought it would be interesting for indoor rides, but I never got it to work and kinda forgot about it until now.

[isazi]

@Ilya-Sul I can report that.

[NeaLuu]

@Ilya-Sul Hi, which sport mode did you use?

[A Former User]

@NeaLuu Indoor Bike

[paata]

Hi,
Have any of you tried the swimrun application? In my two attempts, the watch (S9B) never detected the transition from running to swimming. Only once did the watch register swimming, but I was actually just standing at the traffic lights . Could the problem be that the watch doesn’t recognize breaststroke swimming?
Thanks.

[Egika]

@paata the swimrun app is solely based on speed change. It is not looking at specific arm movements (at least for now).

[paata]

@Egika Strange, because the running pace I have is around 5:30-6:00 per kilometer, and swimming is much slower. Maybe the issue lies in the short swimming segment (50 meters), and the watch doesn’t seem to register the change in speed. I’ll try again.
Thank you for the clarification.