A few things I’ve changed with how I use Xert since the Forecast AI was released, not sure if they’ll resonate. I’ve changed these things because I ride a lot, but don’t have the discipline to follow a plan or often don’t like the prescribed workouts:
- I only Sync cycling/bike and running activities from Strava. I did stop syncing running for a while because my Garmin watch was including power, but I’ve learnt how to disable running power on garmin, just runs just have HR
- I manually add weight training activities using a precreated workout in Xert. Xert then sees the high intensity intervals and stress from the workout. I copied this approach and created my own workouts Weight Training "Workout". I normall do squat/deadlifts, in 5x5 or 10x10 workouts, so I created Xert workouts to represent the effort similar to in the link.
- I use the new forecast AI, I use it to get my forecasted low/high/peak XSS targets, then I do a ride or chooose a workout somewhere else that matches or does more XSS than required. To be honest I rarely use Xert workouts these days, I’ll include the XSS in an outdoor workout, choose a zwift course, group ride or workout, etc… but the forecasted XSS in the buckets tells me what I need to complete and focus on.
- No idea why but I don’t use the Xert progression charts. I like the TP and breakthroughs, I also like the training status stars and the cloured status bar in the planner. However, for other fitness tracking I tend to use Interals.icu, I just find it simpler to read, with easy comparing of rides and recent performances. (sorry Xert)