Since I’m not a runner, and since my outdoor walks tend to be fairly gentle strolls rather than cardio training events, should I designate my daily elliptical workouts as “outdoor runs” in order to get a better estimate of VO2Max?

  • All-Treck-9999@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Workout needs GPS signal to measure the distance so it won’t work indoors and running stationary. Maybe consider an outdoors walk workout and try to walk at a rapid pace for a while to measure VO2 max - from time to time.

  • redavid@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    yeah, it’ll want a GPS track. the primary ways it spits out a vo2max estimate is by looking at your heart-rate and pace, so it needs distance information. it also wants to know the elevation data so it knows only to spit out an estimate if the run was done on relatively flat ground (it’s an estimate because the watch isn’t actually capable of measuring vo2max since it can’t measure your oxygen consumption).