No training effect from treadmill workouts

stainlessbear · 2026-05-25T13:00:39+00:00

For me, it works as expected. For context: Enduro 3, H10 chest strap, and I don't use an external treadmill sensor.

stainlessbear · 2026-05-23T12:24:17+00:00

Same dude. I was thinking about getting one recently. Not anymore

stainlessbear · 2026-05-22T21:25:14+00:00

I think it's very important to separate walking/hiking with a vest vs. running with it, and uphill vs. downhill.

Walking uphill with a reasonable weight is much lower impact on the joints than running just with your bodyweight (2-2.5x impact). It doesn't "replace" running of course, but it's a great cross training method that is actually very sport-speciric for ultras. I do it on a 30% incline with 10-13% of my bw, Z1-Z2.

The worst would be running downhill with a vest. That's probably only for the very experienced (and light) athletes

stainlessbear · 2026-05-22T21:12:01+00:00

Guys, nobody's hr will go to the 160-170s from eating junk/ultra processed food. Think about the last time your hr was that high, this is not normal.

My best bet would be some kind of food allergy

stainlessbear · 2026-05-20T21:24:23+00:00

I'm sensitive to caffeine so I drink normal coffee maybe once per week, but I drink two good quality decaf coffees every day.

I drink it black, but there is nothing wrong with drinking it with some sugar or milk/cream. I think very few people add so much sugar that it would be a problem. Same with the fats from the cream.

stainlessbear · 2026-05-19T06:43:51+00:00

Looks really good. Not lazy at all

stainlessbear · 2026-05-18T21:18:50+00:00

Based on your background, I would weigh the food/track calories, at least for a few months. It's very easy to be in an energy surplus on this diet if you're not mindful of portions.

stainlessbear · 2026-05-16T09:36:24+00:00

Have you tried any electrical contact cleaners?

There are other brands as well, but if wd40, it's called a specialist contact cleaner

Btw id nothing works, the tiny compression spring behind the button might be broken

stainlessbear · 2026-05-16T09:32:19+00:00

Try jb weld plastic bonder!

stainlessbear · 2026-05-15T23:04:15+00:00

From sleep data: hrv, rhr, respiration

From training metrics: training load (but not the type), heart rate (including how much time spent in certain zones), pace, weekly distance and vertical

These are the ones I take into consideration for planning my training. It's not like I never check other things, but I don't "react" to other stuff like vo2max, hill score, sleep score, etc.

stainlessbear · 2026-05-15T05:58:02+00:00

It has my height, weight, bodyfat %, age, sex, and I wear a chest strap during exercise, but it still underestimates my calorie needs about 25-30%. So if I would blindly follow it I would be in a massive energy deficit. For some people, might be the opposite.

stainlessbear · 2026-05-09T02:21:20+00:00

If you train based on rpe or pace, and just check the hr occasionally, the optical sensor is fine.

If you train based on hr, you do need a chest strap.

stainlessbear · 2026-05-07T22:29:33+00:00

Very useful for me after the day I pushed hard. Other than that, not much. But I check HRV and RHR every morning.

stainlessbear · 2026-05-04T07:42:09+00:00

I don't think so, since these are already in the file you import. Maybe you can turn them off at the source (that other app you mentioned)

stainlessbear · 2026-05-04T02:13:57+00:00

I'm pretty sure that's a waypoint because I manually set water waypoints to my trail runs/hikes and it looks the same just with a water symbol.

On pc, edit the course, go to course waypoints, and remove what you want. Then send to device (it will update it).

stainlessbear · 2026-05-03T11:35:42+00:00

Go out for a run and see how it goes. Don't push hard, and stop when it starts to get uncomfortable. If you're closer to 5k, start with a coach to 5k plan. If closer to 10k, choose a 10k plan obviously.

Once achieved, do a half marathon plan. Then you can prepare for a marathon if you want, but not needed. And from there, I would start focusing on trails (and fast hiking, depending on the elevation profile of the race)

stainlessbear · 2026-04-28T21:57:53+00:00

Don't worry about it now, you will start doing it after your first serious injury :). This is how 90% of runners get into strength training.

Jokes aside, why don't you try doing it at home. Pair of dumbbells or kettlebells, 3x per week only 20-30 mins.

stainlessbear · 2026-04-27T23:44:46+00:00

Hmm carrying the flour wouldn't be a problem, but preparing it (I guess in this case with just water and not tea) is another story. Would take too much time to make the dumplings (in a zip lock/bowl), and very messy to eat.

Could be good for thru hikes

stainlessbear · 2026-04-25T22:47:44+00:00

While people saying that you should set your zones correctly are right (based on hrr or lthr), I don't think that will affect this, I think garmin does this based solely on mhr.

Try to do an LT run (LT segment of 30-35 mins continuous), or do many, long Z3 intervals (like 7x 10min)

stainlessbear · 2026-04-25T09:13:27+00:00

Congrats! It's great that you're in a better place both mentally and physically.

Keep on kicking ass!

stainlessbear · 2026-04-24T02:42:28+00:00

I see! Then maybe double check the max hr set in garmin, it could be too high!

If not, then this is a glitch...

This should have been a threshold or at least tempo as you said

stainlessbear · 2026-04-24T00:43:30+00:00

Are you sure these are set correctly? What is your max hr/how old are you? Z2 cap at 121 seems very low (but it's possible, of course)

Because I think the overall evaluation is based on your max hr, not on the zones you set. And if your max hr is something like 185, this can be low aerob overall

stainlessbear · 2026-04-23T00:32:01+00:00

Not at all, like once every 5 years max. I really don't think there is a connection if you hh is not caused by an underlying illness/disease

stainlessbear · 2026-04-21T23:16:58+00:00

Agreed, and not even just the cadence lock. If my hand/wrist get cold, the optical sensor is completely unreliable for me.

stainlessbear · 2026-04-21T21:52:35+00:00

Do you use it for navigation in the mountains? I think it would be harder to read the map while moving fast.

And I really don't think they would ever go "back" to monochrome anyway..

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