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 [...]
The Freshness Feedback slider is a powerful tool that allows you to personalize your training experience in Xert. By providing feedback on how you feel, you can help the Adaptive Training Advisor (XATA) better assess your readiness for high-intensity workouts and adjust the recommended training difficulty accordingly. Where to Find [...]
Many of us track our power numbers with an interest in achieving max power output and hitting the #BOOM of a breakthrough effort. Tracking these max efforts is indeed important, and it is true that ultimately we are aiming to get Peak Power (PP), High Intensity Energy (HIE), or Threshold [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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: [...]