Contents You can skip ahead to any of the sections of this guide by clicking on the underlined bookmarks below. Some basics you should know What Xert Is, And What It Does What Makes Xert Different Key Terms Setup What You Need to Xert Getting To Know Your 'My Fitness' [...]
Nearly all athletes that have used a structured training plan will have reached a point in their training where they couldn't complete a workout. Most think that somehow they weren't trying hard enough and that they need to toughen up if they expect to reach their goal. [...]
Every athlete and every athlete's circumstances are different. The new Freshness Feedback slider reflects this by enabling you to fine-tune Xert's algorithm to better reflect how you - and only you - are feeling. This, in turn, is used by the Adaptive Training Advisor to establish if, and when, you're [...]
Xert records an estimate of the amount of fat and carbs you have used up in your activity. This information is available on the Activities Dashboard as well as on the Activity Details page for the activity. The software uses an algorithm based on your fitness signature, whereby the highest [...]
Occasionally you may run into a situation when your data isn't quite right - perhaps due to errors coming from your power meter, or from using a different power meter than you typically use. These errors aren't uncommon and because of the sensitivity to breakthrough efforts in Xert, it may [...]
You can export any workout from Xert from the standard library, from your coach, or ones that you create yourself using Xert's Workout Designer, and load them into Zwift as Custom Workouts. When you export the workouts from Xert, your current fitness signature is used to precisely calculate all the target [...]
Focus Type in the Adaptive Training Advisor provides guidance on what the Focus needs to be for the workout at this point in your training program. It also factors in whether you are Tired or Very Tired. The guidance is not meant to provide a workout structure but provide some simple [...]
Also referred to as the XPMC, the chart plots your daily Training Load, Recovery Load (hidden by default), Form, daily XSS. For convenience, and Xert also plots Threshold Power / Best Activities line.
This provides a simpler way to view current Training Load and Recovery Load. The number of stars indicate the total amount of Training Load an athlete has accumulated. The colour indicates the total amount of Recovery Load an athlete as accumulated. Form (Training Load - Recovery Load) is calculated relative [...]
MPA Analysis is a tool to help you determine your fitness at the time of the activity. This is a powerful concept and unique to Xert. To perform MPA Analysis on an activity, open the Activity Details - MPA tab for the activity. On that page you have a chart showing [...]