Garmin epix Pro Gen 2 - Sapphire Edition 42 mm Owners Manual - Page 65

Getting Your VO2 Max.‍ Estimate for Cycling, Viewing Your Predicted Race Times

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Getting Your VO2 Max. Estimate for Cycling This feature requires a power meter and wrist-based heart rate or a compatible chest heart rate monitor. The power meter must be paired with your watch (Pairing Your Wireless Sensors, page 84). If you are using a chest heart rate monitor, you must put it on and pair it with your watch. For the most accurate estimate, complete the user profile setup (Setting Up Your User Profile, page 100) and set your maximum heart rate (Setting Your Heart Rate Zones, page 101). The estimate may seem inaccurate at first. The watch requires a few rides to learn about your cycling performance. 1 Start a cycling activity. 2 Ride at a steady, high intensity for at least 20 minutes. 3 After your ride, select Save. 4 Press UP or DOWN to scroll through the performance measurements. Viewing Your Predicted Race Times For the most accurate estimate, complete the user profile setup (Setting Up Your User Profile, page 100), and set your maximum heart rate (Setting Your Heart Rate Zones, page 101). Your watch uses the VO2 max. estimate and your training history to provide a target race time (About VO2 Max. Estimates, page 56). The watch analyzes several weeks of your training data to refine the race time estimates. 1 From the watch face, press UP or DOWN to view the performance glance. 2 Press START to view glance details. 3 Press UP or DOWN to view a predicted race time. 4 Press START to view predictions for other distances. NOTE: The predictions may seem inaccurate at first. The watch requires a few runs to learn about your running performance. Appearance 57

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Getting Your VO2 Max. Estimate for Cycling
This feature requires a power meter and wrist-based heart rate or a compatible chest heart rate monitor. The
power meter must be paired with your watch (
Pairing Your Wireless Sensors
, page 84
). If you are using a chest
heart rate monitor, you must put it on and pair it with your watch.
For the most accurate estimate, complete the user profile setup (
Setting Up Your User Profile
, page 100
) and set
your maximum heart rate (
Setting Your Heart Rate Zones
, page 101
). The estimate may seem inaccurate at first.
The watch requires a few rides to learn about your cycling performance.
1
Start a cycling activity.
2
Ride at a steady, high intensity for at least 20 minutes.
3
After your ride, select
Save
.
4
Press
UP
or
DOWN
to scroll through the performance measurements.
Viewing Your Predicted Race Times
For the most accurate estimate, complete the user profile setup (
Setting Up Your User Profile
, page 100
), and set
your maximum heart rate (
Setting Your Heart Rate Zones
, page 101
).
Your watch uses the VO2 max. estimate and your training history to provide a target race time (
About VO2 Max.
Estimates
, page 56
). The watch analyzes several weeks of your training data to refine the race time estimates.
1
From the watch face, press
UP
or
DOWN
to view the performance glance.
2
Press
START
to view glance details.
3
Press
UP
or
DOWN
to view a predicted race time.
4
Press
START
to view predictions for other distances.
NOTE:
The predictions may seem inaccurate at first. The watch requires a few runs to learn about your
running performance.
Appearance
57