Who doesn’t love Titanium I was hit by an SUV on March 24, 2018, towards the end of a 6.5 hour training ride with a friend. The crash resulted in several injuries including a badly broken left hip. I was operated on several hours later and [...]
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 [...]
This article is directed towards Xerters who turn to Zwift for their indoor rides. We have made it possible to export any Xert workout from the standard library, from your coach, or self-created workouts using Xert's Workout Designer, and load them into Zwift as Custom Workouts. When you export the [...]
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 [...]