When he isn’t sailing, Morris stays true to his Minnesota roots by playing ice hockey and exploring the mountains through rock climbing and mountain biking. So I’m learning how to use the Body Battery and how to pay attention to that percentage in addition to how I physically feel. But for me, I’m so fortunate that I really love what I do and I might wake up to a beautiful sunrise and good wind and all I want to do is to get out on the water, but in reality, my body might be worn down and my Body Battery might not be 100 percent because of the past few days if training. It’s pretty interesting because, you know how you feel, at least you think you know how you feel. Tell us more about that.ĭM: In addition to looking at heart rate and sleep stats, I’ve started exploring the Body Battery™ function. Garmin: You mentioned finding value in wellness features to help guide your training regimen. It’s a simple thing, but that accountability might not be there if the watch wasn’t recording it. Garmin: How have Garmin wearables helped prepare the team for the rigors of sailing?ĭM: When we’re in the gym and tracking every session, there’s nowhere to hide, and that gives you accountability to yourself and accountability to your teammates. It means you’re at the standard that you need to be at. If you find that you were sailing the boat very nicely and the way you want to win the big race and your heart rate and your effort is in a range that’s doable, that speaks volumes to the way the boat is set up and also to your fitness. The data tells us our heart rate and the effort that we’re putting in. After the sailing, when you’re analyzing the boat speed and the decisions you made in the way you sailed the boat, we get to look at the data from our watch. When you’re racing a sailboat or training - because we train the same way we race, and that’s paramount - you always train like you’re racing because you put in just as much effort. ![]() Garmin: How does wearable technology help you and your American Magic teammates train?ĭM: Every time we go sailing, I turn on the Sail Racing app, which tracks my heart rate and tracks how hard we are working. If it’s been a big week or a big two weeks, and we’ve been just training in the gym, training on the water and pushing or even racing, I’ve found that my resting heart rate or waking heart rate is actually maybe 10 beats faster than normal, and that’s a great indicator that I need some rest and to make rest a priority. I’ve noticed that if it’s been pretty mellow, and I’ve had a lot of rest, then my waking heart rate is pretty low, and it’s pretty consistent. For me, that is a good indicator of how hard I’ve been training, or how much stress I’ve been putting on my body. I also check my resting and my waking heart rate. When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I do is check how my sleep was, whether it’s a training day, a race day or a day off.
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