Aerobic training:
- develops aerobic energy production
- uses fat for energy
- builds endurance and stamina
- extends performance capacity
Available on select Garmin devices, this feature measures the aerobic benefit of your workout, which should correlate with the expected improvement in fitness. After finishing a demanding run, you are likely to have received a larger dose of aerobic training and therefore a greater training effect. How is this information useful to you? The Training Effect feature uses your heart rate to measure the cumulative impact of the workout's intensity on your aerobic fitness, and gives you a good indication of whether you are maintaining or improving your current fitness.
The Aerobic Training Effect feature is essentially the same as the Training Effect feature on earlier Garmin watch models. The only difference is that the scale has been slightly adjusted to account for very short and easy exercises that, let's be honest, have no real training impact. In other words, we added a level „0“ at the bottom of the scale.
To be precise, Aerobic Training Effect is the excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) accumulated during the workout, mapped onto a scale from 0 to 5 that reflects your fitness level and training habits. Typically, the fitter you get, the more you need to train to notice an improvement. So if you are out of shape, a workout with an EPOC of 60 ml-O2/kg could benefit you a lot, but once you have reached excellent fitness, it may not do much for you. Training Effect reflects this fact by showing a higher number in the first case than in the second.
Note. Training Effect scale for aerobic and anaerobic training: 0 – none, 1 – minor, 2 – maintaining, 3 – improving, 4 – highly improving, 5 – overreaching.
