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Power Guide
You can create and use a power strategy to plan your effort on a course. Your Edge device uses your FTP, the
course elevation, and the projected time it will take you to complete the course to create a customized power
guide.
One of the most important steps in planning a successful power guide strategy is choosing your effort level.
Putting a harder effort into the course will increase the power recommendations, while choosing an easier effort
will reduce them
(Creating a Power Guide,
the course based on what is known about your ability, not to achieve a specific target time. You can adjust the
effort level during your ride.
Power guides are always associated with a course and cannot be used with workouts or segments. You can
view and edit your strategy in Garmin Connect and sync it with compatible Garmin devices. This feature requires
a power meter, which must be paired with your device
devices are paired, you can customize the optional data fields
Creating a Power Guide
Before you can create a power guide, you must pair a power meter with your device
Sensors,
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1 Select Training > Power Guide >
2 Select an option:
• Select Use Saved Course to use a saved course, and select the course.
• Select Course Creator to create a new course, and select
3 Enter a name for the power guide, and select
4 Select a riding position.
5 Select a gear weight.
6 Select Save.
Starting a Power Guide
Before you can start a power guide, you must create a power guide
1 Select Training > Power Guide.
2 Select a power guide.
3 Select Ride.
4 Press
to start the activity timer.
Training
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