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Day: July 8, 2026

The Dehydration Decoupling: Managing Real-Time Metabolic Cost

A hand holding a Garmin Edge cycling computer with a yellow protective case, displaying real-time physiological metrics including a workout timer at 46:24, heart rate at 132 bpm, VO2 Master at 24.06, left quad muscle oxygenation at 37%, and an alphaHRV score of 1.18.

The Dehydration Decoupling: Managing Real-Time Metabolic Cost By Rich Wharton – The Garmin Guru • Physiology First / Garmin Ecosystem Analysis Managing a sudden dehydration decoupling is the absolute secret to keeping your internal engine from running scorching hot during baseline workouts. Consequently, I started my Monday morning baseline endurance ride feeling like absolute gold, […]

Draining the Voltmeter: A 5 AM Lesson in Under-Fueling and Autonomic Collapse

An illustration of a voltmeter-style gauge labeled "PERFORMANCE CONDITION." A needle points to the far right, well into the green "POSITIVE VO2" zone, indicating optimal energy and a stable physiological system. Two summary boxes below define the negative red and positive green states.

Forget Your Software’s Threshold: Your Physiology Rewrites the Rules in Real Time We’ve all been conditioned to treat our threshold like a monument carved in stone. Your bike computer, your smartwatch, or your coaching software gives you a single, static number—say, a functional threshold power (FTP) of 250W or a threshold heart rate of 162 […]