Viewing Your Predicted Race Times; Heart Rate Variability And Stress Level - Garmin Instinct 2 Series 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 Instinct 2 device
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 GPS to view additional information.

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
provide a target race time. The watch 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
watch to sync activities, history, and data from other devices
Measurements, page 79).
1 From the watch face, press UP or DOWN to view the performance glance.
2 Press GPS to view glance details.
3 Press UP or DOWN to view a predicted race time.
4 Press GPS 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.

Heart Rate Variability and Stress Level

Stress level is the result of a three-minute test performed while standing still, where the Instinct 2 device
analyzes heart rate variability to determine your overall stress. Training, sleep, nutrition, and general life stress
all impact how an athlete performs. The stress level range is from 1 to 100, where 1 is a very low stress state
and 100 is a very high stress state. Knowing your stress level can help you decide if your body is ready for a
tough training session or yoga.
Viewing Your Heart Rate Variability and Stress Level
This feature requires a Garmin chest heart rate monitor. Before you can view your heart rate variability (HRV)
stress level, you must put on a heart rate monitor and pair it with your device
page 59).
TIP: Garmin recommends that you measure your stress level at approximately the same time and under the
same conditions every day.
1 If necessary, press GPS, and select Add > HRV Stress to add the stress app to the apps list.
2 Select to add the app to your list of favorites.
3 From the watch face, press GPS, select HRV Stress, and press GPS.
4 Stand still, and rest for 3 minutes.
Appearance
(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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