Designing the Perfect Training Plan – Part 1
The Perfect Training Plan In a week or two at most, we are launching open source training plans. We refer to the individual periods of a plan as a block. Each block has a goal. So how do you pick or design the perfect next block? You don’t 🙂 It’s always a compromise. Identifying a
ERGdb is Growing Up – Welcome TrainerDay
ERGdb’s new “Parent” is TrainerDay For the many people we have talked to, don’t worry, it’s still the same Alex and team. We just have a shinny new name. We still love what ERGdb stands for. Open Source sharing of something we all care about so much. The daily grind 🙂 ERG makes sense as
Intervals in the Sets & Reps Editor
This is a hard workout, at least for me it would be. It’s also a very long list of intervals. Compare below: On the right is our standard editor and on the left is the new one. Hello sets and reps 🙂 brought to you by the ERGdb team. The workout is brought to you
New Power Search
How it works Try typing Z for zone or A for author and you will see some highlighted ideas on what to search for. We will continue adding more options for more powerful search capabilities. I should point out we only picked some random authors that had a lot of workouts. Watch 2-Minute Video Below
Workout Editor – New Features
List of new features Enter Power In Watts, FTP% and Zones Add Types to intervals (Warm-up, Active, Cool down…) Text Descriptions (For easy to follow outdoor workouts) Sets and Reps editor mode click here to read about how efficient it can be. Cadence ( 80-90 rpm for example) Currently we are not pushing these new
Ramps and Steps
TrainingPeaks and Garmin do not support ramps ERGdb supports ramps which makes creating increasing or decreasing power targets simpler. MRC and ERG files both support ramps. TrainingPeaks and Garmin do not support ramps. So ERGbd has an algorithm that automatically converts ramps to steps trying not to produce just the right number of steps. The
Workouts in TrainingPeaks
Connect & Push Go to Apps and Devices (under more menu) Connect to TrainingPeaks Go to My Library Click send and select TrainingPeaks We hope you enjoy this feature. Watch Video Below TrainingPeak Coaches – You must connect from ERGdb with your premium athlete account and then copy any workouts to your coach account
The Fastest Workout Editor
Designed for one thing. Speed. That’s it. It works just like Excel with copy and paste and arrow keys for moving. Try it out. Create your first workout here. Watch the 40-second video below https://shared-web.s3.amazonaws.com/ergdb/videos/fastest-editor.mp4 Below is a video showing how to insert a row into a workout
Push Workouts to Garmin
Video to watch end to end process of getting your workouts on your Garmin Device. Three Easy Steps Go to My Profile, Apps and Devices and connect to Garmin. Add a workout to a list such as your Favorites. ClGo to My Library and click download on a workout and push to Garmin. Then go
How to use My Library
Below is a video showing how My Library Works. Watch Video It’s very simple but the video might provide some additional insight. Also the screenshot above shows you how to create new lists and add to list and the one on the right shows you how to view your libraries. Video of My Library
ERGdb + Wahoo Elemnt-German
Andi did a short interview with us recently and wrote an article on how to use your Elemnt with ERGdb. Using google translate I checked it out and looks like a great article. ENGLISH Wahoo Elemnt Instructions here. Read the article below ERGdb – Trainingspläne einfach und schnell
Developer API’s available now.
Developer APIs
You can access the developer API documentation on the menu at the bottom of the site or by going directly to https://trainerday.com/api
