What Training Data Tells Us, and When to Ignore It
Crunching numbers is one thing, but if you want to turn data into victory, here are a few key things you should do and a few things to avoid.
Endurance Workout Performance Analysis
Understanding your performance begins with understanding each workout. Learn how our exercise physiologists and coaches interpret workout and race data to understand performance.
How to Use TrainingPeak’s Performance Management Chart
Coaches Trevor Connor and Ryan Kohler review TrainingPeaks metrics such as Acute and Chronic Training Load (ATL/CTL), Training Stress Balance (TBS), and discuss the interactions among the metrics.
How to Use Data to Make Better Training Decisions, with Tim Cusick
We explore how to use a training philosophy to design your program, then use metrics to guide how much, how often, and how difficult those workouts should be.
Endurance Performance Testing and Monitoring— Past, Present, and Future
Dr. Stephen Seiler presents on the history and future of endurance sports testing and monitoring.
Coach’s Corner: How to Determine FTP from a 20-Minute Power Test
Coaches Trevor Connor and Ryan Kohler analyze data from 20-minute power tests, offering important lessons on the proper execution of these intervals.
How to Find Trends in Your Data Using Power and Heart Rate
Coaches Ryan Kohler and Trevor Connor demonstrate how to spot trends in the relationship between power and heart rate using intervals.icu.
An Introduction to Training Metrics, Part 2
The interrelationship between form, fitness, and fatigue is the basis for quantifying training load. Performance Management Charts help athletes visualize and interpret that balance. Coach Trevor Connor explains the science.
Coach Connor’s Favorite WKO Features
TrainingPeaks is popular, but WKO5 is a much more powerful tool. Coach Trevor Connor has extensive experience with WKO and shares his favorite features.
The Most Powerful Features of Intervals.icu
Head Coach Ryan Kohler details his favorite features of intervals.icu, a relatively new data analysis tool.
Should We Race by Numbers? With Dirk Friel
Should you pay attention to the numbers on your head unit while you're racing? If so, which ones, and when? We dive in with TrainingPeaks co-founder Dirk Friel.
The Best Features of TrainingPeaks, Strava, and Garmin Connect
We highlight the most powerful features of each of the three most popular training analysis tools.
Basic Performance Data Analysis Pathway
Analyzing your training is a critical aspect of improving fitness. With the help of Dr. Stephen Seiler, Colby Pearce, Julie Young, and many others, we explore how and why to monitor and analyze data, and explore different approaches to interpreting and managing your workout data.
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Endurance Performance Testing and Monitoring— Past, Present, and Future
Dr. Stephen Seiler presents on the history and future of endurance sports testing and monitoring.
Data Analysis: Mathieu van der Poel at the Tour of Flanders
Dr. Stephen Seiler dives into Mathieu van der Poel's power data from the 2021 Tour of Flanders to decipher what it takes to excel in a Spring Classic.
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TrainingPeaks: How to Craft Effective Comments
The "comments" field in TrainingPeaks is not to be ignored: It can be a helpful guide for coaches and a useful reference for athletes.
How to Use TrainingPeak’s Performance Management Chart
Coaches Trevor Connor and Ryan Kohler review TrainingPeaks metrics such as Acute and Chronic Training Load (ATL/CTL), Training Stress Balance (TBS), and discuss the interactions among the metrics.
