Hello Lizzy, Rieko and all. Just wanted to advise that our ‘on and off’ relationship with Cardio Load (and Readiness Score for my wife) continues. Frankly I am resigned to it being unreliable and thus pretty useless unless I concede to switching to Google.
I also wanted to register that the ‘target ranges’ I get issued with (in the supporting text, never as an actual target) are more often than not, utter nonsense. I know that this is meant to only be an indicator and all the small print will tell us that we must judge for ourselves. To illustrate my point, I am a regular and pretty good distance runner in my mid-60’s. Cardio Load consistently expects me to run a half marathon then two days later a 10k and then another 10k within two days before another half marathon just to record enough cardio load to keep things ‘maintained’. I am not even noting the ‘lighter days’ that I am expected to do in-between. This is pretty daft, I am sure you will all agree. If I miss a day or at least don’t run as far as the load suggests, my target load range then increases still further and I get told that I am at risk of under-training…! So all in all, what could have been very positive is actually a poorly executed addition to the Fitbit app. Personally I am finding it so frustrating that I am going to take it off my App screen and just rely on cardio zone and good old fashioned common sense.
Have Fitbit fun out there everyone.
