Will your Training Program help you get stronger? Will it be too hard? Will it take up too much time? So many things go into training program and many athletes aren't sure what questions they should ask when choosing a plan. Often they just pick something to do, not knowing [...]
This guide will help you better understand the various settings that go into deciding on what fitness will you have on race day (or on the day you're looking to reach your achievement). The settings affect how you'll need to train and what will be needed to achieve the [...]
An important part of all Training Programs is the need to incorporate day-to-day readiness into the program to guide what type of training should be performed on that day. In Xert, we look to model that readiness using your Training Status which uses your historical power data to estimate [...]
Using Xert to Assess and Understand Your Training Demands "How fit do I need to be?" That’s easy: “As much as possible!” While that seems like the obvious answer, the more likely answer will be “It depends.” How fit you need to be depends on a number of things about [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
Baron Biosystems is proud to announce the addition of Dr. Stephen Cheung to the management team as Chief Sport Scientist. “We’re excited and proud to have Dr. Cheung join our company.” says Armando Mastracci, President of Baron Biosystems. “With his deep knowledge of the science behind cycling and other [...]
Cat-1 Rider Chaz races Cat 1 for the CycleSport – Specialize Pb Muscle Milk team. Most recently he has raced against the Rally Sport team and even Andrew Talansky. Bike Set-up Specialize Bikes - Rides a variety of sponsor's bikes Garmin 520 Xert Strava Chaz’ use of Xert Chaz has [...]