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Garmin Metrics Explained: What Every Number On ...

Your watch shows you about twenty numbers and tells you what none of them are for. This is the index: every Garmin metric grouped by the question it answers, how...

Your Garmin's Max Heart Rate Is Probably Wrong ...

Most Garmin watches never measure your max heart rate — they estimate it from your age and quietly build six other metrics on top of that guess. Here's how to...

Garmin Training Readiness: Which Of The Six Inp...

Training readiness is six separate measurements compressed into a single number, which is why "mine is low" is never a complete answer. Here's how to open it up, find the...

Garmin Endurance Score And Hill Score Explained...

VO2 max estimates how big your engine is. Endurance score is about how long you can hold a decent fraction of it, and hill score is about gradient — which...

Garmin Coach vs a Training App: Where the Built...

Garmin Coach will take a beginner or a returning runner to a 5k, 10k or half marathon on a structured plan that lands on their watch — and for a...

Garmin Heart Rate Zones Wrong? Four Causes, And...

"My Garmin zones are wrong" almost always gets answered with "change your max heart rate". That is one of four possible causes, and fixing the others in the wrong order...