Hi When I’m riding on zwift using the zwift hub I save the data and it gets sent to garmin connect. But the garmin watch and garmin connect do not take the workouts into account when it comes to recovery, training load etc…health stats. Do I have to run the workout from the watch? I assumed if wor…

What Garmin watch do you own? If it supports power meters, add the Zwift Hub as a “Power Meter” type sensor via ANT+ to the watch. Do not add it as a “Controllable” trainer as you don’t want the watch taking over control of the Zwift Hub. Use your Garmin device to log the activity in addition to Zw…

Great. Thanks for the advice. I have linked zwift with gamin Connect and the data transferred does not have any health impact. So I have to unlick and follow your advice and see how it works out,

[image] Hooman: But the garmin watch and garmin connect do not take the workouts into account when it comes to recovery, training load etc…health stats. It should and does for me on my Epix2 and Edge 530. Someone else had a similar problem and it wasn’t working for them (I think) because the…

I have not used the watch so far. Only after my ride I have uploaded the workout to garmin connect, But once in garmin connect it has no impact to the heath stats as if nothing was done. It just shows the workout data but no change in health info.

[image] Garmin training effect dat General Discussion OK, I think I have it working… I did a search on the internet, and someone said that, according to Garmin Support, you have to have a seed bike ride recorded on your watch for this to work. That is, you hav…

I thought this changed recently? As long as you have heart rate and power on your zwift ride it should have training effect. [Screenshot_20230428_041204_Connect] The picture is from a ride imported directly from zwift and shows training effect.

Yes the info does get transferred from zwift to garmin connect. But garmin does not take the workout and calculate “recovery, training readiness or any other health data. It’s just shows your workout info but not what impact it has on your health stat I do have power and HR on zwift. But as some…

Go back and read James’ post about needing a “seed” ride recorded on the watch. That appears to be the fix.

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B_Jimmy (James ) April 27, 2023, 11:12pm 7

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