Training readiness would be great for an upcoming update !
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@James-Eastwood said in Training readiness would be great for an upcoming update !:
It wouldn’t. That’s not the point, it’s not an AI coach. The idea is to show you whether, based on the data at Suunto’s disposal, you are good to go full gas or should hold back or rest.
It’s a guide, like much of the other data provided with similar caveats (sleep cycles, resources etc).
If your only two options are “go race effort” or “need to rest” then that removes a wide range of possibility in the middle. Are you actually only asking for a thumbs up / thumbs down on training feature? Also, in my quotes from Garmin above, they gave two examples where their Training Readiness might tell you things are bad, and yet you can probably go full gas anyway.
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@d-v Excellent suggestion
If the watch and app can measure your Traing Load (TL) for a period of 2 to 4 weeks, along with sleep, and HRV a better level of readiness can be engaged for an upcoming training event. -
Looking again at Garmin’s page, let’s see what we can do to invent our own feature, for those who want a number. Again, the page I’m using is this:
On that page these’s six criteria listed, but two of them are both related to sleep, one factor is last night, the other history. One factor, Recovery Time, currently does not have a quick way to check with Suunto – one can look at individual sessions, but not have an aggregate total. Here’s the list, in my own ordering:
Sleep (Last Night)
Sleep (History)
Stress History (Resources)
HRV Status
Acute Load
Recovery TimeI’m also going to add on Overnight Heart Rate (average/min) as a category. Now let’s give all these factors a “weight,” that is, how much they can contribute to a total score of 100. Note all the following is just me making stuff up; please, no wagering.
Sleep (Last night) 30%
Sleep (History) 20%
Resources 20%
Overnight HRV 20%
Overnight Heart Rate 10%This gives a total of 100% – I decide for the Acute Load and Recovery Time, i would make those “only negative,” that is, if your Recovery Time is zero, that doesn’t help this status, but having a recovery debt detracts from the rest. So add the first five, get a total, then decide if you need to subtract to lower the score.
So in my picture from before, I’d score self like this:
Sleep Last Night 20 of 30 (a little low)
Sleep History 20 of 20 (last week fine)
Resources 15 of 20 (73%)
Overnight HRV 20 of 20 (right in range)
Overnight Heart Rate 8 of 10 (could be lower)This adds up to a score of 83, currently in the High range. Looking for negatives in recovery and ATL, neither was a factor.
And 83 fits roughly in how I felt. I could handle most of my normal activities. Note this isn’t too far off my Resources score of 73 though, so maybe just use that.
Now this still does not take into account muscle fatigue, mental state, outdoor weather, or other things that might influence what I do.
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@James-Eastwood please read that line again. I didn’t say ZoneSense is the same with any word…
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@raven said in Training readiness would be great for an upcoming update !:
If Garmin were to “break out” the score – showing a “88 / High” score as the result of adding X from sleep, Y from predicted recovery time, Z from HRV, Q from acute training load, etc. then can better determine if they need to make a modifier.
Actually they do so:
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As a first pass that seems pretty reasonable to me!
