By Chris Bennett As I lay in the hospital after four hours of facial reconstruction surgery following a crash in the Tour Aotearoa I could only think how inconvenient this was given that in four months I would be starting the biggest bikepacking adventure of my life: [...]
The mere mention of cyclocross can make some rider’s heart race with excitement. Usually riders who love a little mud. Or to suffer. Or ideally both! Because CX differs from what many of us do - or train to do - the rest of the year, questions about the specific [...]
Everyone can agree that achieving new personal records out on the road is one of the things that makes cycling so much fun. Seeing all the hard work you've put into improving and then to see it come together when you get your best time on your favourite stretch of [...]
Lately you haven’t had the ‘snap’ you had in the spring. Maybe you’re lacking the motivation to ride and it has gotten so bad that you haven’t even cleaned your chain (and people are starting to notice)! Does this sound like you? It may be time for a mid-season break… [...]
The Xert Adaptive Training Advisor (XATA) uses advanced analytics to not just model your current fitness, but to individually prescribe workouts guiding you towards a desired fitness and time. I relied on it for >90% of my training this winter leading up to April’s gravel season. Read the whole story [...]
Each spring as the sun stays out a little longer and the looming race season closes in many of us are lured to warmer climes to pile on the miles at a training camp. At Xert we're no different; we just got back from a great week in beautiful Brevard, [...]
Xert was first to introduce the idea that you can obtain fitness information from regular activity data. We then introduced the idea that your Threshold Power could be calculated in real time, on-the-fly, as you ride. But in the past couple of months or so, a new feature was quietly [...]
The Best of Both Worlds Indoor training has evolved significantly, and the integration of Xert with Zwift marks a new era for cyclists seeking to enhance their performance. Xert’s advanced training platform adapts to your unique fitness profile, providing personalized workout recommendations that help you maximize your training efficiency. When [...]
Xert continues to roll out a wide range of innovations to make it a comprehensive fitness monitoring, tracking, and planning ecosystem. Our latest roll-out is the Training Advisor, an adaptive technology that can guide you day to day with your training leading up to a target date and Focus. As [...]
New Concepts in Fitness Planning Over the years, many users have asked about Xert-based training programs. They’ve appreciated the innovative ways we measure fitness but often wonder how to apply this information to improve their performance and prepare for target events. When designing our training planner, we didn’t want to [...]