Stryd

seanvk

My only issue on the Suunto side is the power zone Z4 upper limit being the fixed value for FTP. As a result, I have to set TSS from TP to all my Suunto workouts all the time, as my FTP is not by any means close to that Z4 upper limit.

This is a challenge with all device makers. Device makers try to define zones that work best with their their training and load methodologies. When a user is working with a third party training plan which defines its own zones, it’s like trying to merge multiple different paradigms. Stryd has theirs and so does Matt Fitzgerald’s 80/20.

It’s a no win scenario

seanvk

@seanvk just to add that the real saving grace here is that TP sends only the power ranges for each segment. It still messes with device maker’s zone mapping. But if you use external platforms like TP, FS, and Intervals.icu you can set your zones from a range of methodologies. You do your post workout analysis there and not through Sunnyo’s SA or Garmin’s Connect.

@seanvk I follow 80/20 zones too.

So, my solution is to anchor my 4/5 zone in the watch to the top of my Zone 3 in Training Peaks (i.e. 3/Y in 80/20 lingo). That gives me accurate pTSS/rTSS/hrTSS in Suunto app without any need for updating TSS in workouts to make them match what I have in TP. The lower zones like X, 2, and 1 then follow. The top zones get all lumped up into 5 in the watch, which is fine as it is unlikely I’ll ever be targeting any of them outside the intervals/repeats anyways. And I can still use lower “gears” for my intensity targets on recovery/easy/long runs without structured workouts.

For training, I’m relying on TP and expressing all my intensities as % of pace/power threshold, and so the exact zones are somewhat of a moot point. Stryd gets my TP workouts and is able to show how well I match the power targeted just fine. Most of their analytics is driven by time spent at % of CP.

The only thing that is broken in this scheme of things is time spent in specific Stryd zones. Well, you can’t have everything!

herlas

@seanvk power zones are one thing, TSS calculation doesn’t uses power zones at all, it’s relative to the % of FTP used during your workout and its length.

TP allows you to set FTP alone, and you can set whatever power zones schema you want.

@herlas said in Stryd:

TP allows you to set FTP alone, and you can set whatever power zones schema you want.

I think the problem people have is that for TSS to work properly in Suunto watches FTP has to be anchored in 4/5 zone boundary while Stryd, for example, puts it into 3/4. Hence, if you want your watch zones match your Stryd zones for training, your TSS and other analysis – like Coach stuff – will be off.

RightNow

Too confusing to me what was written. If I am using a TrainingPeaks plan. What is to be done to run excactly the plan with the power Ranges described in TrainingPeaks?
What issues are expected?
I can’t follow you

herlas

@NickK that’s exactly what I’ve described as my only issue on the Suunto side, until FTP can be set alone, meaning not dependant of power zones, people will have to do what either you do, adjusting Z4 to fall into your FTP value or what I do, adjusting TSS on Suunto workout every single time as it gets undercalculated. (I opt for the last as I find the power zones ring and power zone targets so useful on my Suunto watch )

herlas

@RightNow long history short, if your FTP isn’t matching the Suunto Z4 upper limit, the Suunto watch will underestimate your TSS for any given workout, TP will show you the correct TSS though.

As far as the workout execution, nothing changes you should be fine there

seanvk

@herlas said in Stryd:

@seanvk power zones are one thing, TSS calculation doesn’t uses power zones at all, it’s relative to the % of FTP used during your workout and its length.

TP allows you to set FTP alone, and you can set whatever power zones schema you want.

Yes, I do that. I set 80/20 zones and my FTP in TP and intervals.icu. I just don’t pay attention to SA due to their zone definition.

RightNow

Sorry that I have to ask again. What I understand is that I can use Stryd structured workouts described in TrainingPeaks and everything will be fine. The only thing is to do the offline sync.

Now the topic I don’t understand excactly. What I have to care about is to align the power setting on my new vertical watch. Right? Between zone 4 and 5 should be the FTP.
But still I have the feeling from your writing/posts before that still something will be wrong or not usable with those settings. Right or wrong?

@RightNow said in Stryd:

What I understand is that I can use Stryd structured workouts described in TrainingPeaks and everything will be fine. The only thing is to do the offline sync.

If you don’t care about advanced Stryd metrics like vertical oscillation or leg springiness or form factor no offline sync is required. The offline sync will only bring these to the workouts uploaded by Suunto.

What I have to care about is to align the power setting on my new vertical watch. Right? Between zone 4 and 5 should be the FTP.

If you don’t set your FTP in Zone 4/5 on the watch, TSS calculated by the Suunto app will be off, and so will be your Progress Report and some of the data in Training Zone in the app. You’d be able to fix that by manually changing TSS for your workouts based on TP values.

Neither TP, nor Stryd care about how your watch is setup specifically.

isazi

@NickK I can see at least power and ground contact time in the graph, so not just averages but all recorded values. Cannot say much for other aspects (I only did one test).

@isazi You mean in Suunto app workout analysis, after you used that much rumored about Stryd S+ app?

Yes, that’s how I imagine it would work based on what I’m seeing from Fat Burner that gives you not only the averages that go into split/workout summaries but also the actual time series.

isazi

@NickK yes in Suunto App

RightNow

Any timeline when the new STRYD Suunto plus app will be available? Soon? Later? Next year?

isazi

@RightNow whenever Suunto and Stryd believe it’s ready.

RightNow

@isazi Thats the answer I’ve expected but it was worth a try

isazi

@RightNow

EzioAuditore

@isazi you should be politician man

isazi

@Hristijan-Petreski I was.