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Turning Daily Suggested Workout Prompts On and Off, Interval Workouts, Creating an Interval Workout

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Turning Daily Suggested Workout Prompts On and Off Daily suggested workouts are recommended based on your training history, VO2 max., sleep, and recovery time. 1 From the watch face, select START. 2 Select a running activity. 3 If necessary, select BACK to dismiss the workout. 4 Hold UP. 5 Select Training > Workouts > Today's Suggestion. 6 Select START. 7 Select Disable Prompt or Enable Prompt. Interval Workouts You can create interval workouts based on distance or time. The device saves your custom interval workout until you create another interval workout. You can use open intervals for track workouts and when you are running a known distance. Creating an Interval Workout Interval workouts are available for running and biking activities. 1 From the watch face, select START. 2 Select an activity. 3 Select Options > Training > Intervals > START > Edit > Interval > Type. 4 Select Distance, Time, or Open. TIP: You can create an open-ended interval by selecting the Open option. 5 If necessary, select Duration, enter a distance or time interval value for the workout, and select . 6 Select BACK. 7 Select Rest > Type. 8 Select Distance, Time, or Open. 9 If necessary, select Duration, enter a distance or time value for the rest interval, and select . 10 Select BACK. 11 Select one or more options: • To set the number of repetitions, select Repeat. • To add an open-ended warm up to your workout, select Warm Up > On. • To add an open-ended cool down to your workout, select Cool Down > On. Starting an Interval Workout 1 From the watch face, select START. 2 Select a run or bike activity. 3 Select Options > Training > Intervals > START > Do Workout. 4 Select START to start the activity timer. 5 When your interval workout has a warm up, select BACK to begin the first interval. 6 Follow the on-screen instructions. After you complete all of the intervals, a message appears. Stopping an Interval Workout • At any time, select BACK to stop the current interval or rest period and transition to the next interval or rest period. • After all intervals and rest periods are complete, select BACK to end the interval workout and transition to a timer that can be used for cool down. • At any time, select STOP to stop the activity timer. You can resume the timer or end the interval workout. 10 Training

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Turning Daily Suggested Workout Prompts On and Off
Daily suggested workouts are recommended based on your training history, VO2 max., sleep, and recovery
time.
1
From the watch face, select
START
.
2
Select a running activity.
3
If necessary, select
BACK
to dismiss the workout.
4
Hold
UP
.
5
Select
Training
>
Workouts
>
Today's Suggestion
.
6
Select
START
.
7
Select
Disable Prompt
or
Enable Prompt
.
Interval Workouts
You can create interval workouts based on distance or time. The device saves your custom interval workout
until you create another interval workout. You can use open intervals for track workouts and when you are
running a known distance.
Creating an Interval Workout
Interval workouts are available for running and biking activities.
1
From the watch face, select
START
.
2
Select an activity.
3
Select
Options
>
Training
>
Intervals
>
START
>
Edit
>
Interval
>
Type
.
4
Select
Distance
,
Time
, or
Open
.
TIP:
You can create an open-ended interval by selecting the Open option.
5
If necessary, select
Duration
, enter a distance or time interval value for the workout, and select
.
6
Select
BACK
.
7
Select
Rest
>
Type
.
8
Select
Distance
,
Time
, or
Open
.
9
If necessary, select
Duration
, enter a distance or time value for the rest interval, and select
.
10
Select
BACK
.
11
Select one or more options:
To set the number of repetitions, select
Repeat
.
To add an open-ended warm up to your workout, select
Warm Up
>
On
.
To add an open-ended cool down to your workout, select
Cool Down
>
On
.
Starting an Interval Workout
1
From the watch face, select
START
.
2
Select a run or bike activity.
3
Select
Options
>
Training
>
Intervals
>
START
>
Do Workout
.
4
Select
START
to start the activity timer.
5
When your interval workout has a warm up, select
BACK
to begin the first interval.
6
Follow the on-screen instructions.
After you complete all of the intervals, a message appears.
Stopping an Interval Workout
At any time, select
BACK
to stop the current interval or rest period and transition to the next interval or rest
period.
After all intervals and rest periods are complete, select
BACK
to end the interval workout and transition to a
timer that can be used for cool down.
At any time, select
STOP
to stop the activity timer. You can resume the timer or end the interval workout.
10
Training