Recovery Time; Viewing Your Recovery Time; Recovery Heart Rate; Pausing And Resuming Your Training Status - Garmin FORERUNNER 255 Series Owner's Manual

Recovery Time

You can use your Garmin device with wrist-based heart
rate or a compatible chest heart rate monitor to display
how much time remains before you are fully recovered
and ready for the next hard workout.
NOTE: The recovery time recommendation uses your
VO2 max. estimate and may seem inaccurate at first.
The device requires you to complete a few activities to
learn about your performance.
The recovery time appears immediately following
an activity. The time counts down until it is optimal
for you to attempt another hard workout. The device
updates your recovery time throughout the day based
on changes in sleep, stress, relaxation, and physical
activity.

Viewing Your Recovery Time

For the most accurate estimate, complete the user
profile setup (Setting Up Your User Profile, page
and set your maximum heart rate
Rate Zones, page 34).
1 Start a running activity.
2 After your run, select Save.
The recovery time appears. The maximum time is 4
days.
NOTE: From the watch face, you can press UP or
DOWN to view the training status glance, and press
START to scroll through the metrics to view your
recovery time.

Recovery Heart Rate

If you are training with wrist-based heart rate or a
compatible chest heart rate monitor, you can check
your recovery heart rate value after each activity.
Recovery heart rate is the difference between your
exercising heart rate and your heart rate two minutes
after the exercise has stopped. For example, after a
typical training run, you stop the timer. Your heart rate is
140 bpm. After two minutes of no activity or cool down,
your heart rate is 90 bpm. Your recovery heart rate
is 50 bpm (140 minus 90). Some studies have linked
recovery heart rate to cardiac health. Higher numbers
generally indicate healthier hearts.
TIP: For best results, you should stop moving for two
minutes while the device calculates your recovery heart
rate value.
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Airplane Mode
Alarm Clock
Altimeter
Assistance
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34),
(Setting Your Heart
Select to enable or disable airplane mode to turn off all wireless communica tions.
Select to add or edit an alarm
Select to open the altimeter screen.
Select to send an assistance request

Pausing and Resuming Your Training Status

If you are injured or sick, you can pause your training
status. You can continue to record fitness activities,
but your training status, training load focus, recovery
feedback, and workout recommendations are
temporarily disabled.
You can resume your training status when you are
ready to start training again. For best results, you need
at least one VO2 max. measurements each week
(About VO2 Max. Estimates, page
1 When you want to pause your training status, select
an option:
• From the training status glance, hold UP, and
select Pause Training Status.
• From your Garmin Connect settings, select
Performance Stats > Training Status > > Pause
Training Status.
2 Sync your watch with your Garmin Connect
account.
3 When you want to resume your training status,
select an option:
• From the training status glance, hold UP, and
select Resume Training Status.
• From your Garmin Connect settings, select
Performance Stats > Training Status > >
Resume Training Status.
4 Sync your watch with your Garmin Connect
account.

Controls

The controls menu lets you quickly access watch
features and options. You can add, reorder, and remove
the options in the controls menu
Controls Menu, page
From any screen, hold LIGHT.
Description
(Setting an Alarm, page 42).
(Requesting Assistance, page
10).
(Customizing the
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