Intervals.icu interval detection and training tool

[davidtinker]

I find the accuracy depends on how long I set the minimum time period to for the FTP estimate on intervals.icu. At 5 minutes it over-estimates by almost 20w compared to the 20 minute test. If I change the minimum to 8 minutes the estimate comes down to within 5w.

 

Wow thats way over. I will have a look at your data this weekend and see if there is anything I can do about it.

[Gr3mlin131]

Awesome, thanks all. I will check see when I can do a proper test and take it from there. At least the estimate gives me a starting point to aim for in the test. The problem I was having with the estimated one is that after every hard ride it would bump my FTP by a bit. The last ride got me up 25 Watts, so now seems as good time as any for the last bit of training till 947. 

[davidtinker]

The problem I was having with the estimated one is that after every hard ride it would bump my FTP by a bit. The last ride got me up 25 Watts, so now seems as good time as any for the last bit of training till 947. 

 

Thats nice but it will likely stop happening I am trying to figure out how I had so much power in Dec 2018 compared to now. Looking closely at the training I did then

[JohanDiv]

Been dreading another FTP/Ramp test, but I guess I should schedule one for next week on hopefully a bit fresher legs. Last one I did was 5 months ago already..Hopefully not too much damage done during winter but the estimated figures dropped by around 15 watts over this period, eish!

[davidtinker]

It decays if you slack off a bit in training. That doesn't mean your FTP has done down but it might have. You need to do a max effort on good legs every now and then to see where you are at.

[davidtinker]

You can now add notes and comments to your activities and those of athletes you follow. Discuss your rides with your friends or your coach!

 

[davidtinker]

Intervals.icu now supports ignoring power and/or heart rate data from an activity. If you ignore the power you can still see it for that activity but it won't show up on your power curve or get used for FTP estimation and best efforts. Ignoring HR stops that data from being used to estimate training load for activities with only HR. Click the "Cog" icon on the bottom right to activate.

 

You might want to use this if your power meter acts up on a ride, instead of having to delete the activity or set "power spike detection" threshold really low.

 

[Vetplant]

Intervals.icu now supports ignoring power and/or heart rate data from an activity. If you ignore the power you can still see it for that activity but it won't show up on your power curve or get used for FTP estimation and best efforts. Ignoring HR stops that data from being used to estimate training load for activities with only HR. Click the "Cog" icon on the bottom right to activate.

 

You might want to use this if your power meter acts up on a ride, instead of having to delete the activity or set "power spike detection" threshold really low.

 

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Nice

[davidtinker]

Intervals.icu now supports searching for activities by name on the calendar. Click "Options" and start typing the name of the activity into the search box.

 

 

[Frosty]

I see David's software is used in a presentation by FastFitnessTips.

 

10 mins into the video

https://youtu.be/jFXnjPvyO1M?t=562

 

Edited October 5, 2019 by Frosty

[davidtinker]

In the spirit of that video (very good watch BTW) I have added "time in zones as percentages" to the calendar view.

 

[davidtinker]

Intervals.icu now supports "Swim FTP" (what pace you can maintain for 1h in secs/100m) for calculating intensity and training load for swims. You can set the default value used for new swims in /settings and also edit it per activity.

 

[Appache01]

Awesome software, David! I've been using it for a couple of days and I'm very happy with the data I'm being able to gather from it.

 

Just one thing: I don't know if it is just me or what but, I can't realy add intervals on running and swimming activities. Is it possible?

 

Thanks once again and keep it up with the great job!

 

Regards from Brazil.

[davidtinker]

Tx! Yes at the moment intervals only work for activities with power. HR intervals are on the todo list along with HR zones etc.,

[Ryinc]

Intervals.icu now supports "Swim FTP" (what pace you can maintain for 1h in secs/100m) for calculating intensity and training load for swims. You can set the default value used for new swims in /settings and also edit it per activity.

 

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David why not a similar concept for running? E.g. functional threshold pace, duration pace chart etc?

[davidtinker]

David why not a similar concept for running? E.g. functional threshold pace, duration pace chart etc?

 

I will get there. I did the swimming thing because it was easy and because runners have HR to work with and swimmers often have nothing at all. I do plan to add more stuff for runners and HR zones etc. soon.

 

Me being only a cyclist does impart a teensy bit of bias in feature ordering I didn't know anything about Swim FTP 4 days ago.