Garmin epix Pro Gen 2 - Sapphire Edition 42 mm Owners Manual - Page 54

Power Guide, Creating and Using a Power Guide, Segments, Strava™‎ Segments, Strava

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Power Guide You can create and use a power strategy to plan your effort on a course. Your epix device uses your FTP, the course elevation, and the projected time it will take you to complete the course to create a customized power guide. One of the most important steps in planning a successful power guide strategy is choosing your effort level. Putting a harder effort into the course will increase the power recommendations, while choosing an easier effort will reduce them (Creating and Using a Power Guide, page 46). The primary goal of a power guide is to help you complete the course based on what is known about your ability, not to achieve a specific target time. You can adjust the effort level during your ride. Power guides are always associated with a course and cannot be used with workouts or segments. You can view and edit your strategy in the Garmin Connect app and sync it with compatible Garmin devices. This feature requires a power meter, which must be paired with your device (Pairing Your Wireless Sensors, page 84). Creating and Using a Power Guide Before you can create a power guide, you must pair a power meter with your watch (Pairing Your Wireless Sensors, page 84). You must also have a course loaded to your watch (Creating a Course on Garmin Connect, page 111). You can also create a power guide in the Garmin Connect app. 1 From the watch face, press START. 2 Select an outdoor biking activity. 3 Hold MENU. 4 Select Training > Power Guide > Create New. 5 Select a course (Courses, page 110). 6 Select a riding position. 7 Select a gear weight. 8 Press START, and select Use Plan. TIP: You can preview the map, elevation plot, effort, settings, and splits. You can also adjust the effort, terrain, riding position, and gear weight before you start riding. Segments You can send running or cycling segments from your Garmin Connect account to your device. After a segment is saved to your device, you can race a segment, trying to match or exceed your personal record or other participants who have raced the segment. NOTE: When you download a course from your Garmin Connect account, you can download all of the available segments in the course. Strava™ Segments You can download Strava segments to your epix device. Follow Strava segments to compare your performance with your past rides, friends, and pros who have ridden the same segment. To sign up for a Strava membership, go to the segments menu in your Garmin Connect account. For more information, go to www.strava.com. The information in this manual applies to both Garmin Connect segments and Strava segments. 46 Training

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Power Guide
You can create and use a power strategy to plan your effort on a course. Your epix device uses your FTP, the
course elevation, and the projected time it will take you to complete the course to create a customized power
guide.
One of the most important steps in planning a successful power guide strategy is choosing your effort level.
Putting a harder effort into the course will increase the power recommendations, while choosing an easier effort
will reduce them (
Creating and Using a Power Guide
, page 46
). The primary goal of a power guide is to help you
complete the course based on what is known about your ability, not to achieve a specific target time. You can
adjust the effort level during your ride.
Power guides are always associated with a course and cannot be used with workouts or segments. You can
view and edit your strategy in the Garmin Connect app and sync it with compatible Garmin devices. This feature
requires a power meter, which must be paired with your device (
Pairing Your Wireless Sensors
, page 84
).
Creating and Using a Power Guide
Before you can create a power guide, you must pair a power meter with your watch (
Pairing Your Wireless
Sensors
, page 84
). You must also have a course loaded to your watch (
Creating a Course on Garmin Connect
,
page 111
).
You can also create a power guide in the Garmin Connect app.
1
From the watch face, press
START
.
2
Select an outdoor biking activity.
3
Hold
MENU
.
4
Select
Training
>
Power Guide
>
Create New
.
5
Select a course (
Courses
, page 110
).
6
Select a riding position.
7
Select a gear weight.
8
Press
START
, and select
Use Plan
.
TIP:
You can preview the map, elevation plot, effort, settings, and splits. You can also adjust the effort,
terrain, riding position, and gear weight before you start riding.
Segments
You can send running or cycling segments from your Garmin Connect account to your device. After a segment
is saved to your device, you can race a segment, trying to match or exceed your personal record or other
participants who have raced the segment.
NOTE:
When you download a course from your Garmin Connect account, you can download all of the available
segments in the course.
Strava
™
Segments
You can download Strava segments to your epix device. Follow Strava segments to compare your performance
with your past rides, friends, and pros who have ridden the same segment.
To sign up for a Strava membership, go to the segments menu in your Garmin Connect account. For more
information, go to
www.strava.com
.
The information in this manual applies to both Garmin Connect segments and Strava segments.
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Training