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What Does Fitness Age Mean in Garmin Connect?
Available on select Garmin devices, Fitness Age is an estimate of how fit you are compared to your actual age. Compatible Garmin devicees will measure your Fitness Age differently, depending on which device you have.
Fitness Age Using VO2 Max
Select Garmin devices will calculate your Fitness Age using your VO2 max estimate. While your VO2 max estimate describes your current fitness level, it is not always easy to know what it means. Fitness Age reinterprets your VO2 max score in terms of age to make it more relatable. Regularly engaging in the right types of physical activity will help you boost your VO2 max estimate score and will reduce your Fitness Age.
How Do I View My Fitness Age Using VO2 Max?
If your Garmin device is compatible with Fitness Age using VO2 max and you have a VO2 max estimate, you can view your Fitness Age in Garmin Connect. Choose your preferred platform below to reveal instructions.
Open the Garmin Connect app.
Access the Menu:
Android: Select
(top left).iOS: Select More (bottom right).
Select Performance Stats or Health & Performance.
Select VO2 Max.
Select View Your Fitness Age.
Improved Fitness Age Using Additional Factors
On select newer Garmin devices, improved Fitness Age now takes into account activity intensity, resting heart rate, and body fat percentage or BMI. You will need a Garmin Index Smart Scale to receive a body fat percentage measurement in Garmin Connect. If your body fat percentage is unavailable, your body mass index (BMI) is used to calculate Fitness Age. Check the list below to see if your device is compatible.
If your Fitness Age is lower than your actual age, then you are on the right track. If it is higher, there may be some areas you can work on to improve it. Along with your current Fitness Age, Garmin Connect provides an achievable Fitness Age for you to strive toward. Action steps will also be provided that can help you reach your achievable Fitness Age. These recommendations will change dynamically as you make progress toward your fitness goals.
How Do I View My Improved Fitness Age Using Additional Factors?
If your Garmin device is compatible with improved Fitness Age, you can view your Fitness Age in Garmin Connect. Select devices may also support viewing the Fitness Age on the device directly (refer to your owner's manual). Choose your preferred platform below to reveal instructions.
Open the Garmin Connect app.
Access the menu:
Android: Select
(top left).iOS: Select More (bottom right).
Select Health Stats or Health & Performance.
Select Fitness Age.
My Device Supports Improved Fitness Age, But It Is Not Displaying One or Updating
If your device supports improved Fitness Age but you do not receive a Fitness Age, or you feel that your Fitness Age should have updated, it may be due to one of these factors:
Missing Data
The following data is required in your Garmin Connect user settings in order to receive an improved Fitness Age:
Resting heart rate
Body fat percentage, or height and weight
A gender selection of male or female
Stale Weight Data
If your weight or body fat percentage measurement is older than 7 days, you will need to either add a weight manually in Garmin Connect or use a Garmin Index Smart Scale to record a body fat percentage in order to receive your updated Fitness Age.
Why Did My Fitness Age Suddenly Change?
If you are using a device compatible with improved Fitness Age, you may have noticed your Fitness Age report in Garmin Connect is showing a different value than it had been, and some of the past values may no longer be showing at all. The new method for calculating Fitness Age will give more accurate estimates, and past data utilizing the VO2 max method will no longer be displayed in Garmin Connect in favor of the newer more accurate measures.