I believe you meant to post to your original topic but I’ll answer here. ![]()
How did that workout go for you? You mentioned you were concerned how your calculated signature might affect completing hard workouts.
You’ll notice on the Training page there is a list of recommended workouts with Suitability ratings that factor in XSS ratio, Difficulty, and Focus for today’s goal. For example, Good, Achievable, Optimal Focus. See detals here – Training Suitability – Xert
While some workout entries may repeat on successive days it depends on your program settings, current TL, and calculated form (how quickly you recover from yesterday’s activity).
However, there is always more than one suitabile workout for the day.
Top of the list doesn’t mean that is the most productive entry but one of several that qualify.
Since you are using XATA you’ll see a Suggest button at top of the list which randomly cycles through the top entries and selects one for you.
You can also go to the Planner and enable Automatically Schedule under Settings. That triggers an automatic selection from the recommended list after midnight each day similar to the Suggest button. If you don’t like the automatic selection for the day you can always clear it and select another suitable entry before working out.
Another reason to see repeats is your selected Focus Type which in your case is Pursuiter (3-minute power).
If I search the Library for all Pursuiter workouts there are ~15 in total ranging from 2-1/2 to 4-diamond Difficulty. You’re at 3-1/2 status stars TL which means you should be able to complete 3-1/2 diamond workouts at 100% compliance but find 4-diamond difficulty workouts harder to complete and 2-1/2 diamonds easier. That’s one of the Suitability factors applied each day; matching your status stars with diamond counts to provide you with achievable workouts or more challenging entries above your current stars count.
Xert also has more arrows in the quiver to consider. ![]()
- The Autogen button will create a simple workout that matches today’s XSS low/high/peak goal. Try it next time you don’t see anything you like on the recommended list.
- If you have a Garmin you can use Xert Magic Buckets to free ride in Slope mode (or outdoors) to arrive at today’s XSS goal using a dynamic gamified approach.

- You’ll notice suitable entries can appear under Outdoor and Virtual categories if you have historically ridden routes in the past at a pace and efforts that meet today’s goal.
- Finally you have the option to choose a different workout using Filter. For example, change Filter to display Breakaway Specialist (8-minute power) workouts instead. Or pick a Road Sprinter workout today.
So your choice is to make choices on a daily basis
or turn on Automatic and follow the leader. ![]()