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Garmin Connect – Let’s Talk About SLEEP!

Garmin Connect Has A Sleep Tracker That Can Help You Optimize Sleep and Recovery!

Garmin Connect Sleep Tracker
The Garmin Connect Sleep Tracker provides assessment for sleep quality and quantity.
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.....
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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 Moxy confirmed that 205 watts as my first Lactate Threshold Deflection Point.

By setting my wattage resistance on PerfPro Studio software, I was able to ride consistently for several minutes, and my SmO2 values remained steady. When Saturated Muscle Oxygen is stable, Oxygen is flowing in, Carbon Dioxide is flowing out, and Lactic Acid is being shuttled in the bloodstream. It gets picked up and processed by these things called “MCT”‘s, or, “Monocarboxylate Transporters“. Then it’s turned back into energy. It’s really efficient, and it can be trained. The different levels, or plateaus, tell us just how well our bodies are working at shuttling the waste out, and the nutrients in.

The Moxy shows you just how that’s working. In this case, the information was displayed with a Vo2 Master Gas Exchange Analyser. That way, I can look at the Watts, the Lungs, the Legs, the heart, and the blood. It’s a holistic approach to fitness and aerobic intensity. This information can be viewed on your Garmin head unit, via a custom field. It can also be displayed and recorded on PerfPro Studio. I use the Moxy for every outdoor ride and indoor ride. I believe it can reveal warmup preparation, early indicators of a bonk, and much more.

Here is today’s Video. Tomorrow, I’ll show you how my wife uses the Moxy to ensure that her warmup is adequate and her intervals are at their best.

Thanks for watching, and ENJOY THE RIDE!

Xert FOCUS and XSS for February – Coaching Myself for the Month

Focusing on FOCUS and XSS

I'm going to leave the Xert ATA for a few weeks, and I am going to work on achieving FOCUS and XSS Goals on my own. I'll show the results from the Training Pacer and Weekly Stats. Here's a video summary... Below the fold...
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Xert Daily Ditty – Well, My 5MMP Test Has Come and Gone.

Did I Hit My Goal?

Let’s make February a Month for Breakthroughs!

Thanks for watching, and Enjoy the Ride!

January 30th, 2021 Webinar – Xert Gave me a 9 Week Plan for a 5MMP Breakthrough.

Did I Achieve my Goal? The Xert Adaptive Training Advisor is an uncanny Artificial Intelligence program that provides suggested workouts and weekly FOCUS recommendations.  I worked for 9 weeks of Progression, following the Xert Adaptive Training Advisor, to see if I could achieve a 5MMP Fitness Breakthrough.  Let's see how it went!
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