I've had my new Garmin 245 for a couple of months now and I only just got around to looking at the app on my phone a few days ago, and I was happily surprised about the sheer amount of health data that's being tracked...
There's a lot of it, a lot more than with my previous Garmin...
Last workout is what I'm used to with my old Garmin, standard stuff, but heart rate I think is new - this will actually be a little on the high side I think because I've been taking the Garmin off at night.
Also segmented into different intensities, and if you click on that segment you get to see daily/ weekly/ monthly averages!
TBH I'm not even sure what body batter is, I think it's a calculation of how much you need to rest based on your age given the amount of high/ medium intensity exercise you've done... if I click on this it tells me I'm overdoing it and I should ease of a little, which I'm inclined to ignore as I feel fine!
And I'm enjoying the step counter and the calories are a bonus...
Delighted to find this...
Sleep broken down into light, deep and REM... I am a pretty light sleeper, and I think I had a few beers the night before this so that wouldn't have helped....
VO2 Max is to do with how much oxygen you can take in - I knew mine was pretty good - NB if you run anything over 400 metres it's basically lung capacity rather than muscles that limit you, so this is crucial....
And a fitness age of 20, well I do compete with younglings at Park Run, or at least I used to, I'm a bit out of form now, but maybe in a few months time I'll get back to it, once I'm getting back to my old pace, that'll be a couple of months at least I think!
I am aware that Garmin has a lot of health data on me - and all of it time stamped so the agencies it sells the data on to (which it probably does) will know when I'm tired and hungry, so that doesn't bode well for future protein bar adverts and the like in my feed, but I find those pretty resistible given the insane prices.
And I've gotten into this habit of feeling like I need to wear the damned watch like all the time now, even when sleeping, as I like the damned data, it's like it's a part of me!
But these are things I can live with!
I do love a bit of self-tracking, especially when things are on the up, probably wouldn't be as much fun if I wasn't so damned fit for my age!
