Spotted this teaser for new AI/ML app coming later this year: [image] Source: [image] The Optimized Stress - Recovery Visualization Wearable devices can help sports performance in a number of ways. They can help us understand how stressful a workout is, meaning how much physical work …

[image] WindWarrior: tested out on 6 athletes, over 100 power files FasCat xPower correlated very closely with those 6 athlete’s steady state threshold power [image] OreoCookie: When I heard him say that on the podcast I immediately thought this is a red flag. I don’t think these numbers…

Speaking of attempts to validate such algorithms, it would be interesting to apply this approach to the new “xPower”: [image] Can Popular High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) Models Lead to Impossible... High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is a time-efficient training method sugg…

Little bit of a tangent here, and I’m very much not a scientist let alone a mathematician, but how reliable would you consider something like intervals.icu (or Xert, but I’m guessing this opens a different can of worms) where it grabs max efforts out of rides and uses that to calculate an estimated …

I think that to come up with truly useful algorithms you need to be steeped in both exercise physiology and mathematical modeling, and/or you need to put together a team that is (e.g., the way that I collaborated with the pharmacokinetic modeling expert who is the last author of this paper: Simultan…

One doesn’t need precision, but a little bit of common sense and the law of large number. If I’d like to have the most accurate threshold estimation and a field test is out of the cards, I take the average of of: Intervals ICU Xert Garmin Join CP 3 different combinations of durations Last 30-4…

What are people’s long term review of Optimize? A worthy competitor for TR and/or JOIN? Curious what people think about it.

In my opinion, Fascat plans are not great. They work you hard, but the progression is not awesome and I think they do too much intensity. Not a fan. I haven’t used the App since they first released it, so it has certainly improved, but still looks to need more improvement (ie desktop integration, …

[image] BillyWaldman: In my opinion, Fascat plans are not great. I saw you said Basecamp with Tim Cusick was the most valuable training you did. is that a one time thing? I’m looking at the website and there’s a virtual 16 week block that I’m guessing is like a winter base/build(?) that is st…

Yes. I did the winter basecamp, which is the 16 week one that starts in the end of November. Not only do they provide a great plan for you, but they really really try to teach you how to train. Plus, you get full access to Tim Cusick, Amber Neben and other coaches on the private FB group to ask th…

[image] BillyWaldman: In my opinion, Fascat plans are not great. They work you hard, but the progression is not awesome and I think they do too much intensity. Not a fan. I can only speak to the off-season strength training, 18 weeks of sweet spot, and SS4. Those plans were very good for me, …

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From Nov 8th email about 2.1.1 release of Optimize:

Deals / Sales / Discounts for Cycling "Stuff" (2023)

Topic		Replies	Views
Fascat Coaching - Coachcat Workout Analysis & AI Coaching Training	65	9657	March 31, 2025
Other Cycling Coaches, Training Plans and Resources Training	198	16402	May 15, 2026
JOIN cycling app Training	2398	96096	July 6, 2026
Are TR users getting optimal workouts above FTP? Training	79	5765	January 21, 2020
FasCat style Sweetspot Training	110	14497	November 26, 2022

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