Training with a power meter: the ins and outs

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Anyone here using the Garmin Connect IQ Training Peaks app?

I've just downloaded it and did a quick test. The zones on my Garmin device differ from that of the Training Peaks website where the workout was originated.

Anyone else experience this?

[Tristand]

Anyone here using the Garmin Connect IQ Training Peaks app?

I've just downloaded it and did a quick test. The zones on my Garmin device differ from that of the Training Peaks website where the workout was originated.

Anyone else experience this?

 

You have to set the zones in Garmin Connect separately.

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You have to set the zones in Garmin Connect separately.

aah kind of defeats the purpose then doesn't it?

[Tristand]

aah kind of defeats the purpose then doesn't it?

 

The Garmin Trainingpeak applet has nothing to do with settings. 

It is purely to perform structured workouts uploaded onto Trainingpeaks, IE interval sessions.

Works well for that purpose.

 

PS. There is no way for a 3rd party app to access (read or write) the training zones on a Garmin. I have tried.

Edited April 29, 2017 by Tristand

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I am half heartedly dabbling with the idea of getting a Stages power meter, but find it interesting that many of the used ones on the Classifieds are 175mm length and not the 'standard' 172.5mm.

 

Is there a reason behind this or just a strange observation/phenomenon ?

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MTB standard is generally 175 and road 172

[Tristand]

I am half heartedly dabbling with the idea of getting a Stages power meter, but find it interesting that many of the used ones on the Classifieds are 175mm length and not the 'standard' 172.5mm.

 

Is there a reason behind this or just a strange observation/phenomenon ?

No such thing as a 'standard' length for a crank, it needs to match your body geometry. 

Namely height. 172.5mm and 175mm are both very common.

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MTB standard is generally 175 and road 172

 

 

No such thing as a 'standard' length for a crank, it needs to match your body geometry. 

Namely height. 172.5mm and 175mm are both very common.

I should have qualified my comment.

I meant Stages for road, where 172.5mm is more common than 175mm.

[Andrew_Smith]

For those wanting to add more value/function to Strava with a power meter, add this to Chrome:

 

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/strava-sauce/eigiefcapdcdmncdghkeahgfmnobigha

This is an awesome extension for Strava (combined with StravistiX) and you are sorted!

 

Shows your critical power, normalized power, intensity and TSS score.

Edited August 29, 2018 by Andrew_Smith