Hotel gym bike - TR assuming workout failure / bringing prediction down

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I travel about once a month for work and am sometimes at the mercy of a peloton gym bike without pairing abilities. I typically run TrainerRoad on my phone while I ride and record HR, and I base my workout on HR/RPE. I typically plan rest weeks when I travel so it’s endurance rides.

I’ve noticed that when these rides end, I get a pop up “why did you end the ride early?”, even though I completed them as planned - just without power. I also see my AI prediction go down 2% when this happens. What should I do going forward to avoid this? Feel free to access my account.

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Most often, workouts done on gym bikes don’t provide power data, and without it, TR can’t see that you did any work. Indoor workouts need power data to be useful.

Some athletes use pedal power meters and GPS head units to record TR workouts on the road, but there aren’t a ton of other workarounds..

Let me know if this helps!

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@eddie id rather do the workout than not - for consistency and training while on the road. Should I uncheck TR AI and then do a manual entry?

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This is exactly the situation I find myself in this week. I’ve changed all my recovery rides to outdoor rides this week, and at the end of the week I will simply mark the ride as completed. Will be interesting to see the result on prediction after tomorrow’s ride

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I wish TR would use hrTSS when we’re without power data. It’s not perfect but trying to bring tools and swapping out pedals in a hotel fitness center is very unrealistic. Makes it hard for anyone who travels for work to solely use TR for their training platform

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Agree - when I have limited gym time before a morning meeting I’m not going to be with a wrench and pedals at the gym at 4 am. Given the TR mantra for consistency overall, I would think at minimum the program shouldn’t assume I ended a workout early if power meter data isn’t available.

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Have you seen this? Or alternatively, BYO power pedals. :slight_smile:

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@Nicepedalstroke, how are you following the structure of the workout?

You could switch the workout to outside and push it to a head unit. Then you could record HR data.

@Chiefgief, we’ll calculate HR based TSS for those types of activities.

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Hi @eddie - I was just following along on my phone app and using HR recorded from my Garmin watch plus RPE. I think your solution is a good one if outdoor workouts doesn’t penalize for lack of power data. Thanks!