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 […]

An Epic Day

An Epic Day – 70 miles of Spectacular Cycling [caption id="attachment_12426" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Great sky, smooth roads, quiet bike, fit/fast wife, and fantastic scenery.[/caption]

My wife and I had an absolutely EPIC day of cycling on Saturday. It was a day where the temperature was perfect. The scenery was spectacular. The route was familiar. Traffic was low, except for the myriad other cyclists with whom we shared the day.

The Xert Adaptive Training Advisor suggested 170 XSS for the day, with an…….

I’m Back

Technology, Application, Attention, Success Hey everyone— After roughly three years where I lived two person’s lifetimes, lost a business, lost a home, almost lost a second marriage, got out of debt, and moved from Dallas, TX to Reno, NV, and spent a year here just…riding and living, it was time to start sharing and discussing […]

Performing 8-Second “Zoomies” with 6-Second Recoveries to Achieve Fitness Breakthroughs

This is a short video of several clients at the studio performing Intervals called “Zoomies”. Zoomies are 8-second intervals, with just 6 second recoveries. We performed FORTY of these in 3 sets. The goal is to ride the 8 second intervals at a relatively high intensity, maybe 150-200% of Threshold. Then the cyclist spins through a short recovery. I used it on Tuesday, and multiple cyclists achieved breakthroughs on Xert. I’m using it today as well, to similar effect.

Here’s how to make them work for you.

MMP (Mean Maximal Power) Breakthroughs Galore in April!

Testing for Mean Max Power (MMP) I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while, so apologies that it’s a few weeks late. However, our training in March and April led to multiple Mean Maximal Power Breakthroughs, and I wanted to write about this. Mean Maximal Power is defined as the “Highest average power” […]

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 […]

More Fitness Breakthroughs with W Prime on PerfPro Studio

W Prime Provides a VISUAL approach to Intensity and Fatigue. I posted a few days ago about how my clients were successfully using the W Prime feature on PerfPro Studio, to achieve fitness breakthroughs. Well, it’s happened again. The second day of testing consisted of a 5 minute, 3 minute, and 1 minute test. I […]

Using W Prime in PerfPro Studio To Get the Most Out of Your Body

W Prime is a great way to measure your training load.

Not everyone owns a power meter for their bike. Some people do not want to make the investment in equipment. Some just want a great workout and want to see how hard they can push their bodies. W Prime in PerfPro Studio is a great tool to help athletes measure their effort better.

PerfPro Studio has added features almost weekly now for several years. This is a robust, solid training platform that is my go-to for indoor studios. It is consistent and is easy to operate. PerfPro Studio shows riders what they need to know, both on a dashboard and graphically, so they can achieve their goals.

Since 2015, I have been employing W Prime testing at my studio, Cycling Center Dallas. It’s a great tool, and in this post I show you how to put W Prime to work for you.

Reliability, Accuracy, Results: The Beautiful Consistency of PerfPro Intervals

I’ve been using PerfPro Studio since it first came out in 2008. I’ve watched its capabilities grow, especially as we developed workouts and schedules for controlled progression and periodization. The workouts allow you to ride with absolute wattage, wattage as a percentage of Threshold, wattage based on percent of slope and any mix in between. […]