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    • Djordje SD Offline
      Djordje S Bronze Member @TheGuyFromTheSummit
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      @theguyfromthesummit I know that it is not reliable but again it really annoying that you see a decrese every time 🙂

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        TheGuyFromTheSummit Silver Members @Djordje S
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        @djordje-s Ahh ok

        have you changed anything in terms of intensity/ volume?

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        • DMytroD Offline
          DMytro @Djordje S
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          @djordje-s I think it may be because of walking. If I do a few runs in a row, my VO2max grows nicely, but a couple of longer walks sink the value.

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            Djordje S Bronze Member @TheGuyFromTheSummit
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            @theguyfromthesummit
            I havent.Basically standard route with little change.

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            • Djordje SD Offline
              Djordje S Bronze Member @DMytro
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              @dmytro So to try with few running and to see what is happening? 🙂

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                DMytro @Djordje S
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                @djordje-s I’d suggest more running, less walking.
                My walks also work if hr is elevated enough + speed is above 6.5kmh

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                  Djordje S Bronze Member @DMytro
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                  @dmytro and multisport? Walking+running

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                    DMytro @Djordje S
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                    @djordje-s I’m not sure if multisport activities are contributing to VO2max. You can check this by performing an activity, then looking for it in the VO2max tab in SA.
                    I just want to say that it’s my personal experience. When I go hiking my vo2 plummets as only horizontal speed is being considered by the algorithm. When I go walking - I’m not sure: maybe the algo considers my HR for the speed to be too high, or maybe HR is just not high enough to provide a reasonable dataset for extrapolation.
                    I heard from people on the forum that both walking and running results in reasonable VO2max values.

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                      Djordje S Bronze Member @DMytro
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                      @dmytro Also one observation.My VO2max was also low before hard reset.After that the value was high and now it decresing after every exercise 🙂

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                        DMytro @Djordje S
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                        @djordje-s well, it makes sense. If algo before the hard reset considered your vo2 to be low, after you’ve reset the values, it needed time to converge to the similar value.

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                          DMytro @Djordje S
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                          @djordje-s or do you mean that v02 is now even lower?

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                          • Djordje SD Offline
                            Djordje S Bronze Member @DMytro
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                            @dmytro Its not lower as it was before hard reset but if it continue like this,it will reach old value 🙂

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                              DMytro @Djordje S
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                              @djordje-s it kinda makes sense then. The algo needs a couple of weeks to stabilise.

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                                Djordje S Bronze Member @DMytro
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                                @dmytro In that case I will continue to monitor and try with more running exercises…Thank you all for prompt support and reply. 🙂

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                                  PENNACNP Bronze Member @TheGuyFromTheSummit
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                                  @theguyfromthesummit thanks for the reply.

                                  I agree, nothing from a watch is going to be as valid or reliable as a controlled test in a lab. That said, I do find some encouragement from the numbers changing over time. Also, I too feel the Fenix is more accurate given my resting HR, training volume, and general health, but I can’t prove it.

                                  Overall, I mostly run by perceived effort - for better or worse…

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                                  • MiniForkliftM Offline
                                    MiniForklift Platinum Member
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                                    Mine has been 52.9 for as long as I can remember despite obvious losses and gains in fitness. I don’t know if there’s a glitch on my S9B or it’s just never really worked from the outset

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                                    • v.sacreV Offline
                                      v.sacre Silver Members
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                                      We all know that walking activities have a bad effect on VO2Max calculated by Suunto/Firstbeat.

                                      I would strongly suggest to be able to turn off VO2Max calculation before launching an activity on the watch!

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                                      • DMytroD Offline
                                        DMytro @v.sacre
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                                        @v-sacre yup, that would be very helpful. For hiking as well.

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                                          Djordje S Bronze Member @DMytro
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                                          @dmytro Well I doubt that Suunto will improve algo related to VO2max for S9 as probably all efforts will go for further models but to introduce few opyions like disable/enable would be nice

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                                            Djordje S Bronze Member @Djordje S
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                                            @djordje-s Definetly with running VO2max is increasing. That leaves a question. If VO2max is measured only with walking and running and if it is not reliable for walking, it means that 50% of this feature is useless 🙂

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