I’d be interested to know how your AT selected workouts rate on Xert’s difficulty scale, and how that relates to you current Xert Training Load.
Mike
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Yeah that’s probably correct. Xert’s training advisor insists on progressive overload in terms of XSS (similar to TSS) and because the system is relatively flexible I find it easier to get extra volume in whenever I get the opportunity - having a fixed/scheduled plan doesn’t work as well for that.
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I made exactly the same experience. It’s kinda easy to maximize one’s available time with xert 
Generally speaking I have found the TR ATA selected workouts to be very doable and always seem to rate them as moderate.
In conjunction with that I have been putting Z1 Seiler rides in on my rest days and extending workouts by 20-30 minutes each.
That has given me an increase in CTL from about 50 to 65 (my Xert training load is invariably 10 higher than CTL).
I have not felt tired but occasionally will replace the Saturday 90 minute effort with a 60 minute alternate.
However it is the hard threshold efforts that I have felt has best increased my fitness. One of the problems with TR workouts and Xert is that you will never get a breakthrough on a TR workout. Therefore to keep the model accurate you need to force a BT in a different manner. Exactly the same applies to the WKO5 model.
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I now have a monthly Xert subscription in addition to my annual TR subscription.
I wanted to try it a few years ago, but I did moderate duathlon training, but you would need 2 Xert accounts for that.
Now I have given up running and am only concentrating on cycling, because TR AT and AI FTP are currently out of control for me and are very error-prone.
Also I sold my Garmin and ordered a Karoo 2, with Xert I can send workouts to Karoo, with TR I can’t!
In any case, it takes a while to get an overview in Xert, but once you understand it, everything should be logical.
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Just out of interest, did you know when that fail point was going to be during the interval? (wondering if it was psychological)
Yes, you can see the values.
The mind plays a big role in sports as you know. I would even dare to say even more in endurance sports.
You can look at the predicted point of failure as you chasing a lap PB, chasing a Strava segment or a sprint war with a buddy.
If anything you want to keep going after that point to achieve a breakthrough and have a signature update (fitness improvement).
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I learned the hard way that just going up to the breakthrough point and stopping is a bad idea. Xert would give me a near miss if I didn’t stick around a bit longer or do a few additional intervals.
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