FĒNIX 7 SERIES Owner’s Manual

Recovery Time

You can use your Garmin device with wrist-based heart rate or a compatible chest heart rate monitor to display how much time remains before you are fully recovered and ready for the next hard workout.

NOTE: The recovery time recommendation uses your VO2 max. estimate and may seem inaccurate at first. The device requires you to complete a few activities to learn about your performance.

The recovery time appears immediately following an activity. The time counts down until it is optimal for you to attempt another hard workout. The device updates your recovery time throughout the day based on changes in sleep, stress, relaxation, and physical activity.

Recovery Heart Rate

If you are training with wrist-based heart rate or a compatible chest heart rate monitor, you can check your recovery heart rate value after each activity. Recovery heart rate is the difference between your exercising heart rate and your heart rate two minutes after the exercise has stopped. For example, after a typical training run, you stop the timer. Your heart rate is 140 bpm. After two minutes of no activity or cool down, your heart rate is 90 bpm. Your recovery heart rate is 50 bpm (140 minus 90). Some studies have linked recovery heart rate to cardiac health. Higher numbers generally indicate healthier hearts.

TIP: For best results, you should stop moving for two minutes while the device calculates your recovery heart rate value.

Pausing and Resuming Your Training Status

If you are injured or sick, you can pause your training status. You can continue to record fitness activities, but your training status, training load focus, recovery feedback, and workout recommendations are temporarily disabled.

You can resume your training status when you are ready to start training again. For best results, you need at least two VO2 max. measurements each week (About VO2 Max. Estimates).

  1. When you want to pause your training status, select an option:
    • From the training status glance, hold MENU, and select Options > Pause Training Status.
    • From your Garmin Connect settings, select Performance Stats > Training Status > > Pause Training Status.
  2. Sync your watch with your Garmin Connect account.
  3. When you want to resume your training status, select an option:
    • From the training status glance, hold MENU, and select Options > Resume Training Status.
    • From your Garmin Connect settings, select Performance Stats > Training Status > > Resume Training Status.
  4. Sync your watch with your Garmin Connect account.