Patrice- I have a slightly different Garmin but the “hike” mode works well for me for that kind of activity. In TrainingPeaks you can always change the mode as well as add/change the data fields if you would like to see other ones.
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Jonathan- There is not a simple way to view them sadly, I can unapply the one you currently are on and reapply the other however. For this first 12 week session they are pretty similar in design mostly varying by volume of training. The basic starts at about 5 hours/week total and progresses to 9 where as the advanced. Starts at about 6 and progresses towards 11. You may fall in between and want to adjust the volume either up or down depending. For the next 12 week session we will have 3 levels so there’s a logical progression for everyone currently enrolled but also and entry point for new athletes.
ModeratorMarkPostle on November 11, 2021 at 5:05 am · in reply to: Questions about Training Peaks Metrics #59163Niv- Heres an answer I wrote to a similar question about recording Strength and TSS on the forum.
You have a couple of options here depending on how your want to treat the data. Strength work is a bit different in that youre not actually all that concerned about the HR nor is HR a great metric for how much “work” is being done during the workout. I think with the Chamfit the simplest thing is not to wear the HR monitor at all then just manually go into TrainingPeaks and plug in the time and TSS. I use a flat TSS of 50 for an hour of this kind of strength work. Alternatively you can add a Strength choice to the activities on your Garmin by navigating to: Menu>>Settings>>Activity Profile>>Add New>>Strength then pick a color and add. Then you can record the duration and HR of the Chamfit and it should auto pair in TrainingPeaks. Usually the hrTSS for a chamfit workout will be 35-45 and I still go in and manually bump it to 50 as I think that’s a more realistic representation of the training stress.ModeratorMarkPostle on November 11, 2021 at 4:59 am · in reply to: Reading before tomorrow nights Zoom! TSS/CTL #59162Tammy- Steve will always be posted at the top of the Forum in a sticky thread about 24 hours after the Zoom has finished. The one from the first meeting is up and titled “Recording for the Orientation Zoom call on November 3, 2021”, the second one should be posted this evening. Thanks!
ModeratorMarkPostle on November 11, 2021 at 4:54 am · in reply to: Where can I find the recordings of the Zoom calls? #59161The link to the recordings is posted in a sticky post from Steve at the top of the Forum about 24 hours after the call has ended. There is currently one from the first Zoom and the second one should be up tonight!
ModeratorUmer, Sorry we can’t modify the plans with regards to order of the workouts etc on our end as they are Dynamic plans so if we adjust anything it affects everyone’s plan globally. You can move things around in your plan by dragging and dropping workouts in a different order and it won’t affect the master plan.
ModeratorMarkPostle on November 10, 2021 at 1:43 am · in reply to: Reading before tomorrow nights Zoom! TSS/CTL #59078Edgar- your half way there, just one head slap to go I am estimating. Were going to cover it tonight but Yes I would change all to hrTSS and no the 50K isn’t 1000TSS sadly. It all hinges on the “threshold heart rate” under the default hr settings in “Zones”. This field should be your Anerobic threshold and many folks have it set (unwittingly or otherwise) as the lower AeT. If you go in the change that field you’ll get accurate(ish) hrTSS numbers. You should then see TSS numbers of about 50 per hours +/- unless your doing intensity work.
ModeratorAnna- Good questions. I’m glad that swimming has been a good work around with your ischemic colitis. We don’t have anything against swimming (I went swimming yesterday :)) its just one of many activities that don’t look much like mountaineering and all things being equal arent as good for preparing. In the real world all things are not equal and we need to make compromises. As you mentioned I would explore how much footbourne training you can interject without causing issues. I would also explore hilly hiking over running and see if that helps. (If your footbourne volume if limited hilly hiking with a bit of pack weight is the most sport specific) Bike and rowing might be of use as well. Not sure what your current strength training program looks like but the addition of things like weighted box steps may also help you. As for the swimming TSS its a bit hard since swimming is so non impact they don’t generate a high TSS number since they don’t have a high training stress (recovery demand) thus I think those numbers are fairly accurate. With my 1 on 1 coached athletes I convert all aerobic training to the hrTSS as I find this allows more apples to apples comparisons but I don’t have any athletes that are doing more than say 20% of their volume swimming. You might try the hrTSS as well and see if you like the results. (Assuming youre monitoring your HR in the pool) We also commonly have folks do a larger volume of training (by time) if its non impact so you’ll want to consider longer sessions which will helps the TSS score. As with all athletes we like to move from general to specific with training so within your limitations I would make an extra effort to do some sport specific work in the last months/weeks before your goal.
ModeratorUmer- left a comment in your trainingpeaks file from Monday.
ModeratorAnurag- I went in and resaved it as a hike instead of a run in TrainingPeaks and that swapped it to Pa:Hr ratio.
ModeratorBill- I would run another test at your leisure and maybe even start at 128 or so. Yes you can assume 125 in the meantime no problem. If your not new to this kind of training and not expecting dramatic movements in the AET you don’t need to check it again for at least 8-12 weeks. If you regularly use a treadmill or similar then its pretty easy to do a similar effort just to take a peek. We have a AnT test in the program about week 5 I think. You can of course run it sooner if you wish
ModeratorP.tenaerts You certainly can do it by a number of different methods if needed! What is your normal mode of training for mountaineering that gets your HR up into these zones??
Moderator@anurag pw:hr is usually indicating power:heart rate ratio. Are you recording the workouts as Run or Hike?? As to the second part of your question I would start with the lower number for AeT and see how it goes for a few weeks.
ModeratorIt depends just a bit on when folks are Denali bound Matt but in general I like to phase it in starting about 12 -16 weeks out so roughly February 1. Most folks will do 1-2 sessions a week with the “sled”. Nate and I have discussed adding a sled drag option weekly workout to the next 12-week session of the training group for those that are Denali bound specifically.
ModeratorI would very highly recommend that you get some time in boots and crampons Anurang and some instruction with using an ice axe for basic glacier travel. They will certainly cover some of the basics on the trip but I think it would give you a lot of confidence to have developed some of those skills before hand. The simplest way would be to just hire a guide for a couple of days of instruction that is tailored to your needs. If you just want to cover the basic snow/glacier travel skills I would actually wait until early spring when the snowpack is firmed up and more like it will be on Rainier. You could certainly do it over in the North Cascades or similar if you want. I can point you in the right direction if you need.