Garmin EDGE 830 Owner's Manual

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Functional threshold power (FTP): The device uses your userprofile information from the initial setup to estimate your FTP.For a more accurate rating, you can conduct a guided test.HRV stress test: The HRV (heart rate variability) stress testrequires a Garmin chest heart rate monitor. The devicerecords your heart rate variability while standing still for 3minutes. It provides your overall stress level. The scale is 1 to100, and a lower score indicates a lower stress level.Performance condition: Your performance condition is a real-time assessment after 6 to 20 minutes of activity. It can beadded as a data field so you can view your performancecondition during the rest of your activity. It compares yourreal-time condition to your average fitness level.Power curve: The power curve displays your sustained poweroutput over time. You can view your power curve for theprevious month, three months, or twelve months.Training StatusTraining status shows you how your training affects your fitnesslevel and performance. Your training status is based on changesto your training load and VO2 max. over an extended timeperiod. You can use your training status to help plan futuretraining and continue improving your fitness level.Peaking: Peaking means that you are in ideal race condition.Your recently reduced training load is allowing your body torecover and fully compensate for earlier training. You shouldplan ahead, since this peak state can only be maintained fora short time.Productive: Your current training load is moving your fitnesslevel and performance in the right direction. You should planrecovery periods into your training to maintain your fitnesslevel.Maintaining: Your current training load is enough to maintainyour fitness level. To see improvement, try adding morevariety to your workouts or increasing your training volume.Recovery: Your lighter training load is allowing your body torecover, which is essential during extended periods of hardtraining. You can return to a higher training load when youfeel ready.Unproductive: Your training load is at a good level, but yourfitness is decreasing. Your body may be struggling torecover, so you should pay attention to your overall healthincluding stress, nutrition, and rest.Detraining: Detraining occurs when you are training much lessthan usual for a week or more, and it is affecting your fitnesslevel. You can try increasing your training load to seeimprovement.Overreaching: Your training load is very high andcounterproductive. Your body needs a rest. You should giveyourself time to recover by adding lighter training to yourschedule.No Status: The device needs one or two weeks of traininghistory, including activities with VO2 max. results fromrunning or cycling, to determine your training status.About VO2 Max. EstimatesVO2 max. is the maximum volume of oxygen (in milliliters) youcan consume per minute per kilogram of body weight at yourmaximum performance. In simple terms, VO2 max. is anindication of athletic performance and should increase as yourlevel of fitness improves. VO2 max. estimates are provided andsupported by Firstbeat. You can use your Garmin device pairedwith a compatible heart rate monitor and power meter to displayyour cycling VO2 max. estimate.Getting Your VO2 Max. EstimateBefore you can view your VO2 max. estimate, you must put onthe heart rate monitor, install the power meter, and pair themwith your device (Pairing Your Wireless Sensors, page 16). Ifyour device was packaged with a heart rate monitor, the deviceand sensor are already paired. For the most accurate estimate,complete the user profile setup (Setting Up Your User Profile,page 19), and set your maximum heart rate (Setting Your HeartRate Zones, page 15).NOTE: The estimate may seem inaccurate at first. The devicerequires a few rides to learn about your cycling performance.1 Ride at a steady, high intensity for at least 20 minutesoutdoors.2 After your ride, select Save Ride.3 Select > My Stats > Training Status > VO2 Max..Your VO2 max. estimate appears as a number and positionon the color gauge.Purple SuperiorBlue ExcellentGreen GoodOrange FairRed PoorVO2 max. data and analysis is provided with permission fromThe Cooper Institute®. For more information, see theappendix (VO2 Max. Standard Ratings, page 27), and go towww.CooperInstitute.org.Tips for Cycling VO2 Max. EstimatesThe success and accuracy of the VO2 max. calculationimproves when your ride is a sustained and moderately hardeffort, and where heart rate and power are not highly variable.• Before your ride, check that your device, heart rate monitor,and power meter are functioning properly, paired, and havegood battery life.• During your 20 minute ride, maintain your heart rate atgreater than 70% of your maximum heart rate.• During your 20 minute ride, maintain a fairly constant poweroutput.• Avoid rolling terrain.• Avoid riding in groups where there is a lot of drafting.Heat and Altitude Performance AcclimationEnvironmental factors such as high temperature and altitudeimpact your training and performance. For example, highaltitude training can have a positive impact on your fitness, butyou may notice a temporary VO2 max. decline while exposed tohigh altitudes. Your Edge 830 device provides acclimationnotifications and corrections to your VO2 max. estimate andtraining status when the temperature is above 22ºC (72ºF) andwhen the altitude is above 800 m (2625 ft.). You can keep trackof your heat and altitude acclimation in the training statuswidget.NOTE: The heat acclimation feature is available only for GPSactivities and requires weather data from your connectedsmartphone. Full acclimation takes a minimum of 4 trainingdays.Training LoadTraining load is a measurement of your training volume over thelast seven days. It is the sum of your excess post-exerciseoxygen consumption (EPOC) measurements for the last sevendays. The gauge indicates whether your current load is low,high, or within the optimal range to maintain or improve yourMy Stats 7