If I meet the daily cardio load target, why does cardio status say I’m not meeting cardio goal?

[LindaMtl]

I am having trouble understanding my cardio load status. My goal is set to improving cardio fitness, and has been since December. I wear my charge 5 day and night. 

I generally follow daily cardio load guidance (at times I do go over, never under). Yet I only obtain a « you are improving » status one day a week.  The rest of the time I’m maintaining cardio fitness.  Why?

I’m 68, active and have « excellent for your age » cardio score. I get that improving needs a fair bit of work and it may be tougher at my age. However, if my cardio load target is supposed to be personalized to my metrics, why does meeting the cardio load target not lead to the stated cardio fitness goals?

Insights appreciated. 

[RiekoC]

Hello @LindaMtl 

The help page on cardio load & target cardio load (<-- click link) was recently revised. I'm not sure that the revised page has the right info to answer your questions, but it might be worth a check.

I've been using the Cardio Load feature since it was introduced for the Pixel Watch 3 and still don't fully understand it.

[LindaMtl]

Thanks but as you suspected it does not answer the question. Cardio load sounds like a great feature, but for now it’s confusing and I only keep an eye on it out of curiosity.  Too bad

[RiekoC]

Hello @LindaMtl 

I think keeping an eye on your Cardio Load out of curiosity is a good plan for now. It's pretty much the same as what I'm doing.

I'm still hoping that the Fitbit team will eventually update the Cardio Load info page so that it makes sense for everyone.