Getting Your Vo2 Max. Estimate For Cycling; Viewing Your Predicted Race Times - Garmin EPIX GEN 2 PRO 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 watch
heart rate monitor, you must put it on and pair it with your watch.
For the most accurate estimate, complete the user profile setup
your maximum heart rate
The watch requires a few rides to learn about your cycling performance.
1 Start a cycling activity.
2 Ride at a steady, high intensity for at least 20 minutes.
3 After your ride, select Save.
4 Press UP or DOWN to scroll through the performance measurements.

Viewing Your Predicted Race Times

For the most accurate estimate, complete the user profile setup
your maximum heart rate
Your watch uses the VO2 max. estimate and your training history to provide a target race time
Estimates, page 57). The watch analyzes several weeks of your training data to refine the race time estimates.
1 From the watch face, press UP or DOWN to view the performance glance.
2 Press START to view glance details.
3 Press UP or DOWN to view a predicted race time.
4 Press START to view predictions for other distances.
NOTE: The predictions may seem inaccurate at first. The watch requires a few runs to learn about your
running performance.
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(Pairing Your Wireless Sensors,
(Setting Your Heart Rate Zones,
(Setting Your Heart Rate Zones,
page 86). If you are using a chest
(Setting Up Your User Profile,
page 103). The estimate may seem inaccurate at first.
(Setting Up Your User Profile,
page 103).
page 102) and set
page 102), and set
(About VO2 Max.
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