Getting Your Vo2 Max. Estimate For Cycling; Turning Off Vo2 Max; Recording; Viewing Your Predicted Race Times - Garmin DESCENT MK2I Owner's Manual

Getting Your VO2 Max. Estimate for Cycling

This feature requires a power meter and wrist-based heart rate or a compatible chest heart rate monitor. The
power meter must be paired with your Descent Mk2i device
are using a chest heart rate monitor, you must put it on and pair it with your device.
For the most accurate estimate, complete the user profile setup
your maximum heart rate
The device requires a few rides to learn about your cycling performance.
1 Ride at a steady, high intensity for at least 20 minutes.
2 After your ride, select Save.
3 Select UP or DOWN to scroll through the performance measurements.
TIP: You can select START to view additional information.
Turning Off VO2 Max. Recording
You can turn VO2 max. recording off for trail run or ultra run activities
1 Hold MENU.
2 Select Activities & Apps.
3 Select an activity.
4 Select the activity settings.
5 Select Record VO2 Max. > Off.

Viewing Your Predicted Race Times

For the most accurate estimate, complete the user profile setup
set your maximum heart rate
Your device uses the VO2 max. estimate
provide a target race time. The device analyzes several weeks of your training data to refine the race time
estimates.
TIP: If you have more than one Garmin device, you can enable the Physio TrueUp
device to sync activities, history, and data from other devices
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1 From the watch face, select UP or DOWN to view the performance widget.
2 Select START to scroll through the performance measurements.
Your projected race times appear for 5K, 10K, half marathon, and marathon distances.
NOTE: The projections may seem inaccurate at first. The device requires a few runs to learn about your
running performance.
Heart Rate Features
(Setting Your Heart Rate Zones, page
(Setting Your Heart Rate Zones, page
(About VO2 Max. Estimates, page
(Pairing Your Wireless Sensors, page
(Setting Up Your User Profile, page
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