07/10/2026
✅ COACHING NOTE: SCREW GARMIN!
You think you’ve had a good session and BOOM…
Garmin tells you that you’re “unproductive” or “detraining” 😂
If getting your training done is already hard enough, do yourself a favour:
Turn off Training Status.
Instead, monitor your weekly intensity minutes. Set a realistic target and work towards hitting it.
Training is training.
Minutes are minutes.
Sessions are sessions.
That’s what counts, not the optimal positioning of the sun in relation to your bed during a leap year on the second Tuesday of a leap year ... that's the only time i think garmin hands out a "productive" status! 😂
Seriously though....
Garmin Training Status does have its place, but that place (personally) isn’t when training itself is tough enough on its own.
If you are training once, twice - 3 times a week and garmins putting you in the gutter, turn it off!
If you are training consistently, flat out and everything is high intensity, then you should listen to it and look for advice on your training.
If you are struggling to train, turn it off , change the focus of your device and reach out for ways to get you focused and ticking over again.
