You can now complete TrainerRoad outside workouts on your Wahoo ELEMNT! Since releasing the ability to push outside workouts to Garmin head units, we’ve had tons of requests to do the same for Wahoo ELEMNT head units. We’re very excited to say that is now possible! How to Set Up Since Wahoo is actually pulling these workouts from TrainerRoad, the setup is a bit different than all other integrations offered at TrainerRoad. Go to the Profile section of the Wahoo ELEMNT Companion App and select Authorized Apps. To download the latest version of the Companion app on Android click here and for iOS click here. Also make sure your ELEMNT is up to date and connected to wifi. [10%20PM] Add TrainerRoad as an authorized app. You will be asked to login to TrainerRoad and give Wahoo permission to pull outside workouts. [Image-1-10] Scheduling a Workout Once Wahoo is authorized to pull from TrainerRoad, scheduled outside workouts can be pulled to your Wahoo ELEMNT. Workouts are “Ready to be pulled for Wahoo” 3 days in advance. [58%20PM] Workouts scheduled more than 3 days in advance will be “Scheduled for Wahoo”, but won’t be available to pull yet. [24%20PM] Starting a Workout Since Wahoo pulls workouts from TrainerRoad, you’ll need to access the Wahoo ELEMENT Companion App to pull and start outside TrainerRoad Workouts. Once in the app, select Pick a Planned Workout. [27%20PM] Wahoo will automatically search for, and pull any scheduled outside workouts. [36%20PM] To start a workout, select a planned workout and press Select Workout Plan when your ELEMNT head unit is paired to the app. [46%20PM] The message Plan Loaded will appear on your ELEMNT once the workout has been loaded. [55%20PM] Navigate to the workout screen and you are ready to ride! [03%20PM] Moving Through a Workout Wahoo allows you to rewind or fast forward to different steps of your workout. This allows you to start your intervals when you are ready, and not just when the timer says to go. To move to a different interval, press the middle button on your ELEMNT. [31%20PM] Select to either advance or rewind to a prior interval. Press Resume once you are at the interval you wish to start. [47%20PM] For more information on outside workouts visit our outside workouts help center article, or the following forum posts regarding the feature. [image] tadatadatada Introducing Outside Workouts! tadatadatada Announcements When I picked the name “TrainerRoad,” I liked the idea that the name has two meanings. There’s the physical “trainer” that you do your workouts on, then there’s the meaning that a “trainer” is someone who trains you. Today, we’re expanding from the indoor “trainer” world, and we’re going to start training you on the road (hence the name, TrainerRoad…we think ahead!). You’ll now be able to follow a TrainerRoad training plan and have a choice of doing each workout inside or outside. This allow… [image] TrainerRoad Outside Workouts Now Push to Garmin Edge tada Announcements We’re very excited to announce the release of TrainerRoad’s integration with the Garmin Training API. You can now push planned TrainerRoad outside workouts to your Garmin Edge head unit to be completed outside! [How to Do TrainerRoad Workouts on Garmin Edge] How to Setup To allow TrainerRoad outside workouts to be pushed, re-authorize Garmin from your Ride Sync settings, and enable workouts to be pushed from TrainerRoad to Garmin. [image] Since this feature is still in testin…

Hi, dredging this up again. I mostly read the thread but just wanted to clarify if I can push an ‘indoor’ version of a workout to my Bolt and then use it to control my trainer. Some of the outdoor versions are longer (as expected) but want to ideally stick to what is on the plan. Thanks

[image] Portobello_T: ‘indoor’ version of a workout to my Bolt and then use it to control my trainer No, that is not possible. Depending on the given workout, one option is to just end it short, if it is longer than you want.

[image] Portobello_T: I mostly read the thread but just wanted to clarify if I can push an ‘indoor’ version of a workout to my Bolt and th What do you mean exactly? I dont fully understand your use case.

I think its to do rides like pettit (and other aerobic/recovery ones) outside as prescribed for indoor use. some rides when swapped to outside are significantly longer… presumably to make the adaptation comparable (in theory i guess). Ive been there but decided to just memorize the target wattage and ride to the range. I think it would be lovely to use the bolt to drive erg mode as well on the trainer (for a more minimalist pain cave) but im not losing any sleep over it

Me again on this topic @IvyAudrain – :smile: on my last two rides, Gibbs and Tunbabora -5 outside, on the workout page the workout profile/intervals were scrunched into 20% of the screen, with 80% being at 0 watts / blank. And as the workout progressed, the scrunched section moved from the left side to the right side… And thanks for addressing my last comment re: outside workout length and aligning to the right thread.

So @SeanHurley said he recently experienced this, he hadn’t done an outside workout in a few months, and first few workouts back his screen looked like this. He advised to use the wahoo app to connect to your head unit, and move a data field to get it to do “something” then just move it back. So he kind of arbitrarily customized his display, without actually changing anything, and that fixed it! Give that a shot and let us know if you still need a hand.

Interesting - I did two outside workouts this weekend and they’re the first for a while I think and haven’t had any problems. I know my Elemnt has had two software updates this month and the iOS app has also updated a couple of times so worth checking everything up to date there as well. This page keeps details of device updates: [image] ELEMNT Firmware Update Release Notes This page contains current and historical release notes for firmware updates to the ELEMNT bike computer. For firmware installation, see How Do I Update the ELEMNT?For BOLT, see ELEMNT BOLT Firmwar... And shows one on 1st March and another on 18th March.

Just an update here, I did an Outside Workout yesterday and the strange screen was back. I’m going to submit a ticket with Wahoo today and will let you all know the outcome.

Here’s the response I got from Wahoo on this: Thanks for reaching out. This is an issue that we are aware of and we currently have an open ticket in with our development team to get this fixed up. I do not have a specific ETA for resolution at this time but it is scheduled to be looked into in the next couple of weeks.

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