When we look outside to find rain, snow, or traffic-choked roads, many of us head indoors for exercise. The increasing popularity of software like Zwift makes riding your trainer, or running on a treadmill, much more enjoyable. Whereas in the past you'd be doing boring, monotonous intervals on the trainer, [...]
Photo: Steve Morris We were lucky enough to race on the 2018 Canadian National Cyclocross Championships course during a recent club race - and course test - put on by the well organized Peterborough Cycling Club in late September. As expected, we captured all the power data. Here [...]
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 [...]
Xert Performance Management Chart (XPMC): A visual representation within the Xert platform that displays various metrics to help athletes track their training progress and performance. The XPMC typically includes the following components: Training Load: The solid black line represents the cumulative stress imposed on the body during training sessions over [...]
Xert's Training Status provides a simplified way to visualize an athlete's current Training Load and Recovery Load. The number of stars indicate the total amount of Training Load an athlete has accumulated. The colour of the athlete's stars is determined by their form (e.g. Training Load - Recovery Load) and [...]
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 [...]
If you’re seeing more than one of the same activity in Activities > Dashboard or Table, it could be due to one of several reasons: Time zone discrepancies between the source of your activity file and your Xert account; Double syncing i.e. you're syncing your Xert account with both Strava [...]
You can instruct Xert to go through all your activities, re-extract fitness signatures, look for fitness breakthroughs, and recalculate MPA, strain, XSS and XEP for each activity. This is like an account "reset" as it throws out all previous calculations and recalculates them all over. Use this to correct errors [...]
The Xert Remote Player is a web-based tool that allows you, your friends and even your coach to view your workout live as you're doing it. It's composed of three elements that can be viewed all at once, separated, resized, and even overlaid on top of other views (like Zwift) [...]
Adding manual activities to your Xert account is a straightforward process! This guide will help you input activities when a power meter wasn’t used, such as during rides on bikes without power meters or when your power meter is non-functional. Step-by-Step Guide to Adding Manual Activities Step 1. Navigate to [...]