Author name: Minttu Hukka

Minttu Hukka, MS

Minttu Hukka

Garmin Metrics Part 3: Sleep Tracking

Did you know that you spend about 26 years of your lifetime, or 1352 weeks (that is, 229,574 hours!) asleep? If the average life-expectancy in the US is 78.7 years1 that means you spend about 1/3 of your life asleep. Sleep is one of the most important factor contributing for our overall health and well-being, […]

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Garmin Metrics Part 2 – Training Load & Status

This week’s Training Tip Tuesday covers two common (and confusing!) Garmin metrics: training load and training status. We have all been there: killing our workouts yet still getting the messages of “unproductive” training status from our devices. Seriously, what’s up with that?! Training Load Garmin Training Load feature is based on the measurement (or rather

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Garmin Metrics – Vo2 Max Estimate

VO2Max Estimate VO2max is the maximum rate at which your systems can deliver oxygen to the working muscles, and it is often the primary measure of aerobic fitness. VO2max can be improved with training, but several factors influence this process (e.g. current fitness, sex, age, and the type of training and activity). VO2max is the

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