Endurance Innovation

Armando Mastracci of Xert

Episode Summary

Fellow Torontonian, engineer and founder of Xert Armando Mastracci is on the show to cover his cycling / running analytics and training platform.

Episode Notes

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• 3:15 The serendipitous birth of Xert
• 9:00 all about Xert’s 1st metric: maximum power available (MPA) and the constantly-updating power-duration curve
• 13:00 the three levers / parameters in Xert: MPA, high intensity energy (HIE) and threshold power (TP) and how to train them
• 18:15 the problem with TSS and why Xert’s strain score is better
• 22:30 who is Xert for?
• 26:45 Xert for multisport
• 35:00 feeding the model: what does Xert need to provide an accurate fitness signature
• 43:30 Xert during training: using Connect data fields
• 46:00 new and upcoming features

Learn more about Xert and try it for yourself at their site.