Training Status Levels
Training status shows you how your training affects your fitness level and performance. Your training status is
based on changes to your VO2 max., acute load, and HRV status over an extended time period. You can use
your training status to help plan future training and continue improving your fitness level.
No Status: The watch needs you to record multiple activities over two weeks, with VO2 max. results from
running or cycling, to determine your training status.
Detraining: You have a break in your training routine or you are training much less than usual for a week
or more. Detraining means that you are unable to maintain your fitness level. You can try increasing your
training load to see improvement.
Recovery: Your lighter training load is allowing your body to recover, which is essential during extended periods
of hard training. You can return to a higher training load when you feel ready.
Maintaining: Your current training load is enough to maintain your fitness level. To see improvement, try adding
more variety to your workouts or increasing your training volume.
Productive: Your current training load is moving your fitness level and performance in the right direction. You
should plan recovery periods into your training to maintain your fitness level.
Peaking: You are in ideal race condition. Your recently reduced training load is allowing your body to recover
and fully compensate for earlier training. You should plan ahead, since this peak state can only be maintained
for a short time.
Overreaching: Your training load is very high and counterproductive. Your body needs a rest. You should give
yourself time to recover by adding lighter training to your schedule.
Unproductive: Your training load is at a good level, but your fitness is decreasing. Try focusing on rest, nutrition,
and stress management.
Strained: There is imbalance between your recovery and training load. It is a normal result after a hard training
or major event. Your body may be struggling to recover, so you should pay attention to your overall health.
Tips for Getting Your Training Status
The training status feature depends on updated assessments of your fitness level, including at least one VO2
max. measurement per week. Your VO2 max. estimate is updated after outdoor runs during which your heart
rate reached at least 70% of your maximum heart rate for several minutes. Indoor run activities do not generate
a VO2 max. estimate in order to preserve the accuracy of your fitness level trend. You can disable VO2 max.
recording for ultra run and trail run activities if you do not want those run types to affect your VO2 max. estimate
(
Activities and App Settings, page 42
).
To get the most out of the training status feature, you can try these tips.
• At least one time per week, run outdoors and reach a heart rate higher than 70% of your maximum heart rate
for at least 10 minutes.
After using the watch for one week, your training status should be available.
• Record all of your fitness activities on your primary training device, allowing your watch to learn about your
performance (
Syncing Activities and Performance Measurements, page 22
).
• Wear the watch consistently while you sleep, to continue generating an up-to-date HRV status. Having a valid
HRV status can help maintain a valid training status when you do not have as many activities with VO2 max.
measurements.
Syncing Activities and Performance Measurements
You can sync activities and performance measurements from other Garmin devices to your Approach S70
watch using your Garmin Connect account. This allows your watch to more accurately reflect your training
status and fitness. For example, you can record a ride with an Edge
®
bike computer, and view your activity
details and overall training load on your Approach S70 watch.
Sync your Approach S70 watch and other Garmin devices to your Garmin Connect account.
TIP: You can set a primary training device and primary wearable in the Garmin Connect app (
).
Recent activities and performance measurements from your other Garmin devices appear on your Approach
S70 watch.
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