I’ve been using this platform for quite a while and I found it absolutely amazing
Having analyzed many of my workouts I have found that I miss one feature that
would let me know more about HOW did I get to my TSS this time.
I would call it deltaTSS(30s) and it would simply be the value representing
the difference between actual TSS (to this time in workout) and TSS 30 seconds before.
It shows the change of TSS in last 30 seconds.
Please take a look at my Excel graph for easier understanding:
I think it gives a lot of information and lets you find more about
when your workout hurted most in an easy, readable form.
On the bottom you’ll find another graph of showing how
tired you were. It’s a fast aproximation but still could be
implemented in the future.
Thanks. This a good idea. I like the way it shows up the matches so clearly. A 30 second moving average of normalised watts would probably produce something similar.
Further down the line I want to have custom charts on the activity timeline like for fitness so people can figure out these kind of plots and others.
Here I have just plotted a 30s moving average of watts raised the 4th power (the start of the normalised watts calculation). This is basically just putting the power on a log scale I think. It shows up matches quite nicely:
I think if I put a power zone based gradient on this it could be a cool and useful matches chart. Its just 30s average power with a log scale for the y-axis.
Your chart meets expectations and shows readable results about where you have done the most work. This can be very useful for analyzing a lost race (with for example too many attacks) and drawing conclusions for the future. Followers of the theory of burned matches will be happy
I as a supporter of the bucket emptying theory will also see where the water spilled out
Andrii_Magalich, david: Actually, the name of the scale is correct: it is “30s power”. Rather, it is that the scale is logarithmic.
There is a difference between plotting log 30s power and plotting 30s power on a log scale, and David has done the latter. So, if anything is changed, it’s the description below, not the name of the scale.
Very nice. It seems to offer more insight for the real workload of stochastic efforts versus structured/consistent intervals. Just looking at the raw power trace from a race or group ride doesn’t capture this well, especially if it’s surgey
@david - thanks for the new chart, I really like the display, which as mentioned above, tracks to hard efforts well (it also dovetails nicely with MPA from Xert).
You mention above that the colours correspond to power zones - I wondered if it is possible to show the power zones elsewhere using the same colours (for example, settings, activity power)? At present, my power zones elsewhere show up in purple only, and having the colours match across pages would be a useful way of eyeballing values etc.
