Looking For Ways to Improve REM and DEEP Sleep
I Made my Eight-Hour Goal Last Night, But I Know I can Do Better Yesterday’s ride was refreshing. I may try to get outside again today, but the clock is conspiring against me. Last night, I kept my alcohol consumption down to one glass of wine. I also had a nightcap of 12oz of milk. […]
Sometimes Ya Gotta Get Some SUN!
I Went Mountain Biking – And I Trapped ALL of the Data! The purpose of this exercise and series of blogs is to share my thought processes, as a coach, on how to interpret data from instruments. With that data, I can then make more informed decisions on my own training, recovery, and performance. When […]
DFAA1 – Curb My Enthusiasm
I thought A Good Night’s Sleep Would Lead to A Good Ride. My Heart Said Otherwise It’s frustrating – today’s ride started off with the best of intent. However, the FatMaxxer App, monitoring the DFAA1 fractions on my Heart Rate Variability, showed more strain than my wattage allowed. In other words, for the PRESCRIBED Heart […]
75 XSS for 75 Days – 3 Weeks In.
***** THIS DID NOT PUBLISH ON JULY 4th, 2021 LIKE I EXPECTED. PLEASE EXCUSE THE TECHNICAL GLITCH. I AM WORKING ON AN END-OF-JULY REPORT NOW. ******* 75 XSS Is Bringing me VOLUME, But What Else Am I Accomplishing? XSS (Xert Strain Score) is a metric that looks at the time you spend riding, the energy […]
75 XSS (Per Day), for 75 Days: A New Self-Challenge
75 Days of 75 XSS (Xert Strain Score) Points – Let’s See Where This Leads 75 XSS per day, roughly 5 days per week? Can I achieve this? The Xert Strain Score (XSS) is a volume-measuring tool that looks at a cyclist’s time, wattage, energy expenditure, and overall fitness signature. The calculation is unknown, but […]
Xert Breakthrough With Physiological Metrics Part One – Warmup
We Use a Moxy Monitor, a Vo2 Master, PerfPro Studio, and Xert To Show a PROPER Warmup I continue to learn something almost daily when it comes to mixing Physics and Physiology. The data that we get and use for wattage training, is almost always complemented by the information I collect from physiology. We have […]
Garmin Sleep Tracker – 1 Week of Data
Garmin Sleep Tracker – “It’s Not the Night Before That Matters. It’s All the Nights Before That.”
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Watch the Video to see how I’m studying my sleep, so I can then make changes to improve upon it.[/caption]
Garmin Connect Sleep Tracker – With Sominex
Garmin Connect Recorded NO Time Awake Last Night!
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Continuing down this path of measuring and analyzing my sleeping pattern, Garmin Connect showed what my sleeping pattern was after I took a sleeping aid.
Garmin Connect – Let’s Talk About SLEEP!
Garmin Connect Has A Sleep Tracker That Can Help You Optimize Sleep and Recovery!
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The Garmin Connect Sleep Tracker provides assessment for sleep quality and quantity.[/caption]
The Garmin Connect Ecosystem is RICH with features that are either under-utilized or perhaps are misunderstood. I have wanted to explore Garmin Connect with my followers for a while now. I think the Sleep Tracker is a great place to start.
Garmin Connect, when paired with any of…..
Using the Moxy Muscle Oxygen Monitor to Affirm LT1
Moxy Muscle Oxygen Monitor Is A Passive Way to Detect Lactate Threshold Deflection Points I’ve been using the Moxy Muscle Oxygen Monitor since the product first became available in the early 2010’s. I quickly realized that it offered insights into physical fitness unlike any other product. Today’s Online Bike Coach Daily Ditty shows how my […]