Personal Settings Enquiry - ACT Class and TE (T3C)

[ChrisRD]

Hi all,

Firstly I'd like to say that I'm very happy with my T3C and PC Pod acquisition. I train a fair amount and since I'm statistic driven, I wanted to monitor my progress for continuous improvement. I am trying to utilise the T3C and the reports/graphs to the best, accurate, and most efficient way possible and I believe you can help.

Firstly, I don't believe I've set the ACT Class correctly. My training regimen is fairly simple. Monday - Friday I do weights training for approximately 1.25hours late in the day after work. I do HIIT, primarily in the form of push sleds and at times sprinting. I do HIIT Monday, Wendesday, Friday for 15 minutes plus 5min on warm up and 5min on cool down. On Tuesdays and Thursdays which are my off HIIT days, I do a steady 40min steady state cardio session on the stationary bike, I usually sit on METS 9.5-11 (average 10.5). So all up, that is approximately 8.7 hours of training. That's approximately 2.5 hours of cardio vascular activity with the remaining time spent on weights training. Based on these figures I have set the ACT Class in the personal settings of my T3C to 8. Now, I do not (refuse due to potential damage) use/wear my T3C during weights training so in essence, the T3C is only gathering 2.5 hours of workout a week and the Training effect always sits between 2 and 3+. Have I set this up incorrectly? Should I set up my ACT Class as 6 (1-3 hours according to the manual - http://media.suunto.com/media/suunto...9830755179.pdf), and if I do, would I still get the effective TE?

Thank you so much in advanced. Loving my T3C and PC Pod so far. I'll be lurking around the forums to help me improve utilise these tools so I can improve myself. Thank you.

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[caad9]

A heart rate monitor is there to monitor your heart. when you are weight training it is not to improve your cardio vascular fitness. i ride my bike about 12 hours per week and my TE at the moment is 7.5 and it will go up or down depending upon my frequency of training.
weight training is good and i think very important but not important enough for you to need to monitor it with the watch unless you have a heart conditon and need to keep you HR under a certain level?
hope this helps.

	Suunto Training Effect watches - Click for more info More than a heart rate monitor, Suunto's exclusive Training Effect feature tells you whether you're training too little, too hard or staying within the zones for optimal improvement.

[ChrisRD]

Originally Posted by caad9

A heart rate monitor is there to monitor your heart. when you are weight training it is not to improve your cardio vascular fitness. i ride my bike about 12 hours per week and my TE at the moment is 7.5 and it will go up or down depending upon my frequency of training.
weight training is good and i think very important but not important enough for you to need to monitor it with the watch unless you have a heart conditon and need to keep you HR under a certain level?
hope this helps.

Thank you, this helps. I've now modified my class ACT to 6 (1-3 hours a week), which is is inline with my actual aerobic and anaerobic workout totals for the week. Thank you again!

	Suunto Training Effect watches - Click for more info More than a heart rate monitor, Suunto's exclusive Training Effect feature tells you whether you're training too little, too hard or staying within the zones for optimal improvement.