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I depend on this Garmin training tool to improve, but it needs one obvious fix

More fitness watches are offering basic training load stats. Garmin goes one step further with training load focus, but not quite far enough.

(Image credit: Michael Hicks / Android Central)For people who have no idea what I'm talking about, training load is an arbitrary number calculated by your minutes of activity multiplied by your heart rate effort level. You need "conversational pace" workouts in lower heart rate zones to improve base fitness (low aerobic), plus max-effort sprints where your body can't gain oxygen fast enough and burns muscular energy instead (anaerobic). (Image credit: Michael Hicks / Android Central)My one (major) complaint with Garmin training load focus is that it puts way too much stock on heart rate average.

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