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Getting Your FTP Estimate Before you can get your functional threshold power (FTP) estimate, you must pair a chest heart rate monitor and power meter with your device (Pairing Your Wireless Sensors, page 29), and you must get your VO2 max. estimate (Getting Your VO2 Max. Estimate for Cycling, page 15). The device uses your user profile information from the initial setup and your VO2 max. estimate to estimate your FTP. The device will automatically detect your FTP during rides at a steady, high intensity with heart rate and power. 1 Select UP or DOWN to view the performance widget. 2 Select START to scroll through the performance measurements. Your FTP estimate appears as a value measured in watts per kilogram, your power output in watts, and a position on the color gauge. Purple Superior Blue Excellent Green Good Orange Fair Red Untrained For more information, see the appendix (FTP Ratings, page 44). NOTE: When a performance notification alerts you to a new FTP, you can select Accept to save the new FTP, or Decline to keep your current FTP. Conducting an FTP Test Before you can conduct a test to determine your functional threshold power (FTP), you must pair a chest heart rate monitor and a power meter with your device (Pairing Your Wireless Sensors, page 29), and you must get your VO2 max. estimate (Getting Your VO2 Max. Estimate for Cycling, page 15). NOTE: The FTP test is a challenging workout that takes about 30 minutes to complete. Choose a practical and mostly flat route that allows you to ride at a steadily increasing effort, similar to a time trial. 1 From the watch face, select START. 2 Select a cycling activity. 3 Hold . 4 Select Training > FTP Guided Test. 5 Follow the on-screen instructions. After you begin your ride, the device displays each step duration, the target, and current power data. A message appears when the test is complete. 6 After you complete the guided test, complete the cool down, stop the timer, and save the activity. Your FTP appears as a value measured in watts per kilogram, your power output in watts, and a position on the color gauge. 7 Select an option: • Select Accept to save the new FTP. • Select Decline to keep your current FTP. Training Status These measurements are estimates that can help you track and understand your training activities. The measurements require a few activities using wrist-based heart rate or a compatible chest heart rate monitor. Cycling performance measurements require a heart rate monitor and a power meter. These estimates are provided and supported by Firstbeat. For more information, go to www.garmin.com/performance-data /running/. NOTE: The estimates may seem inaccurate at first. The device requires you to complete a few activities to learn about your performance. Training status: Training status shows you how your training affects your fitness and performance. Your training status is based on changes to your training load and VO2 max. over an extended time period. VO2 max.: VO2 max. is the maximum volume of oxygen (in milliliters) you can consume per minute per kilogram of body weight at your maximum performance. Your device displays heat and altitude corrected VO2 max. values when you are acclimating to high heat environemnts or high altitude. Training load: Training load is the sum of your excess postexercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) over the last 7 days. EPOC is an estimate of how much energy it takes for your body to recover after exercise. Training load focus: Your device analyzes and distributes your training load into different categories based on the intensity and structure of each activity recorded. Training load focus includes the total load accumulated per category, and the focus of the training. Your device displays your load distribution over the last 4 weeks. Recovery time: The recovery time displays how much time remains before you are fully recovered and ready for the next hard workout. Training Status Levels Training status shows you how your training affects your fitness level and performance. Your training status is based on changes to your training load and VO2 max. over an extended time period. You can use your training status to help plan future training and continue improving your fitness level. Peaking: Peaking means that you are in ideal race condition. Your recently reduced training load is allowing your body to recover and fully compensate for earlier training. You should plan ahead, since this peak state can only be maintained for a short time. Productive: Your current training load is moving your fitness level and performance in the right direction. You should plan recovery periods into your training to maintain your fitness level. Maintaining: Your current training load is enough to maintain your fitness level. To see improvement, try adding more variety to your workouts or increasing your training volume. Recovery: Your lighter training load is allowing your body to recover, which is essential during extended periods of hard training. You can return to a higher training load when you feel ready. Unproductive: Your training load is at a good level, but your fitness is decreasing. Your body may be struggling to recover, so you should pay attention to your overall health including stress, nutrition, and rest. Detraining: Detraining occurs when you are training much less than usual for a week or more, and it is affecting your fitness level. You can try increasing your training load to see improvement. Overreaching: Your training load is very high and counterproductive. Your body needs a rest. You should give Heart Rate Features 17