recovery Pro which gives advice on when to train and when to hold back.
Whilst not scientifically accurate, a decent guess using reasonably accurate training data is better than nothing at all, even if it just gives you a hint thay you are over doing it/under doing it.I've recently replaced my Garmin. The new model replaces 'training status' with 'body battery'
So I consider this stuff a gimmick really. These Smart Watches are packed with functionality, little of which is much use. 'Jack of all trades, master of none', is my thinking. I see the new Apple watch has ECG capabilities... leaving doctors redundant!
WRT 'the body battery', all it has to go on, is a guess at sleep, resting heart rate and heart rate variability (although wrist based HRM's leave quite a bit to be desired). The theory on Heart Rate Variability seems sketchy and open to interpretation. So whilst I'm not gonna take much notice of the body battery, it is curious that it knows when I've had too much to drink as the rating plummets (with elevated resting heart rate). Maybe the police can do away with breathalysers and make body battery watches mandatory for all drivers
Whilst not scientifically accurate, a decent guess using reasonably accurate training data is better than nothing at all, even if it just gives you a hint thay you are over doing it/under doing it.
I suppose those features are more aimed at the hard-core who are data obsessed.
I wear a hrm when training so don't rely on the wrist based which as you say can be fairly sketchy.
Hate to interrupt your rant but body battery and training status are two separate things in Garmin Connect. Under training status you'll find the training load graph as described by the right honourable member for Refladad.I've recently replaced my Garmin. The new model replaces 'training status' with 'body battery'
So I consider this stuff a gimmick really. These Smart Watches are packed with functionality, little of which is much use. 'Jack of all trades, master of none', is my thinking. I see the new Apple watch has ECG capabilities... leaving doctors redundant!
WRT 'the body battery', all it has to go on, is a guess at sleep, resting heart rate and heart rate variability (although wrist based HRM's leave quite a bit to be desired). The theory on Heart Rate Variability seems sketchy and open to interpretation. So whilst I'm not gonna take much notice of the body battery, it is curious that it knows when I've had too much to drink as the rating plummets (with elevated resting heart rate). Maybe the police can do away with breathalysers and make body battery watches mandatory for all drivers
Must be confusing me with someone elseHate to interrupt your rant
Well, for those of you with any sort of Polar, you've been several up on those of us with Garmins. It took until Sunday night to sync the scrimmage I worked on Thursday night! Fortunately, I was wearing my StatSports GPS tracker as well, so I was able to review my data after the scrimmage.
Garmin were attacked with ransom ware last week, it took them a while to get the key to unlock/retrieve their files etc.
Having worked in this sort of area, I can absolutely confirm that big companies like to keep cyber attacks well under wraps. I won't say what company, but the words DDOS attack was banned in the public domain and was only uttered internally.Trust me, I'm definitely aware of all of the issues! I knew something was up on Friday morning. I didn't even think something was going on Thursday night, but when I didn't see my scrimmage or the walk I took with my wife on Friday morning when I checked Garmin Connect I knew something was up. Garmin has its quarterly conference call with analysts later today, and I'm curious to see what their corporate people will say about the situation.
Given the standard stance of "we don't negotiate with criminals", Garmin's very tight-lipped responses had me thinking some sort of cyberattack from their first tweet on the matter. Generally, if there's an investigation occurring companies will only say the rock-bottom minimum publicly.