Introduction If you’ve trained for any amount of time, you have likely experienced some interruption to your training routine - whether that's a family vacation, an unforeseen business trip, or a unexpected injury, or just taking some downtime after a long riding season. While being away from your bike [...]
Introduction With the creation of the Adaptive Training Advisor, Xert has radically changed the way in which we train & prepare for events. Rather than prescribing workouts weeks & months in advance, Xert takes a day-to-day approach for workout recommendations. Xert’s recommendations are based on a variety of factors [...]
"I got a fakethrough! What's happening?" Xerters are intimately familiar with near breakthroughs or what we often call fakethroughs. In this blog post we're going to step through the principles of how this aspect of Xert works in helping you discover how your fitness is changing - ride to ride [...]
Your smart trainer comes with many different modes available to be used for performing your workouts. In this article, we'll list what some of the different trainer modes are, as well as when you might want to use different modes. On Xert EBC (Android and iOS), you'll find trainer mode [...]
Once you have set up your Xert running account, this guide will walk (run!) you through how to combine the power of Xert with your Stryd running power meter to improve your fitness and deliver your best performances yet. CONTENTS If you're familiar with Xert and want to skip [...]
Updated MPA Charts Give You Even More Insight Into Your Activity & Performance Announcing the new MPA charts! These latest updates will help you better understand your activities, workouts, performances and fitness improvements in a way never done before. Here's what you'll see, and how to use them. Colour-coded MPA [...]
The Xert app for iOS devices allows you to review & analyze your activities, and select & execute your workouts on your trainer. To help you use these features, here is a detailed explanation of what you see, and how to use its many features. Login Enter your Xert username [...]
Xert can help you coach yourself to reach new limits, and it can also be an invaluable tool for coaches seeking better tools to help coach others to achieve more. If you're a coach, below is a quick guide to help you setup & manage your coaching community in Xert. [...]
Training isn't easy, but choosing the right 'training plan' is even harder. Here are 5 rules you’ve probably broken, and what you can do now to be better next season. #1 Don’t plan with hours, plan with Strain Intuitively, we all know that every hour [...]
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, [...]