OverReaching
OverReaching With Xert I’m just 10 days out from my “Peak” with the Xert Adaptive Training Advisor and Xert Goals, so it’s important that I push through this period, and OverReach. An OverReach is about increasing both training volume and intensity, and FOCUSING on the intervals necessary to improve, in this case, my 5MMP power […]
Xert Workouts
Xert Workouts Follow the “SMART” Protocol Today’s Xert Daily Ditty shows how important a good night’s rest can be, towards helping you continue your path of Progression. I slept over 8 hours last night. When I awoke, I adjusted the Xert “Freshness Feedback”, and then, using the new Xert Adaptive Training Advisor recommendations, built a […]
Xert Daily Ditty – Let’s GLANCE at the “Rankings”
Xert Rankings Give You An Idea of Where You Stand Amongst Your Peers After a great weekend of cycling outdoors, I ended up with an unexpected guest (and friends), which led me to a lot of stress and no sleep. SO, I am sliding the Freshness Feedback bar to the left, WAYYY Left, and […]
Xert Daily Ditty – Interval Targets
Xert Daily Ditty – Interval Targets Today’s Xert Daily Ditty shows how the Xert Adaptive Training Advisor obtains my Interval Targets. The Xert Focus Type Recommendation is right at my 5MMP, or current “Breakaway Specialist” wattage value. This is currently at 355 watts. The Interval Targets just happen to be: 355 watts….. And when I […]
Xert GOALS – Alter the parameters.
Xert Goals Today’s Xert Daily Ditty is covering recent ground; I have to reconcile what the Adaptive Training Advisor is telling me, vs what I am seeing in the Progression and Fitness Signature. I also need to alter the Parameters in the “Goals” Section, to better fit my perspective of what I’m seeing and feeling […]
Xert Goals – Changing Parameters to Keep FOCUS.
Xert Goals Can be manipulated to help cyclists stay in line with their Weekly Focus. It helps to get Weekly FOCUS in line with the SUGGESTED Weekly Focus. This also helps the Workout Ratio. Thanks and Enjoy The Ride!
Xert Daily Ditty for January 8th, 2021
Today’s Xert Daily Ditty provides a brief overview of my XSS Goals, the Workout FOCUS, and then dives into the Planner and Weekly Stats to better understand why the Advisor is giving these recommendations, and what it’s looking to improve. Thanks for watching, and Have a Great Ride!
Xert Time-To-Exhaustion Field – PART 1.
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The Xert Time-To-Exhaustion Field is a very powerful tool for your training.[/caption]
The Xert Time-To-Exhaustion, Time-To-Recovery Field is one of the most powerful, yet least-understood or used Fields in the Xert Ecosystem. But when you use it correctly, it can be one of the most powerful tools on your Garmin head unit.
What Is the “Time-To-Exhaustion” Xert Field?
The Xert “Time-To-Exhaustion” Field (TTE) is a little-understood field that performs a couple of functions. It can be found in the Garmin Connect App Store.
Primarily, enter a known wattage in the “TTE” setup, and another known wattage in the “Time-To-Recovery” Field (TTR). Then install the Field on your Garmin Profile. When the phone syncs with the head unit, the field will populate two times. The “TTE” time will show how many minutes a seconds a cyclist has until their MPA (and High Intensity Energy – HIE) is exhausted, and the “TTR” will show how many minutes at a certain wattage are required for the athlete to recover.
Alternatively, there’s another setting. You can enter a known MPA as a “Floor”, and another known MPA as a “Ceiling”, Then, when you ride at ANY intensity, it will count down the time to reach that MPA, and then count down the time required to hit that MPA Ceiling for recovery.
This is a GREAT TOOL for a lot of reasons!
Xert Daily Ditty – Using Intensity to Achieve Your Weekly Suggested FOCUS.
In Today’s Xert Daily Ditty, I’m showing how sliding the Freshness Feedback bar changes the suggested workout and intensity, and how the past two days of workouts affected my Weekly FOCUS. I’m also going to talk about using the Xert TTE-TTR Field to achieve a Suppressed and a Depressed MPA during workouts. Enjoy the Ride!
Today’s Xert Daily Ditty – Changing the Training Advisor Recommendations by Changing the Freshness Feedback.
Today’s Xert Daily Ditty I changed the Xert Training Suggestions and Adaptive Training Advisor by altering the Freshness Feedback under my Goals. Instead of an “Endurance” Focused Ride, I got what I wanted – a “Breakaway Specialist” FOCUS. I think my Fitness Signature is stale, and I want to work towards a breakthrough, possibly today. […]