Garmin Connect Recorded NO Time Awake Last Night!
Did a Sleeping Pill help me rest better? Am I ready for a breakthrough effort?
Continuing down this path of measuring and analyzing my sleeping pattern, Garmin Connect showed what my sleeping pattern was after I took a sleeping aid.
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Garmin Connect Has A Sleep Tracker That Can Help You Optimize Sleep and Recovery!
The Garmin Connect Sleep Tracker provides assessment for sleep quality and quantity.
The Garmin Connect Ecosystem is RICH with features that are either under-utilized or perhaps are misunderstood. I have wanted to explore Garmin Connect with my followers for a while now. I think the Sleep Tracker is a great place to start.
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The Moxy Monitor Warmup Protocol Ensures a Better Ride!
The Moxy Monitor gives cyclists a better window into their body, and how the body responds to intervals and recovery. When we use the Moxy for warmup observations, we end up with a higher saturated muscle oxygen (SMo2), and a higher Total Hemoglobin Count (ThB). You want this higher SMO2 and ThB, because it is the electrical equivalent of “Volts”, and “Amps”, on a battery. With Watts, you have a more complete picture!
My wife, Tracy Christenson, was the model for this video, and after the warmup, she performed two 6-minute intervals, just below her predicted Functional Threshold Power. The Moxy Monitor’s SmO2 and ThB information provided there was also very instructional.
Moxy Muscle Oxygen Monitor Is A Passive Way to Detect Lactate Threshold Deflection Points
I’ve been using the Moxy Muscle Oxygen Monitor since the product first became available in the early 2010’s. I quickly realized that it offered insights into physical fitness unlike any other product. Today’s Online Bike Coach Daily Ditty shows how my Moxy confirmed that 205 watts as my first Lactate Threshold Deflection Point.
By setting my wattage resistance on PerfPro Studio software, I was able to ride consistently for several minutes, and my SmO2 values remained steady. When Saturated Muscle Oxygen is stable, Oxygen is flowing in, Carbon Dioxide is flowing out, and Lactic Acid is being shuttled in the bloodstream. It gets picked up and processed by these things called “MCT”‘s, or, “Monocarboxylate Transporters“. Then it’s turned back into energy. It’s really efficient, and it can be trained. The different levels, or plateaus, tell us just how well our bodies are working at shuttling the waste out, and the nutrients in.
The Moxy shows you just how that’s working. In this case, the information was displayed with a Vo2 Master Gas Exchange Analyser. That way, I can look at the Watts, the Lungs, the Legs, the heart, and the blood. It’s a holistic approach to fitness and aerobic intensity. This information can be viewed on your Garmin head unit, via a custom field. It can also be displayed and recorded on PerfPro Studio. I use the Moxy for every outdoor ride and indoor ride. I believe it can reveal warmup preparation, early indicators of a bonk, and much more.
Here is today’s Video. Tomorrow, I’ll show you how my wife uses the Moxy to ensure that her warmup is adequate and her intervals are at their best.
I'm going to leave the Xert ATA for a few weeks, and I am going to work on achieving FOCUS and XSS Goals on my own. I'll show the results from the Training Pacer and Weekly Stats. Here's a video summary... Below the fold...
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