How to Record a Workout

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Contents 1 Recording a Workout 1.1 How to Record a Workout 1.1.1 To record a previously planned workout 1.1.2 To record an unplanned workout 1.2 The Best Way to Record a Brick Workout

Recording a Workout

How to Record a Workout

To record a workout click on the Daily Log page. From this page you can either record a previously planned workout or record an unscheduled workout.

To record a previously planned workout

1. Record your Daily Metrics.
2. Type in your athlete comments in the Athlete Comments box.
3. Record your distances covered in the proper distance boxes.
4. Record your time by zone.
5. If you are recording a bike workout you will also have the option to include average watts and kilojoules, if you have a wattage meter.
6. Click on the "Save" button to save your data.

To record an unplanned workout

1. Select what type of workout you did- Swim, Bike, Run, Brick, X-Train, Race, Day Off, MTB, Strength, Custom.
2. Record your morning warning signs on a scale of 1-7(sleep, fatigue, stress, soreness, pulse, weight). A “1” on the scale is good. These help you determine your amount of recovery from the previous day’s workout.
3. Type in your athlete comments in the Athlete Comments box.
4. Record your distances covered in the proper distance boxes.
5. Record your time by heart rate zone.
6. If you are recording a bike workout you will also have the option to include average watts and kilojoules, if you have a wattage meter.
7. Click on the "Save" button to save your data.

Note- For information on how to upload a training file from a downloadable training device, go to How to Upload Workout Data.

The Best Way to Record a Brick Workout

At the beginning of February, 2007, we did some renovations to TrainingPeaks.com. To read more about the changes that were made, there is a post about it at the TrainingPeaks blog: http://blog.trainingpeaks.com/2007/02/more-information-on-recent-maintenance-upgrades.html.

One of the changes was with how data is stored for workouts that used to have multiple distances per workout, like a Brick or X-train workout. We analyzed these workouts and combined totals for the overall workout, but noted the specific run or bike distance in the workout?s comments section. Note that we only allow a single distance to be stored per workout.

Going forward, our suggested method for logging data for a Brick workout is to either:

1) Store the total distance of the Bike and Run within the Brick workout itself, thus combining the overall distances of the two separate workouts.

or

2) Create a separate Bike and a separate Run workout, and log data for each leg of the Brick separately. This is our suggested and preferred method. This leads to showing 3 workouts for the day:

• The planned Brick
• The actual Bike
• The actual Run

This method provides the most accurate and fine-grained recording of data. For people that use a training device like a GPS or HRM or Power Meter, it's simply a matter of uploading the data file and the Bike and Run workout will be created automatically showing the results.

Planning a Brick workout remains unchanged, but we encourage coaches to consider simply planning a Bike and a separate Run, but noting in the workout description these are intended to be performed back-to-back, as a Brick.