Garmin Sleep-Time Stress

Garmin Sleep-Time Stress Chart

Garmin Sleep-Time Stress: What It Really Tells You About Recovery and Performance Most cyclists I work with don’t ignore their Garmin sleep data. They obsess over it. They wake up, open Garmin Connect, and scroll straight to the sleep-time stress chart, trying to decide whether today is a green-light workout or a warning sign. And […]

Garmin Sleep Tracking: How to Use Garmin Connect Sleep Data to Improve Cycling Performance

Screen Shot from accompanying video about Garmin Sleep Score

Garmin Connect Has A Sleep Tracker That Can Help You Optimize Sleep and Recovery!

[caption id="attachment_12776" align="aligncenter" width="300"]Garmin Connect Sleep Tracker The Garmin Connect Sleep Tracker provides assessment for sleep quality and quantity.[/caption]

The Garmin Connect Ecosystem is RICH with features that are either under-utilized or perhaps are misunderstood. I have wanted to explore Garmin Connect with my followers for a while now. I think the Sleep Tracker is a great place to start.

Garmin Connect, when paired with any of…..

Vo2Master Vo2Max Value Affirms Garmin Vo2Max Estimator

Richard Wharton Vo2Master OBC Headquarters

Vo2Master’s Vo2Max Value Was 98% Consistent with Garmin In May of this year, I wrote a post about the Garmin Vo2Max Calculator. In July, I was able to test my Vo2Max at OBC Headquarters, to compare values. I performed a Graded Exercise Test, using the Vo2Master app. This app, on a cell phone, trapped data […]

Building An MTB Course With Garmin Connect Course Creator

Garmin Connect Course Builder Climb Detail

Garmin Connect Course Creator Offers Course Building – But Singletrack Can Be A Challenge The Garmin Connect Course Creator is yet another of Garmin’s under-utilized features. Other Apps and Software offer Course Creation, like RideWithGPS, but keeping everything inside the Garmin Connect Ecosystem allows for easier transfer to a Garmin Bike Computer or wristwatch. However, […]

Vo2Max On Garmin Connect and the Garmin 1040

Vo2max on Garmin Connect is closely correlated with Vo2max on a Gas Exchange analyzer.

Vo2Max Calculations Show Cardio-Vascular Changes Vo2max is a fitness and health measurement that is defined as, “The Maximal Volume of Oxygen that can be consumed by a person during physical exertion.” I’ve discussed Vo2max in the past, and I even own a Vo2Master assessment device, for testing and training purposes. Garmin Connect uses information collected […]

More Fun With Garmin EPOC

Garmin 1040 Load Focus 28-day Summary

Garmin EPOC – A definition Since restarting regular training in February, I’ve come to enjoy the Garmin Connect Ecosystem and Garmin EPOC. EPOC is an acronym that stands for: “Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption”. It means this: When you exercise, you burn fat and carbs. The ratios of fat and carbs burned for fuel, depend on […]

Covid-19 and the Garmin Sleep Stress Score

Sleep Stress Score First Night of Covid-19 infection

A Family Member Caught Covid-19 and the Garmin Sleep-Time Stress Score Is Pretty Scary Three and a half years after Covid-19 spread around the world and began infecting humans, a family member finally caught Covid-19, and their Garmin Sleep-Time Stress Score is pretty scary. Sleep-Time Stress uses Heart Rate Variability (or the lack thereof) to […]

Garmin Stamina and Stamina Potential – A Native Feature Gauging Fatigue

Garmin Stamina Stamina Potential 20 Minute Effort

Garmin Stamina and Stamina Potential May Just Be the Enlightenment Tool for Cyclists and Triathletes! With the release of the ’40 Series of Garmins (the 540, 840 and 1040), as well as a host of watches, Garmin has included the Garmin Stamina and Potential feature. This native Field looks at energy use, intensity, heart rate […]

Garmin Connect HRV Status Update

28 day Garmin Connect HRV Status April 26 through May 23rd 2023

Garmin Connect HRV Status Is FINALLY Showing Some Improvement – And I’m Feeling It! This Garmin Connect HRV based Ecosystem Is really getting interesting. I’m literally using just about everything Garmin; The Scale, the Watch, and the Head Unit. I probably ought to buy a Neo 2t and a pair of pedals, but I’m fine […]

Steve Neal’s Moxy Field

Steve Neal Garmin Connect IQ Field

Coach Steve Neal’s Moxy Field Is INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE! Steve Neal is one of the most successful and qualified coaches that I know. He and I have followed a similar path. We both owned Cycling Studios. He and I have worked together to employ features in PerfPro Studio. He is a pioneer in Diaphragm breathing protocols. […]