# Can’t do so many hours, am I understanding?

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**Category:** Training\
**Created:** [February 25, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.xertonline.com/t/can-t-do-so-many-hours-am-i-understanding/47192 "2025-02-25T16:39:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Otium](https://forum.xertonline.com/user_avatar/forum.xertonline.com/otium/32/8729_2.png) [@Otium](https://forum.xertonline.com/u/Otium)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.xertonline.com/t/can-t-do-so-many-hours-am-i-understanding/47192/1 "2025-02-25T16:39:20Z")

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Hello,

Xert is advising 16 to 17 hours week, I am doing 12ish. Why does xert show me this? I am on continuous, slow progress, decay slow. So I have to do that many hours tp progress? Help appreciated…

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**Author:** ![ManofSteele](https://forum.xertonline.com/user_avatar/forum.xertonline.com/manofsteele/32/12676_2.png) [@ManofSteele](https://forum.xertonline.com/u/ManofSteele)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.xertonline.com/t/can-t-do-so-many-hours-am-i-understanding/47192/2 "2025-02-25T19:24:28Z")

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What have your last several weeks looked like?

Weekly training time is based on your selected Improvement Rate, your activity over the last week, & your current training load. Also note that is only _estimated_ weekly training time. It’s very possible to achieve the XSS necessary to achieve your Improvement Rate in less time by doing harder workouts on your high-intensity days. For low-intensity days, we assume that you’ll ride around 60 XSS/hr on average.

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**Author:** ![Otium](https://forum.xertonline.com/user_avatar/forum.xertonline.com/otium/32/8729_2.png) [@Otium](https://forum.xertonline.com/u/Otium)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.xertonline.com/t/can-t-do-so-many-hours-am-i-understanding/47192/3 "2025-02-25T19:38:21Z")

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Thank you  
I have been clocking 11 to 12 1/2 hours over last year or so.