Include running and swimming in my training load?

[hugoyave (Hugo Mailliot)]

Hello,
I train for a triathon and I practice running and swimming in addition to cycling, do you know how can I include these activities in terms of XSS in my xert training please ? I record these activities with a heart rate monitor but I wonder if the results will be good by importing these activities and using HRDM? Thanks

[idefix (Idefix Little-Dog)]

The usual consensus is to only sync cycling to Xert or use different profiles (for other power data base sports mostly with their own power signatures, like running or rowing I believe) and use the freshness feedback slider in your bike profile to tell Xert that you’re not as fresh as it might think because of other training stress.

Sync only bike activities or sync everything?

Hi, Fairly long-time Xert user. For the longest time, I only used the platform to track bike rides with power, and relied on TP/GC for runs, yoga, etc. I just recently became aware that xert now does HR calculations as well, so am now wondering if the general advice is to sync everything with the idea that fatigue/freshness presumably becomes more accurate. Would love feedback on how others manage sports besides cycling within Xert and whether adding these activities helps in deriving a more …

I’d still like to have both to compare the results. Still not sure if that is possible with the current profile feature. I’m not brave enough to try, since my current profile works quite well for my special use case (couch potato doing one or sometimes two Xert workouts a week and not much more).