Body Resources Question (Suunto 7)

Wardbo

I have been reading about the recent update to the Suunto 7 and it is now back on my shortlist for a new Wear os watch to replace my Ticwatch Pro 2019.

Firstly, can you import activities into the Suunto Android app recorded by other devices?

If that is possible, do the imported activities contribute to the body resources data? Or does the Suunto app only count the activities recorded on the watch itself?

I mountain bike and use my Garmin to record my rides (I won’t wear a watch in case I crash and break it, plus the Garmin is larger and better positioned therefore is easier to use navigation). I feel that the body resources would be a bit useless if it isn’t taking into account all my activities.

isazi

Body resources is not really about activities, it’s mostly about your heart rate during the rest of the time, and about how you sleep. And it has nothing to do with the app, it’s computed on the watch.

pilleus

@wardbo said in Body Resources Question (Suunto 7):

Firstly, can you import activities into the Suunto Android app recorded by other devices?

I have an Android smartphone and therefore the Android suunto app.

Via Strava and SyncMyTracks or via Sportstracker I can import activities recorded with other watches. But in both cases, the ascent and descent data are missing in Suuhto app.

My friend does it with a Polar watch and with an IPhone and Rungaps (I think this is an app for IOS) and he has ascent and descent data in the Suunto app.

It must be a difference between the Suunto app on Android and IOS … ???

Mff73

@pilleus said in Body Resources Question (Suunto 7):

Via Strava and SyncMyTracks or via Sportstracker I can import activities recorded with other watches. But in both cases, the ascent and descent data are missing in Suuhto app.

My friend does it with a Polar watch and with an IPhone and Rungaps (I think this is an app for IOS) and he has ascent and descent data in the Suunto app.

It must be a difference between the Suunto app on Android and IOS … ???

it is Syncmytracks issue : it doesn’t connect to SuuntoApp API properly and still use “import to sportstracker” in fact --> no ascent/descent.
I contacted the developper twice last year, and never received an answer.

isazi

BTW quantified-self allows everyone to send FIT files directly to the Suunto cloud.

pilleus

@isazi said in Body Resources Question (Suunto 7):

BTW quantified-self allows everyone to send FIT files directly to the Suunto cloud.

Yes, but most of the watches do not use FIT files. GPX or TCX are standard.

pilleus

@mff73 said in Body Resources Question (Suunto 7):

@pilleus said in Body Resources Question (Suunto 7):

Via Strava and SyncMyTracks or via Sportstracker I can import activities recorded with other watches. But in both cases, the ascent and descent data are missing in Suuhto app.

My friend does it with a Polar watch and with an IPhone and Rungaps (I think this is an app for IOS) and he has ascent and descent data in the Suunto app.

It must be a difference between the Suunto app on Android and IOS … ???

it is Syncmytracks issue : it doesn’t connect to SuuntoApp API properly and still use “import to sportstracker” in fact --> no ascent/descent.
I contacted the developper twice last year, and never received an answer.

May be because Suunto API only allows to upload FIT files? Or how must I understand this information: https://apizone.suunto.com/how-to-workout-upload

Mff73

@pilleus
Maybe it is the reason why Syncmytracks didn’t answer. .

Wardbo

@isazi said in Body Resources Question (Suunto 7):

Body resources is not really about activities, it’s mostly about your heart rate during the rest of the time, and about how you sleep. And it has nothing to do with the app, it’s computed on the watch.

I thought one of the benefits of body resources was so you can see when you might be over training, i.e. depleting more ‘resources’ than recovering over a period of time?

Garmin body battery which I believe is the same thing; on the Garmin website it does say that body battery is depleted after an activity.

isazi

@wardbo it’s the same thing, that I guess Garmin is overselling. Yes the battery gets depleted after an activity but this is not how you track fitness. The progress tab on the Suunto app is a better way to track fitness and overtraining actually.
The usefulness of the body battery comes mostly from your morning status, i.e. if in the morning it didn’t grow enough and you see that you didn’t recover during the night, there may be something wrong.

isazi

@wardbo and yes, you can send your Garmin recorded activities to the Suunto app, so they can be accounted for fitness and training.

@isazi I have a question about Body Resources: If I not sleep well, Suunto tell me this. For example one day I go to sleep with Body Resources at 0%. On the morning, sleeping bad, I have 19%, I do a short running and on midday I have 39% ¿?
Or the calculation of Body Resources take some hours on the morning?
Maybe I need to read more about Body Resources, thanks!

isazi

@flypg If you had some rest after that run the level of resources can also increase. But I don’t know exactly what happened.

@isazi normal activity like work on computer, walk, etc, is considering “rest”, right? Now I can understand a bit more Thank you!

isazi

@flypg depending on your heart rate, it can be recovery, inactivity, or stress. If it is consider recovery your level increases.

@isazi Super clear, thank you again!

isazi

@flypg and if you walk and move a lot, it can be considered active. Active also depletes the level.

Wardbo

@isazi Thank you for the info, I understand how it is meant to work better now.