Lost with suitability and recommended workout

[hyn]

Hi,

This is my first season working with XERT. I have a XFAI plan, and so far so good, but sometimes, when selecting a workout, I see really weird stuff:

This is an example of tomorrow’s training. All low intensity, Pure Endurance as you can see.

By default, XERT suggests this:

As you can see, it has some yellow and red load, not prescribed by the XFAI. Then it has this red cross icon that I have no idea what it means and can’t find it in any docs.

Then, with the help of the filters, I found this workout:

It has the perfect load, the perfect focus, even a green tick, but it is however Out of Focus!!

I’m lost here, any idea what can be wrong?

For extra info, I have a goal target of increasing 8 min power by mid february, which according to XFAI is realistic. I’m currently a 2 star and a half athlete, ‘fresh’.

Thanks!"

[ridgerider2]

I thought there was an updated article but I’m not finding it.
I posted this a while back –

Forecast AI after a week. Some feedback and questions

On a XATA program the Suitability terms apply as noted. On an XFAI program the dot icons appear to indicate how closely a workout adheres to today’s goal. For example, if the day’s goal is 125 XSS with a Mixed GC Specialist Focus then workouts close to that target ratio and total will display a green checkmark dot. Orange is sufficient in XSS total but out of focus. Red cross is short of the XSS goal or out of focus or both. [@ManofSteele – article update needed?] On most days you’ll likely s…

When I see Pure Endurance I usually select an all-blue workout (<LTP) or free ride monitoring XMB Endurance which defaults to a target watts rage of 75-100% LTP.
Someone time-crunched may want to include some green (tempo/sweetspot) intervals like In The End does.

In your example, 76 XSS in about 1:09 works out to 66 XSS an hour so Moderate Difficulty Rating.
Easy: <45-50 (1 to 1.5 diamonds)
Moderate: 50-75 (2 to 2.5 diamonds)
Difficult: 75-110 (3 to 3.5 diamonds)
Tough: 110-150 (4 to 4.5 diamonds)
Hard: >150 (5 diamonds)

[hyn]

Ok thanks, I understand now the icons. But why is my last workout marked as Out of Focus and still green? A bug maybe?

[ManofSteele (Scott Steele)]

Hi @hyn - yes, there looked to be a bug on your account that we have since patched earlier this week. After resolving the bug in your account, you should notice now that the recommended workouts for each Forecast Placeholder should generally show Good, Optimal Focus!

With our change, I might recommend adapting or re-forecasting your training plan to make sure everything is running as expected

Thanks for training with Xert! Cheers!