Tag: Garmin

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.”

The Xert “Time-to-Exhaustion, Time-to-Recovery” Garmin Field in REAL TIME.

Today’s Xert Daily Ditty shows how the Xert “Time-to-Exhaustion, Time-to-Recovery” Field shows timer countdowns and count ups, as wattage is generated while cycling. Not much is going on this week, since I am tapering, but the Xert “Time-to-Exhaustion, Time-to-Recovery” Field will be integral to my 5MMP Breakthrough Effort. Thanks for watching, and ENJOY THE RIDE!

Xert Time-To-Exhaustion Field – PART 1.

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!

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. […]

A Simple Proposal.

I’m offering my readers, coaching clients, and prospective readers A Simple Proposal.

I’ll be placing my past and future webinars behind this paywall, and instead of offering separate charges for Webinars, I’m going to fold them in with the blog membership.

You’ll be able to read all the blog’s contents, watch past webinars, all future webinars, and their recordings, for $9.99 a month.

I MAY offer Group Fitness Classes through the blog membership when that becomes available; we’re not there yet, so we’ll have to see.

Anyway, I’d like to hear your opinion. The Xert Daily Ditties take about an hour each, and of course, Webinars take time, but they work best when there’s lots of interaction and they’re set to a regular schedule.

With that, here’s the Webinar from January 1st. I’ll post a blog later today.

Thanks for Reading, and Enjoy the Ride!

Garmin Profiles Part 1 – Xert Training Fields

What’s On Your Garmin?

I frequently get this question. “What’s on your Garmin?” “What’s on your Screen?” “What do your Profiles look like?” How do you set up your Xert Training Fields, and in what order?

In this post, I’ll walk you through the entire process.

Updating the OLD Xert Garmin Fields With the NEW Xert Garmin Fields – A Video Tutorial.

Unfortunately, I’m posting this a few weeks late. Another update to Xert fields has already rendered this video somewhat obsolete. It’s still a great demonstration of how to get into the old Xert Garmin fields and update them. It also shows what the Garmin Xert Field displays now provide. In Summary: In early March, Xert […]

Five Stars On Xert: What It Takes To Get to Pro Level, Part Two

See Part One (Free) for the background on Dr. Keeter’s incredible progress.

BUILDING FITNESS AND CAPACITY TO GET TO FIVE STARS.

Let’s start with the “Stress” Chart in Xert.

Dr. Keeter basically began from scratch, with a low fitness level, and few hours per week in his legs. He was certainly not UNFIT, but he was far from TRULY FIT. Here’s how we got him to Five Star Performance.

Xert In a Crit: Prime Win and Victory!

Travis Pope is a big guy with a big engine. He loves to ride, loves to race, loves Xert, and he loves to train with it. He has been a client for years, but has suffered several crashes that left him on the sidelines. It also affected his training consistency.

But this year has been a different story. Travis has trained consistently. In early June, he bought a Garmin 1000 and began training with Xert Fields.

The Race According to Xert

Last night, it all paid off! Here’s how Travis used Xert training to turn his hard work into success on the podium.