Garmin and Vitality points

[rouxtjie]

Problem is I've loaded all mine to Garmin Connect but then deleted all on the unit afterwards

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I keep an backup on a folder on my local drive, so in my case I just copied it back to the activities folder and boom...imports perfectly, don't know if you can get it back from the connect site.

[tombeej]

Discovery website says it can take up to 30 days to reflect. I'm guessing the workouts you've just uploaded will reflect at the end of the month.

[megdobson]

Did mine it was so quick and easy. About time

[awesme]

They will sort that out, they for allot of systems automated, process driven.

G

[rouxtjie]

They will sort that out, they for allot of systems automated, process driven.

G

yea it is a beta version, so there are bound to be issues here and there, but very chuffed that I can now earn points with my edge 500. Don't want to stir but I don't see a link for bryton units...

[Disylizzy]

can't you import .gpx files though? Or do you need to do it directly from the unti?

[rouxtjie]

Only from the unit via garmin upload plugin. Would have been cool to manually upload from file store, maybe its coming

Edited December 13, 2012 by rouxtjie

[covie]

What i cant figure out is that they assign points according to HR , but nowhere does it say what they think my Max HR should be. I know in theory its 189 but in reality its 174.

[Azi]

Do they only use HR to allocate points, and not distance of events? I generally don't cycle with a HRM, and I never run with one, though I do use my Garmin to track speed and distance for both sports. Do I now need to wear a HRM?

[covie]

There is a speed and distance clause too yeah.

[Disylizzy]

This is what it says on their site:

With your Garmin device, you’ll earn points in the fitness category if you exercise at a specific intensity, for a specific time. Each adult can earn up to 15 000 Vitality fitness points and another 24 000 bonus fitness points each year.

Points take up to one week to show on your Vitality membership after you upload it on LivingVitality.

Please note: If you use the GarminConnect website to upload your workout data, you still need to upload your workout data on LivingVitality to earn your Vitality points.

How to calculate your Vitality points

To earn 150 Vitality points a day, you have to do at least 30 minutes of physical activity at or above a specific intensity for at least 30 minutes a session.Because different activity devices collect different information, we explain below what you will need to do to earn Vitality points depending on the type of data your device collects. The tables also show the number of Vitality points you earn when you exercise at the required intensity.

 

Heart rate data Points each day Yearly limit for an adult on Vitality

Vitality points:

30 minutes or more at an average heart rate of more than or equal to 60% of your maximum age-related heart rate 150 15 000

Bonus points:

30 minutes or more at an average heart rate of more than or equal to 70% of your maximum age-related heart rate

or

60 minutes or more at an average heart rate of more than or equal to 60% of your maximum age-related heart rate 50 24 000

 

 

Speed data Points each day Yearly limit for an adult on Vitality

Vitality points:

30 minutes or more at a minimum average speed of 4 kilometres an hour 150 15 000

Bonus points:

30 minutes or more at a minimum average speed of 7.2 kilometres an hour

or

60 minutes or more at a minimum average speed of 4 kilometres an hour 50 24 000

 

 

Calorie data Points each day Yearly limit for an adult on Vitality

Vitality points:

Minimum 30 minutes and a minimum of 150 calories (at a rate of no fewer than 300 calories an hour) 150 15 000

Bonus points:

Minimum 30 minutes and a minimum of 300 calories (at a rate of no fewer than 600 calories an hour)

or

Minimum 60 minutes and a minimum of 300 calories (at a rate of no fewer than 300 calories an hour) 50 24 000

Please note: If you use the GarminConnect website to upload you workout data, there is an option to clear your data from your device after you have uploaded it. If you clear it, you will not be able to upload older details to LivingVitality.

Edited December 13, 2012 by Disylizzy

[typhoon]

The LivingVitality uses MapMyFitness. So if you upload to MapMyFitness, it logs it to Discovery.

 

The LivingVitality doesn't do manual uploads of .tcx files, but MapMyFitness does...

 

I uploaded my Bryton .tcx files to MapMyFitness and it reflected on Discovery, although I hit "Limits Apply" for a lot of fitness stuff back in April, you still get the bonus points.

[SciencetoSport]

Does any body else experience the problem that when you try upload a large file of say 2hrs + it report as failed but when downloading smaller files of up to 60min it is fine?

 

Does anyone know the solution to this?

 

Lastly when you upload a file to mapmyfitness it won't let you decide if it a running file etc as it goes straight to cycling as activity.

 

Any help would be great thanks.

[udxcob]

none of my files upload from my unit, the site just hangs while its uploading

 

Tried doing it one ride at a time but the same thing happens

Edited December 13, 2012 by udxcob

[WR 1.0]

So now I have to upload to 3 sites (Garmin Connect, Strava and Livingvitality). ok then!

[MTB_Roadie]

okay so I plugged my garmin in, but nowhere do I see the option 'log a workout'???