Getting Your Vo2 Max. Estimate For Cycling; Viewing Your Fitness Age; Viewing Your Predicted Race Times - Garmin Tactix 7 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 Fitness Age

Your fitness age gives you an idea of how your fitness compares with a person of the same gender. Your watch
uses information, such as your age, body mass index (BMI), resting heart rate data, and vigorous activity history
to provide a fitness age. If you have a Garmin Index
instead of BMI to determine your fitness age. Exercise and lifestyle changes can impact your fitness age.
NOTE: For the most accurate fitness age, complete the user profile setup
page 107).
1 Hold MENU.
2 Select User Profile > Fitness Age.

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
your watch to sync activities, history, and data from other devices
Measurements, page 126).
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,
(About VO2 Max. Estimates,
(Setting Up Your User Profile,
page 109). The estimate may seem inaccurate at first.
scale, your watch uses the body fat percentage metric
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(Setting Up Your User Profile,
(Setting Up Your User Profile,
page 109).
page 67) and your training history to
(Syncing Activities and Performance
page 92). If you are using a chest
page 107) and set
page 107), and set
feature, which allows
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