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[nl-NL] What Does Fitness Age Mean in Garmin Connect?
Fitness Age is a metric tied to your VO2 Max fitness level. While your VO2 Max estimate describes your current fitness level, it’s 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.
To determine whether Fitness Age is a compatible device feature that will display this info in Garmin Connect, refer to your owner's manual or the specs page for your device on Garmin.com.
Viewing Fitness Age in Garmin Connect App
- Open the Garmin Connect app
- Android: Touch
(upper left corner)
iOS: Touch More (lower right corner)
- Android: Touch
Select Performance Stats
Select VO2 Max
Viewing Fitness Age in Garmin Connect Web
Sign in to Garmin Connect
Select Reports in the navigation bar on the left
Select VO2 Max
Does My Device Support Improved Fitness Age?
Compatibility List for Improved Fitness Age
- Forerunner 55
- Forerunner 745
- Forerunner 945 and 945 LTE
- Venu 2 Series
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.
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.
Obtaining or Updating a Fitness Age
If 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 a Fitness Age:
- Resting Heart Rate
- Body Fat Percentage or Height and Weight
A gender selection of male or female is also necessary for the Fitness Age algorithm to work effectively. Obtaining a resting heart rate requires a heart rate-capable Garmin device.
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.