rudi-h Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Hi Guys How reliable is the fitness chart on Strava?I also have Stravistix and the numbers does not correspond with strava. I have logged every ride for the past 6 weeks. All the fitness charts are essentially the same, so you can use Strava if you like. As you've noted, Strava opted to use a different scales on the Y-axis, hence the scores are much higher than the TP/Stravastix equivalent which means that you cannot compare one to one with other performance charts. It seems that TP has won the race in terms of the "tool that coaches use", thus the whole world knows what a CTL of 50 means, but not so much so with the Strava equivalent... In terms of Strava, there is very little comparison data available which makes it less useful than TP or Stravastix. I find that TP and Stravastix are very alike, so I use Stravastix (free). Won't be using the Strava Premium performance chart any time soon and it also sucks that Strava does not have the charts available on their mobile app. I used my 1 month Strava Premium trial, but won't be subscribing in the long run.
shaper Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 First impression of GC... requires a lot of setup, and I just couldn't get the basics right. I dislike subscription based products, so while GC is free I preferred the once-off cost of WKO4 ($179 in early 2017). One thing is for sure... Strava is unique, but it has nothing on GC/WKO4 and other similar programs. WKO4 has a lot of stuff "out the box" that GC can also do, so there's no real difference - based on me reading up on both. Not sure if GC has visual matches? Perhaps I should download the latest GC version and try again. I find it easy to reference based on using the book "Training and Racing with a Power Meter". Having just got into running, I see there are plenty graphs, metrics and features that I can start using once I have built up a good history of data. For now, I'm just starting to enjoy running - so I'll keep the enjoyment factor going until I want to analyse the running.Thanks G for the feedback. Yes GC has a stress graph which will highlight matches burnt. I presume this is what you mean by visual matches? The stress chart shows your W'Bal drop off and how you burnt the matches and where
shaper Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 TSS 849IF 0.66 Taper week this week for EL70.3 on Sunday!!
Jehosefat Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 TSS: 546IF: 0.76Time: 8h37m Trying to get the fitness back after time off the bike sucks...
Tristand Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Thanks G for the feedback. Yes GC has a stress graph which will highlight matches burnt. I presume this is what you mean by visual matches? The stress chart shows your W'Bal drop off and how you burnt the matches and where How did you determine the Tau for your W'Bal calculation?I can't seem to find clear instructions...
Spinnekop Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Thanks G for the feedback. Yes GC has a stress graph which will highlight matches burnt. I presume this is what you mean by visual matches? The stress chart shows your W'Bal drop off and how you burnt the matches and where Point in case.This weekends MTB race Pta East Or then Rooiwal into the break for 3 laps.Bleh
shaper Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 How did you determine the Tau for your W'Bal calculation?I can't seem to find clear instructions... For Tau, on the Stress chart I look at all of the rides for the last month, it will give the Tau for each ride. Average them for the month going forward. Also struggled to find clear instructions on how to interpret this or to input an exact figure.... so use the average of all my rides and workout
Tristand Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 For Tau, on the Stress chart I look at all of the rides for the last month, it will give the Tau for each ride. Average them for the month going forward. Also struggled to find clear instructions on how to interpret this or to input an exact figure.... so use the average of all my rides and workout Thanks for the explanation.Didn't realise you could get the Tau for a ride, some experimentation is due.
shaper Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Thanks for the explanation.Didn't realise you could get the Tau for a ride, some experimentation is due.Look at stress charts highlighted here https://the5krunner.com/2016/01/22/wbal-much-need-cycling-metric/ Bottom left hand red writing, first calculation is the Tau for the ride. So if I average all of my training rides, workouts and racing Tau's for a month just done it should be a good indicator of my approx Tau for the month going forward and to which I can update on a monthly basis
Frosty Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Thanks G for the feedback. Yes GC has a stress graph which will highlight matches burnt. I presume this is what you mean by visual matches? The stress chart shows your W'Bal drop off and how you burnt the matches and whereI’ll post a few screenshots when I get home - currently away on a business trip. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Frosty Posted February 25, 2018 Posted February 25, 2018 Thanks G for the feedback. Yes GC has a stress graph which will highlight matches burnt. I presume this is what you mean by visual matches? The stress chart shows your W'Bal drop off and how you burnt the matches and where I’ll post a few screenshots when I get home - currently away on a business trip. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkSorry, forgot to update my post... here's my match finder/visual matches from the Ride for Sight.
EmJayZA Posted February 26, 2018 Posted February 26, 2018 731TSS10h330.79IF Was a test and lower volume week. Doesn't feel like it though.
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