Magic Buckets (Endurance) three buckets?

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I understand the fat bucket, but what are the other two buckets? The blog post is a little cryptic on this. In one post I read that the bucket on the far left is figured as time at LTP-10w.

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Left is Low Intensity XSS where the target dot never exceeds LTP.

2. Zone XSS ā€“ This bucket shows you how much XSS youā€™ve accumulated in the ideal zone. You should aim to keep this number the same as the Low Intensity XSS numberā€¦

Looks like latest XMB version shows a colored bar on top of field indicating relative % of blue.
Indoors itā€™s easy to stay below LTP and get close to 100% in zone.
Outdoors is another story. :slight_smile:

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What theā€™s ā€œidealā€ zone? How does it differ from the left-most box?

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I just noticed the new bar above ā€˜ZONEā€™ and was going to ask what it meant?

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Ideal zone % is 100. I.e. you spent 100% of the ride filling the Low bucket.
I believe the endurance ā€œzoneā€ is 75-100% LTP.
I got 96.7% yesterday on a recovery ride indoors just noodling along betow the target dot on the rainbow gauge. :smiley:
In @bother13ā€™s example, 20.9/50.2 = 42% which indicates some time was below 75% LTP or above 100% LTP.
At least thatā€™s my understanding at the moment.
An updated article is due out soon along with a how-to video which should clarify things.

EDIT: If you spend the entire ride within 75-100% LTP youā€™ll see 100% and a solid blue bar. If you spend any time below or above that ā€œidealā€ zone, the bar will show some black on the left (below) and some black on the right (above).

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Ta!

Iā€™m actually following an Endurance workout (No Time To Cry) but watching Magic Buckets on my Garmin just becauseā€¦

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Oops ā€“ meant to say below or above 75-100% LTP which is what blue to aqua to green workouts like No Time To Cry do.

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Still a little confused by the answers, but Iā€™m guessing that the far left bucket is all work under LTP, and the Ideal Bucket is work between 75-100% of LTP. By ā€œkeeping them equalā€, you manage to make all of the work done under LTP productive.

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Far left is just total Low XSS. Could be done at any intensity from noodling at 50W to sweet-spot efforts just below TP.

Middle is XSS accumulated between 75-100% LTP. This provides a good balance between time-efficiency without being too strenuous.

Right is XSS derived from fat-burning. Usually will only be ~75% of the left bar, even if paced around 75-100% LTP.

The middle and right donā€™t really matter, but just gives more information and helps users effectively pace their endurance rides.

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