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Today’s Xert Daily Ditty – Changing the Training Advisor Recommendations by Changing the Freshness Feedback.

Today’s Xert Daily Ditty

I changed the Xert Training Suggestions and Adaptive Training Advisor by altering the Freshness Feedback under my Goals.

Instead of an “Endurance” Focused Ride, I got what I wanted – a “Breakaway Specialist” FOCUS.

I think my Fitness Signature is stale, and I want to work towards a breakthrough, possibly today.

Hop on to my Online Bike Coach Facebook Page to watch it live, at 10:00am, PST!

A Simple Proposal.

I'm offering my readers, coaching clients, and prospective readers A Simple Proposal. I'll be placing my past and future webinars behind this paywall, and instead of offering separate charges for Webinars, I'm going to fold them in with the blog membership. You'll be able to read all the blog's contents, watch past webinars, all future webinars, and their recordings, for $9.99 a month. I MAY offer Group Fitness Classes through the blog membership when that becomes available; we're not there yet, so we'll have to see. Anyway, I'd like to hear your opinion. The Xert Daily Ditties take about an hour each, and of course, Webinars take time, but they work best when there's lots of interaction and they're set to a regular schedule. With that, here's the Webinar from January 1st. I'll post a blog later today. Thanks for Reading, and Enjoy the Ride!
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Xert FOCUS – Progression Through Intensity

Xert Focus is one of the F.I.T.T. Variables When Training

Xert FOCUS Line
The Xert FOCUS metric shows you where the "Concentration of Benefits" show up during and after a ride. This is a rolling 22-day average of "FOCUS" that most recently shows me with a FOCUS inside of 9 minutes.
The Xert FOCUS feature is one of the best, but perhaps least-understood features in the Xert Fitness Ecosystem. The value is expressed in terms of...........
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291 Watts

291 Watts. OH SO CLOSE! I'm sorry that it's taken me a few weeks to write up this post. The TL:DR is that I hit 291 watts at Xert Functional Threshold, which is the highest value I have seen in well over a decade. At the same time, I dropped down to 147lbs, or 67kg, giving me a w/kg Threshold of 4.36. My Xert HIE (High Intensity Energy) went above 25 kJ, and my Xert Lower Threshold went above 225. Here is a screen shot showing the 291 watts and the rest of my Xert Signature.
Xert Signature 291 watts FTP
On October 31st, after about 6 weeks of training, I achieved 291 watts of Threshold Power, 25.2 kiloJoules of HIE, a peak power of 1108 watts, and a Lower Threshold Power of 228 watts.

How Xert Training Got me to 291 Watts of Threshold.
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Xert Perfect Progression

The Xert Perfect Progression follows a SMART Protocol.

My client, Michael, is showing an example of Xert Perfect Progression. He's riding, his volume is increasing, and his fitness signature continues to improve. We are using the right mix of low and high intensity, and it's working.
Xert Perfect Progression
Real-World cyclists don't have 15-25 hours a week to train. We make our fitness improvements through steady progression.

What is Progression?

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