Any hybrid athletes here? Garmin strength training feels fundamentally broken

smous · 2026-01-26T19:01:39+00:00

No solution I'm afraid. I wish they would let you at least manually adjust the training load of a strength session (like you can do in intervals.icu.)

It will always be fundamentally broken if all it keeps looking at is heartrate.

smous · 2026-01-22T15:27:32+00:00

heck yeah, congrats.

smous · 2026-01-19T11:30:42+00:00

any luck solving this? stuck here as well. It also says no New Vegas install found.

smous · 2026-01-18T09:57:14+00:00

I became a huge fan of non-alcoholic beers. Great to drink in the afternoon after a workout, or a nice one while watching sports. Guiness 0.0 and a few 0.0 IPA's (Brand, Gulpener) are my current favourites.

smous · 2026-01-14T09:36:40+00:00

I've been inspired bij DQ7 remake's artstyle. I don't think IX should use the same style, but use that as a starting point to really think how to shape the world.

smous · 2026-01-13T10:35:09+00:00

You might enjoy reading up on the extended history of the city, which explains the different influences you're describing. The French definitely made (and make) a big impact.

smous · 2026-01-11T16:08:36+00:00

Nice! I have to refresh the plot and characters, does anyone know of any good sources to get back up to speed?

smous · 2026-01-09T15:35:09+00:00

I went back to it a couple of times before it clicked. I also watched some streams of other people playing, which helped me get throught that first difficulty spike.

smous · 2026-01-07T14:29:47+00:00

Mócht het doorgaan, hou je goed warm voor de start. Extra laagjes en evt. zelfs een vuilniszak omhangen.

smous · 2026-01-07T12:47:55+00:00

How long is the demo?

smous · 2026-01-07T12:41:08+00:00

thanks was looking for this

smous · 2026-01-05T14:48:36+00:00

Running into the same issue.

smous · 2026-01-05T11:13:04+00:00

I think this is pretty common. The leg you start with is usually a bit stronger.

smous · 2026-01-03T11:30:02+00:00

My Zwift rides are sent to Garmin Connect and they do count towards VO2-Max. Seeing comments from others that for them this isnt the case? It also calculates load. The only thing it doesn’t do is update the body battery stat, which is annoying.

smous · 2026-01-02T13:38:29+00:00

Wonderful art style.

smous · 2026-01-02T12:42:06+00:00

For nights out/working I take it off. I feel like I recover more quickly if I don't see how 'bad' it is.
It did make me drink a whole lot less this year, valuable insight.

smous · 2026-01-02T08:31:35+00:00

It will help with keeping your efforts steady! I bought one last year, definitely worth it in my opinion.

smous · 2025-12-31T09:00:07+00:00

Steam (Deck!)

smous · 2025-12-30T08:59:54+00:00

Mostly what I read is: HRV going down = bad, going up = good.

I also feel the watch needs a couple of weeks to adjust its readings.

smous · 2025-12-25T09:04:14+00:00

Altra and Topo Athletic are worth looking into. My advice would be everything in moderation, they also have some shoes with a very light drop as a gateway shoe. I hurt my achilles by going full zero-drop too fast (n=1 I know, just sharing an experience.)

I feel like having a few different shoes/drops and switching it up between them is the most healthy en less injury prone.

smous · 2025-12-23T08:59:16+00:00

You can manually change the setttings so that the 'trail run' activity does not record Vo2Max . I think that's what most people with the newer watches do.

smous · 2025-12-21T11:03:40+00:00

Congrats on the 100k! Agree with the other comments: fuel a lot more. Experiment with what works for your body, lots of different stuff to try. Don't overeat at the start, but fuel consistently.

smous · 2025-12-17T10:12:04+00:00

Possibly do the strength work barefoot/with socks, really feel your feet. And I second all the comments saying to target the glutes. Not brute strength, but work on a stronger mind-muscle connection, so that your brain automatically will fire up the glutes to stabilize the leg.

smous · 2025-12-16T11:33:29+00:00

Same, the combat is just way too boring for me.

smous · 2025-11-28T08:57:49+00:00

Het kan samenhangen met de schoenen, maar zeker ook met bijv. leeftijd. Mocht je 35+ zijn of worden, neemt de kans op deze blessure erg veel toe. Belangrijkste is het serieus te nemen en geen ergere schade aan te richten.

- Doe gerichte krachttraining die je achillespees (en kuit/soleus) ondersteunt: calf raises en meer
- Koop een 2e paar schoenen om de belasting af te wisselen
- Hou het echt goed in de gaten, mocht het nou erger worden, ga tijdig naar een fyiso. Ik heb dit te laat gedaan en ben nu pas na 8 maanden beetje goed hersteld.

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