Running and Weight Lifting

[wacomme]

As we head into winter, is GC making any provision to track, monitor,
and assess running and weight lifting training like it currently does
for cycling?

[Matthew Perry]

I currently use it to track all sorts of "endurance" -type sports:
running, swimming, hiking, etc. I dont bother trying to input strength
training since the "time-distance-heart rate" type metrics are fairly
useless. In the absence of power data, i just use HR to estimate
training stress. This allows me to track time, training stress and
mileage (albeit a combined mileage .. my 1000m swim kinda brings down
my average weekly speed).

Basically there is nothing keeping you from using GC to store
non-cycling workouts - it just doesnt do a good job at breaking up
stats by sport. It would be nice, for example, to see a critical power
curve for my running pace!

What other non-cycling fitness tracking graphs/stats did you have in mind?

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[Mark Liversedge]

I just got some withings scales which are wifi web enabled and have an
API. Since I am too lazy to write a spreadsheet and type in my weight
every week.

I am looking at recording 'body measurements' (chuckle) so I can plot
them (titter) on the metric plots.

I have never really gotten the whole weight training thing - what do
you need to record and what do you then do with the data?

Will post a patch,
Mark

[djconnel]

Well, if anyone is so motivated, Skiba's swimscore is linked to this
on-line calculator:
http://jibbering.com/sports/swimscore.html

And his run score (GOVSS) here:
http://www.physfarm.com/inside/articles_training_govss.html

I did my own little fit to the data here (avoiding odd powers):
http://djconnel.com/running/dEds_vs_grade_fitted_ver2.png

But for practical grades, the GOVSS formula is fine.

[wacomme]

I'm thinking along the lines of GOVSS for running (from RaceDay) or
what's used by WKO+ for their running and weight training. Are there
plans for these types of implementations within GC?

[djconnel]

I don't think there are any plans.

The simplest approach would be to use the manual entry for these
workouts, then include routines to calculate the X-score using Skiba's
formula. There's already code to estimate the parameters for rides
based on speed and distance. (that code is calibrated to rides for
which power data is available: fairly slick).

A more complicated approach would be to allow GPS data to be used for
these workouts.

But AFAIK there is no champion yet for these efforts.

Dan

[wacomme]

I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. I use GC daily to
record my PT data from my bike rides. I'm wanting comparable
performance data and graphs when I transition off the bike to running
this coming winter.

[robert carlsen]

Mobile Logger will record your route with an iPhone GPS and exports to the GC file format. This might help for running - no HR or power though.
I'm sure that there are ways to get other apps which do similar stuff to export their files somehow.

-robert

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[Justin Knotzke]

Have you tried Dr Skiba's Raceday?

J

[wacomme]

Not yet. I'm trying to to avoid this option IF GC can implement
similar non-bike provisions.

On Aug 13, 8:16 pm, Justin Knotzke <jknot...@shampoo.ca> wrote:
> Have you tried Dr Skiba's Raceday?
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> J
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> On Aug 13, 2010 3:29 PM, "wacomme" <chamberli...@comcast.net> wrote:
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> As we head into winter, is GC making any provision to track, monitor,
> and assess running and weight lifting training like it currently does
> for cycling?
>
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