3rd Time Around - Improvement Rate for Dads, Community Workouts, and Peak Power

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  1. As you surmised you can only ramp up until you max out your weekly hours. When that happens, you’ll switch to Maintenance (ramp rate = 0) but you can still mix up the intensity over the week. For example, long easy rides on a weekend versus short and hard on selected weekdays.
    No need to close a deficit (return to Noon position on Training Pacer) as long as the needle fluctuates between 11am-1pm position week to week. You may be down during the beginning of the week and back to Noon by Sunday.
    Even with IR set to Maintenance and Continuous ATP you can dose yourself with 2-3 weeks of higher intensity than normal followed by a rest week, potentially timing that taper with an event in mind.

  2. Standard folder is curated workouts while Community is both coach and user submissions. However, the way Xert is able to analyze strain against your signature gives you a good indication of what a workout will be like before you ride it. Plus. you can tweak any workout using Open in Designer, Copy button, and make custom versions of your favorites (Personal folder). For example, shorten or lengthen workouts you like most to fit your schedule better. Or import favorite workouts from elsewhere and “SMARTify” them on the way in.
    In all cases, Xert’s analysis will locate appropriate choices for recommended lists based upon strain goals for the day and matching difficulty level (stars count to diamond count).

  3. Your PP is both actual (based on power meter readings) and theoretical as predicted by your ability to sprint to whatever sub-PP value you can achieve while fatigued.
    Most sprint workouts that involve PP switch to Slope mode, so the target isn’t so much watts based but maximum strain efforts. You get the intended effect regardless.
    If you suspect historical data on file with errant Max Power entries isn’t being caught by Xert’s algorithm filter, here’s how to flag those entries – Auto-flagging bad data Peak Power bug? - #2 by ridgerider2

Lots of tips posted here – Beginner questions
Academy series videos are the quickest way to get up to speed – Discover + Improve + Perform
You’ll learn more during the second or third viewing once you have more experience with Xert.
FAQs here – Support Home – Xert

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