Using Xert to Show an MD Why You Think There’s Something WRONG With Your Heart.
Xert Metrics Can Show You When Things May Be Wrong Beyond Means Which You Can Control. Today’s Xert Daily Ditty is really an interview where one of my long-time clients, who is also a teammate and friend, explains how he knew something was wrong when he saw his Xert XPMC metrics dropping. He tried everything. […]
Xert Breakthrough Programming
Xert Breakthrough Programming – Building a workout to achieve a breakthrough! Today I’m building a workout, first through Excel, then through the Xert Workout Builder, to create 5 by 1-minute intervals, to help me visualize the average power necessary to achieve a breakthrough. I’m trying to program surpassing 356 watts over 5 minutes. Here’s […]
Xert 5MMP
Xert 5MMP – Can I REALLY Achieve A Breakthrough? I’m just nine days out from my Peak date per Xert. My Xert 5MMP is reading “355”, and it floats between 355 and 357. I rode some 5 minute intervals yesterday and barely broke 302! The Vo2 data is showing that 355 will be a true […]
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 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 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!
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. […]
Xert Perfect Progression
The Xert Perfect Progression follows a SMART Protocol.
My client, Michael, is showing an example of Xert Perfect Progression. He’s riding, his volume is increasing, and his fitness signature continues to improve. We are using the right mix of low and high intensity, and it’s working.
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Real-World cyclists don’t have 15-25 hours a week to train. We make our fitness improvements through steady progression.[/caption]
What is Progression?
Xert Training Deficit
I like to ask myself – “What’s the ‘Fastest’ way to get to my XSS goal, while keeping FOCUS infinitely aerobic, and keep fat burning at or ahead of Carbs?
I set my trainer to ERG mode, and rode 190 watts the entire ride….
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Today’s ride was about fat burning and XSS. I made my points for the Xert Training Deficit, and kept my needle between 11 and 1 o’clock on the Training Pacer.[/caption]
Xert – Adaptive Training Program
Xert – Adaptive Training Program
The Xert Adaptive Training Advisor and Training Pacer built me up to a higher level of preparation, for sure. This week, I will transfer over from “Build”, to “Peak” in the Xert Adaptive Training Program.
The Target Date is still November 14th. That’s when Tracy and I will attempt to summit Truck Route 341 yet again – this time, with a breakthrough in the 20-25 minute range in mind. I’m not worried about time. We both just want to set 20MMP Records that coincide with the Power-Duration Predictions at those levels.
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The Xert Adaptive Training Advisor has helped me stay on target. The Training Pacer remains between 11 and 1 O’clock. I’ve had few days off, but I’m ready to see what the Xert Adaptive Training Program has laid out for me as I transition from “Build”, to “Peak”.[/caption]
It will be interesting to see what Xert’s Adaptive Training Program lays out. I’m looking forward to the intervals, but I also want to build my own.
Take a look at the Xert “Weekly Stats” page, inside of the “Xert Planner” menu.