Bike Dewing Posted October 31 Posted October 31 Garmin linked to strava linked to intervals.icu . gives me all the information I need as an amateur.. DieselnDust and Underachiever 2
Ispeed_V Posted October 31 Posted October 31 Tape Measure and Scale - Old School. ChrisF, Spinnaroonie and Underachiever 1 2
DieselnDust Posted October 31 Posted October 31 Trainingpeaks and intervals.icu. i use the coaching account where i can build workouts and plans as well as monitor progress. intervals.icu spits out an estimated ftp which is nice to have but nothing that can’t be calculated by someone that knows where to look Frosty 1
cadenceblur Posted October 31 Posted October 31 10 minutes ago, DieselnDust said: Trainingpeaks and intervals.icu. i use the coaching account where i can build workouts and plans as well as monitor progress. intervals.icu spits out an estimated ftp which is nice to have but nothing that can’t be calculated by someone that knows where to look Keen to understand how you monitor progress
DieselnDust Posted October 31 Posted October 31 (edited) 4 hours ago, cadenceblur said: Keen to understand how you monitor progress Several ways. is a rider getting faster over a given course? is their average power improving ( if using a pm)? is vo2max improving is recovery time reducing? How is capacity to repeat load increasing. what you monitor depends a lot on the approach to achieving the desired training objective Edited October 31 by DieselnDust cadenceblur and ChrisF 2
Mamil Posted October 31 Posted October 31 I use the intervals.icu ftp estimate to track progress - I find that a flat out 40 minute zwift race is far preferable to a boring 20 minute ftp test. I like the garmin endurance score and heat acclimation metrics and the vo2max estimate. Also by feel on certain staple sessions in my library - there's one called war of attrition which is essentially short vo2max intervals with longer recovery intervals at threshold followed by a 30 second high anaerobic effort at the end which gives a nice subjective indicator of where I am. Underachiever 1
Frosty Posted October 31 Posted October 31 1 hour ago, Mamil said: I like the garmin endurance score and heat acclimation metrics Speaking of acclimation metrics, Garmin says (often) that I’m acclimated to 1500m… yet I spend most of my time (live, work and train) +/- 1600m. Not even the virtual training (Indievelo/TrainingPeaks Virtual) at an average of 40-something would affect it, because my indieVelo rides don’t sync to GC. So I take those metrics with a pinch of NaCl
Frosty Posted October 31 Posted October 31 2 hours ago, DieselnDust said: Several ways. is a rider getting faster over a given course? is their average power improving ( if using a pm)? is vo2max improving is recovery time reducing? How is capacity to repeat load increasing. what you like depends a lot on the approach to achieving the desired training objective Add the following: Does the same type of effort feel easier? Can you hold an easy conversation but find yourself riding quicker. Are hills easier to get up? ChrisF and cadenceblur 2
The Ouzo Posted October 31 Posted October 31 Just now, Frosty said: Add the following: Does the same type of effort feel easier? Can you hold an easy conversation but find yourself riding quicker. Are hills faster to get up? hills dont get easier, you just get up them faster.
Mamil Posted October 31 Posted October 31 1 hour ago, Frosty said: Speaking of acclimation metrics, Garmin says (often) that I’m acclimated to 1500m… yet I spend most of my time (live, work and train) +/- 1600m. Not even the virtual training (Indievelo/TrainingPeaks Virtual) at an average of 40-something would affect it, because my indieVelo rides don’t sync to GC. So I take those metrics with a pinch of NaCl Interesting. Most of mine is at sea level through to a max of about 900m and it says I'm acclimated to 1000m.
Shebeen Posted October 31 Posted October 31 not sure if this has been celebrated much but pretty sure interals.icu was beta tested here by @davidtinker edit: yes here it is davidtinker 1
The Ouzo Posted October 31 Posted October 31 4 minutes ago, Mamil said: Interesting. Most of mine is at sea level through to a max of about 900m and it says I'm acclimated to 1000m. I'm sure they just round off to the nearest 500m
betaboy Posted October 31 Posted October 31 A good Cateye computer with cadence and 2 full waters bottle for weight training and Chris Carmichael training book ,serviced me well till I learnt EPO goes a lot further… ✔️😂
ChrisF Posted October 31 Posted October 31 3 hours ago, DieselnDust said: ..... is recovery time reducing? ...... Nothing like a stage race to open a newbies eyes to this reality ....
cadenceblur Posted October 31 Posted October 31 3 hours ago, DieselnDust said: Several ways. is a rider getting faster over a given course? is their average power improving ( if using a pm)? is vo2max improving is recovery time reducing? How is capacity to repeat load increasing. what you like depends a lot on the approach to achieving the desired training objective Been looking at decoupling , but need to get into the detail. DieselnDust 1
Underachiever Posted October 31 Posted October 31 6 hours ago, Bike Dewing said: Garmin linked to strava linked to intervals.icu . gives me all the information I need as an amateur.. Snap!! Bike Dewing 1
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