Letting The Device Set Your Heart Rate Zones; Heart Rate Zone Calculations; Setting Your Power Zones; Activity Tracking - Garmin DESCENT MK2I Owner's Manual

Letting the Device Set Your Heart Rate Zones

The default settings allow the device to detect your maximum heart rate and set your heart rate zones as a
percentage of your maximum heart rate.
• Verify that your user profile settings are accurate
• Run often with the wrist or chest heart rate monitor.
• Try a few heart rate training plans, available from your Garmin Connect account.
• View your heart rate trends and time in zones using your Garmin Connect account.

Heart Rate Zone Calculations

% of Maximum Heart
Zone
Rate
1 50–60%
2 60–70%
3 70–80%
4 80–90%
5 90–100%

Setting Your Power Zones

The values for the zones are default values based on gender, weight, and average ability, and may not match
your personal abilities. If you know your functional threshold power (FTP) value, you can enter it and allow the
software to calculate your power zones automatically. You can manually adjust your zones on the device or
using your Garmin Connect account.
1 Hold MENU.
2 Select User Profile > Power Zones.
3 Select an activity.
4 Select Based On.
5 Select an option:
• Select Watts to view and edit the zones in watts.
• Select % FTP to view and edit the zones as a percentage of your functional threshold power.
6 Select FTP, and enter your FTP value.
7 Select a zone, and enter a value for each zone.
8 If necessary, select Minimum, and enter a minimum power value.

Activity Tracking

The activity tracking feature records your daily step count, distance traveled, intensity minutes, floors climbed,
calories burned, and sleep statistics for each recorded day. Your calories burned includes your base
metabolism plus activity calories.
The number of steps taken during the day appears on the steps widget. The step count is updated periodically.
For more information about activity tracking and fitness metric accuracy, go to garmin.com/ataccuracy.
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(Setting Up Your User Profile, page
Perceived Exertion
Relaxed, easy pace, rhythmic breathing
Comfortable pace, slightly deeper
breathing, conversation possible
Moderate pace, more difficult to hold
conversation
Fast pace and a bit uncomfortable,
breathing forceful
Sprinting pace, unsustainable for long
period of time, labored breathing
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Benefits
Beginning-level aerobic training,
reduces stress
Basic cardiovascular training, good
recovery pace
Improved aerobic capacity, optimal
cardiovascular training
Improved anaerobic capacity and
threshold, improved speed
Anaerobic and muscular endurance,
increased power
Training