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Don't understand recommended activity at all. It always goes up.

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‎07-20-2022 15:06

‎07-20-2022 15:06

I've had a charge 5 for about 5 months with premium subscription. I'm trying to understand the insanity of the recommended zone minutes.

 

Early on, before I was in a rhythm of getting a 3 mi jog in most days, the recommended minutes seemed to make sense. A more active day got followed by a more restful recommendation.

 

Now, the recommended zone minutes always seems to be higher than the day before. It may be "go over 80 minutes today". If I do that and get normal sleep, the next day will be "do 80-90 minutes". If I do that, the next day will be "go over 90 minutes". 

 

Last week I was getting 70min+ a day recommendations and it kept going up into the 90s.  Yesterday I did 100 zone minutes with maybe 80 of that being in a jog and then got 3 hours of sleep and it still recommended 78-91 zone mins. I'm sure tomorrow will be to do 95+ minutes. Why does this always go up? I mostly jog for exercise, so I don't need a fancy device if I'm just going to get told get exercise every day.

 

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‎07-20-2022 15:24

‎07-20-2022 15:24

To clarify, that is what you are getting from the Readiness Score, which I guess if trying to predict what your body is able to handle, not from the 150 AZM per week recommendation from the CDC and I believe American Heart Association.

I agree some do find these recommendations strange to outrageous.

Before posting, re-read to see if it would make sense to someone else not looking at your Fitbit or phone.

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