[NMCycling] Fwd: Stava’s Fitness & Freshness Chart

[Anthony Geller via Bike-racers]

Strava’s chart is an implementation of the performance manager proposed by Coggan, A good explanation can be found here https://www.trainingpeaks.com/blog/the-science-of-the-performance-manager/ <https://www.trainingpeaks.com/blog/the-science-of-the-performance-manager/> with seminars available on youtube.

Tony Geller


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> From: newmexicosportsonline via Bike-racers <bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com>
> Subject: [NMCycling] Stava’s Fitness & Freshness Chart
> Date: May 18, 2018 at 10:44:44 AM MDT
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> Interesting – Stava’s Fitness & Freshness Chart
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> Before Training Data/Software I never really knew how I could ride my bike consistently for 9 months, in any conditions, then one day have Zero Desire to even look at my bike. The bike would remain a dust collector for months and then magically one day I’d wake up and it was game-on again. 
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> Just the other day I noticed Strava’s Fitness & Freshness chart. By default it just displays a few weeks at a time and didn’t really see the relevance. What does a 65 fitness and 45 Fatigue mean? (I want 100 fitness and 0 fatigue 😊)
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> Anyway, the magic came when I expanded the chart to 1 year and then I could see a very clear pattern emerging. Very interesting how the data helps explain the mental effect of training and a bodies mandatory recover time after a peak (even though your brain is demanding you should be riding). 
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> If you haven’t seen the Fitness & Freshness Chart check it out. 
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> If any coaches want to chime in on what the Fitness and Fatigue numbers mean and what you should be looking for would be cool. 
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> Anyway, here’s a very interesting chart for the last year with some clearly marked peaks and valleys. Hopefully this current valley won’t be a death valley. 😊
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> Also, after each peak you can see I try to give one last ditch effort to go hard but my mind finally says, “Your done. Go back and watch TV loser”. 
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> P Remember to get outside and play today!
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