Thank you for the valuable information
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Alex, I haven’t found an answer to a similar question in the forum threads. Can I create a workout if I have a real video with GPS file? The goal is to get real effort from the exercise bike as in a real place in nature and enjoy the video playing separately on the TV.
It’s better to use another program, something like Kinomap should be better for that (I have not tested it but I believe it works like you are suggesting) but you can upload GPS file and we create fake power estimates but I would say the quality of our conversion is not high. Really for riding real roads I would likely use Rouvy. Having slope mode where your visual changes match the slope changes is the right way to do that. If you have power data in your GPS files, meaning you rode it in real life then our upload is not so bad and you can do it in ERG mode.
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Alex, I’m researching this article of yours on anaerobic training.
Example of a HIIT 4-second interval automated slope mode workout
It’s very interesting and I’m going to try it out soon, but I’m not quite sure what I need to do? If I understand correctly, you have to warm up in ERG mode until 10:40, and then you have to switch to SLOPE mode in the app. Then you need to match the power output between 70-80% of FTP by shifting gears. Is the incline set automatically? Then by increasing cadence in standing position for 4 seconds I need to deliver maximum power. Will the 8% gradient be set automatically? And then in 40 seconds of rest, I don’t need to set the EWP mode again? Or do I continue to work in incline mode for the rest of the workout until the cooling block starts? Maybe you have an example video of this type of training?
Or by now, do these types of workouts in your app already work automatically and I don’t have to specifically toggle anything?
Automatic, you don’t need to toggle. You just need to shift gears and pedal hard to set the desired intensity. If you create a fully ERG workout with 4 second intervals you will see why this does not work and this slope mode solution is much better.
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I’m a hero!!! Today I became the best version of myself!!!)))))) Today was the second long training session of Goombah 165 according to Coach Jack’s plan. According to the statistics from Garmin - I passed half of the Ironman )))) - 90.64 km, but according to TD app stats - only 81.55 km. Apparently it is necessary to change the rear sprocket gear to a lighter one, thus correcting the result to a more truthful one. The front sprocket is big. I have not played with setting Drag Coefficient values yet. Garmin Connect gave two badges “longest run” and “longest indoor run”. That’s nice. A small victory over myself.
The problem of adjusting the power of the exercise bike in ERG mode to reach the target value is still present. During this workout, the Garmin watch bored me with warnings about leaving the target zone and going back. I have the impression that the application is overly sensitive to the slightest change in the cadence and sharply reduces the load when it increases and vice versa.
Garmin watch warnings about leaving the target zone and entering back can be tolerated although they are very annoying, but as a result I would not want to have a lowered score for the training without being able to influence it. I try to do your best - you perform as you should - you keep everything under control, but the result is worse than you deserve. Trouble for the Ego)))).
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Nice job!!! Sounds like you are super motivated, that feeling is just magical, I love it.
Just be careful not to over do it and get sick or injured. If you start noticing sleep problems it’s a sign of too much cortisol, but different people have different signs of excess stress. Some people need to do 2 hard weeks followed by 1 easy week but 3 / 1 protects a lot of people, especially under 40 years old, from over doing it. Especially pay attention to too much intensity.
Thanks for the advice!!! It is very helpful and informative for me!!! Thank you so much!!!
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Alex, point me in the right direction in terms of exploring your app’s capabilities in working with the Concept2 rowing machine. What articles should I start with? What can you recommend? Concept is available - still the same credits))))))
You probably want to start with one of the other apps for C2 rowing. But all you do is you can follow any workout in our library just switch to rowing in the app. We have a power based approach to rowing workouts but this is mostly what I would say this is the minority that understand why this is better… It’s a long discussion… And really with a rower, its’s better to just do it. I would not even do intervals in the beginning. The C2 app ERGdata is fine.
Do I understand correctly that there are no ready-made workout plans for the rowing machine in your app yet?
Someone might have made some but no we are not doing that. We just let people train with our app. ErgZone probably has the best training plans or is the most similar to ours.
Hey, Alex. Could you please share instructions on how you to connect your devices to work with your app. You wrote that you have almost the same configuration of devices as mine. I would like to know - how do you use them? What do I want to achieve? I want your app to control my Wahoo Kikr v6 in ERG mode, which the app seems to do well. But I want my Garmin watch to record my workout stats and send them to Garmin Connect. This seems to be done as well. My problem is that I want to see the power in the watch with Assioma Duo for statistics of the balance of leg work and dynamic graphs, but I also want to have statistics on speed and distance, and for this purpose I have to connect the watch with an exercise bike in parallel, which leads to incorrect work and statistics - constantly floating power values with large fluctuations due to the fact that the machine constantly begins to make adjustments at the slightest change in power due to the high sensitivity of the power meter Assioma Duo. How do you connect your gadgets? Can you describe the connection sequence in detail?
I do simple training. Connecting Garmin is a problem now. We previously had a hack that kind of made this work better, but it cause other problems. We will be seeing if we have a a switch for garmin users to turn back on this hack so we request control all the time, so Garmin does not steal control from us. I do know some people have gotten it to work ok, make sure in garmin you are not connecting as indoor workout. Maybe keep it as outdoor and just record power from your pedals for example. If you don’t connect Garmin to the trainer it should not be a problem.
Hi Alex , I’m new to you app and really enjoying it so far. Just to ad my 2 cents. I have a Garmin Epix watch and the way I make sure the watch doesn’t take over control of the smart trainer during indoor activity is to set it in “Free ride” mode. Like this https://media.dcrainmaker.com/images/2020/08/DSC_8121.jpg
FYI, the W-Prime calculation transfers the joule value to the kJ box when Apply is pressed. This means that the W’ curve doesn’t move, because the unit is wrong.
Oh sorry about that, my developer just changed this and I did not test it yet. Thanks for testing for us. We will fix this asap.
Hi, ScottQc!!! The disadvantage of this setting is that you lose the ability to get an assessment of your workout performance. I think this is very important for growing technical pedalling skills and maintaining power while pedalling smoothly.
I’m writing about this Garmin assessment at the end of a training session.