smallard wrote:
I've been a TP user for years, I organize all my training around the Performance Management (fitness/fatigue/form) dashboard.
But seems like Garmin Connect is making great strides. Their Body Battery is arguably more comprehensive than TP (eg includes sleep data) while autocalculating VO2 max as the indication of fitness.
Has anybody dumped TP for Garmin Connect?
PS yes, I know TP has much more than just performance management - but that's really the bit I use the most.
I use them differently. I use 4 apps, MyFitnessPal, garmin, strava and TP. But for different reasons. MFP for calories, as i’m a bit overweight right now, strava only for segments, TP for CTL/ATL and general analysis like ramp rate and such. Garmin for everything else. Garmin body battery is generally good (and getting better), as it takes life into the mix. It’s pretty good when it comes to sleep, alcohol, general stress, where TP is only workouts. However, garmin seems to me to have some unrealistic recovery times for workouts. Body battery works Well to see What kind of workout I Can do. The caveat, is that if body battery is low, it’s sort of an excuse not to do a hard workout. But basically, I use (or track) body battery day to day and contemplate wether it’s right or not. And training peaks for tracking workout progress/fatigue. If it’s saturday morning and I had dinner with some friends (and maybe a bit too much Wine), training peaks is useless, body the body battery usually tells me a lot of stress during sleep, so a hard workout May not be the right thing. On the other hand, training peaks tells if my training load is ok or not with ramp rate, tsb and such. If you’re using both, body battery as a day to day overview and What workout to do today. TP for general load for workouts only