How are Active Points calculated?

DEye

Tuesday of this week without expending a Herculean Effort I managed to a accumulate *1993* Active Points !
However awesome that HUGE Orange Balloon might have looked - it was Not correct !
What metrics are used to calculate those Points.
I can go on a 3 - 4 Km freestyle walk averaging between 5 - 6 km / h and get 18 Points some days - a 2.5Km walk averaging over 5Km/H other days and get 72 points ???
It seems very in consistent?

Thanks,
Don

DEye

Hey !
Glad to see your Still here - providing *support* ( some useful answer is better than No Answer )
Although I think I see some Cut and Paste here from similar questions
I guess that's part of why they gave up, you going to want the statistics to be based in something you can understand and accept as *Real*
It tracks distance / Speed / Elevation - ( and Indoor cycling now -new old Stock Spark )
That's what I really wanted it for.
Thanks,
Don

tfarabaugh

It is inconsistent to the point of meaninglessness. I honestly don't feel you can make any judgments from what it is telling you in terms of fitness points or fitness age. It only uses runs or cycles to calculate points and while it does refine its readings over time, but it seems to be a random, capricious measure that ties to very little. It uses your calculated VO2Max (which will be wrong as no watch can compute this) to calculate points. It is not the amount of exercise that matters, it is the intensity. Unless you are in Z3 or higher for a substantial part of your workout it will not change anything. If your workouts are walks or jogs or anything that is not intense, it will have no impact on the age and points. It is based on whatever algorithm TT came up with, which is different than what Garmin uses or Strava uses, or anyone else. Ultimately, I don't expect a watch to be able to tell me how fit I am.

DEye

Hey !
Glad to see your Still here - providing *support* ( some useful answer is better than No Answer )
Although I think I see some Cut and Paste here from similar questions
I guess that's part of why they gave up, you going to want the statistics to be based in something you can understand and accept as *Real*
It tracks distance / Speed / Elevation - ( and Indoor cycling now -new old Stock Spark )
That's what I really wanted it for.
Thanks,
Don