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Adaptive Training Plans, Starting Today's Workout, Interval Workouts, Customizing an Interval Workout

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Adaptive Training Plans Your Garmin Connect account has an adaptive training plan and Garmin coach to fit your training goals. For example, you can answer a few questions and find a plan to help you complete a 5 km race. The plan adjusts to your current level of fitness, coaching and schedule preferences, and race date. When you start a plan, the Garmin coach glance is added to the glance loop on your Forerunner watch. Starting Today's Workout After you send a Garmin Coach training plan to your watch, the Garmin Coach glance appears in your glance loop (Customizing the Glance Loop, page 16). 1 From the watch face, press UP or DOWN to view the Garmin Coach glance. If a workout for this activity is scheduled for today, the watch shows the workout name and prompts you to start it. 2 Press START. 3 Press DOWN to view the workout steps (optional). 4 Press START, and select Do Workout. 5 Follow the on-screen instructions. Interval Workouts Interval workouts can be open or structured. Structured repeats can be based on distance or time. The device saves your custom interval workout until you edit the workout again. TIP: All interval workouts include an open-ended cool down step. Customizing an Interval Workout 1 Press START. 2 Select an activity. 3 Press UP. 4 Select Training > Intervals > Structured Repeats. A workout appears. 5 Press START, and select Edit Workout. 6 Select one or more options: • To set the interval duration and type, select Interval. • To set the rest duration and type, select Rest. • To set the number of repetitions, select Repeat. • To add an open-ended warm up to your workout, select Warm Up > On. 7 Press BACK. 40 Training

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Adaptive Training Plans
Your Garmin Connect account has an adaptive training plan and Garmin coach to fit your training goals. For
example, you can answer a few questions and find a plan to help you complete a 5 km race. The plan adjusts
to your current level of fitness, coaching and schedule preferences, and race date. When you start a plan, the
Garmin coach glance is added to the glance loop on your Forerunner watch.
Starting Today's Workout
After you send a Garmin Coach training plan to your watch, the Garmin Coach glance appears in your glance
loop (
Customizing the Glance Loop
, page 16
).
1
From the watch face, press
UP
or
DOWN
to view the Garmin Coach glance.
If a workout for this activity is scheduled for today, the watch shows the workout name and prompts you to
start it.
2
Press
START
.
3
Press
DOWN
to view the workout steps (optional).
4
Press
START
, and select
Do Workout
.
5
Follow the on-screen instructions.
Interval Workouts
Interval workouts can be open or structured. Structured repeats can be based on distance or time. The device
saves your custom interval workout until you edit the workout again.
TIP:
All interval workouts include an open-ended cool down step.
Customizing an Interval Workout
1
Press
START
.
2
Select an activity.
3
Press
UP
.
4
Select
Training
>
Intervals
>
Structured Repeats
.
A workout appears.
5
Press
START
, and select
Edit Workout
.
6
Select one or more options:
•
To set the interval duration and type, select
Interval
.
•
To set the rest duration and type, select
Rest
.
•
To set the number of repetitions, select
Repeat
.
•
To add an open-ended warm up to your workout, select
Warm Up
>
On
.
7
Press
BACK
.
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Training