Power Guide; Creating And Using A Power Guide; Multisport - Garmin Fenix 8 Series Owner's Manual

Power Guide

You can create and use a power strategy to plan your effort on a course. Your fēnix 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 and Using a Power Guide,

complete 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 the Garmin Connect app and sync it with compatible Garmin devices. This feature
requires a power meter, which must be paired with your device
Creating and Using a Power Guide
Before you can create a power guide, you must pair a power meter with your watch
Sensors, page 100). You must also have a course loaded to your watch
page 126).
You can also create a power guide in the Garmin Connect app.
1 From the watch face, press
2 Select an outdoor biking activity.
3 Hold .
4 Select Training > Power Guide > Create New.
5 Select a course (Courses,
6 Select a riding position.
7 Select a gear weight.
8 Press , and select Use Plan.
TIP: You can preview the map, elevation plot, effort, settings, and splits. You can also adjust the effort,
terrain, riding position, and gear weight before you start riding.

Multisport

Triathletes, duathletes, and other multisport competitors can take advantage of the multisport activities, such
as Triathlon or Swimrun. During a multisport activity, you can transition between activities and continue to view
your total time. For example, you can switch from biking to running and view your total time for biking and
running throughout the multisport activity.
You can customize a multisport activity, or you can use the default triathlon activity set up for a standard
triathlon.
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page 40). The primary goal of a power guide is to help you
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page 124).
(Pairing Your Wireless Sensors,
(Pairing Your Wireless
(Creating a Course on Garmin Connect,
page 100).
Apps and Activities