Target Cadence

[steffidortmund]

Hi, in .zwo workouts you can also define a target cadence. What do you think about adding this here?

[dvmarinoff]

Yep, no problem, I've been thinking about this feature, but it's just that I don't train with cadence targets. I will implement this after I get the development branch more stable (maybe start of December).

Meanwhile can you describe how do you use cadence targets, so that I can get an idea?

[steffidortmund]

That's cool! I attached an example of a workout with defined cadence, I think it should become clear there:

So I think it is just another value of the zwo-file next to the current cadence to compare, if a cadence is defined in the workout (at the moment I am using https://zwofactory.com/ to create workouts)

One other thing.. when I used Flux I have missed, that the heart rate wasn't saved in the fit file. Is it planned to add this? :)

And by the way.. I really like your project!! :) It is exactly what I was looking for!

[dvmarinoff]

Hey, thanks for catching that bug with the Heart Rate data! I am working on it hopefully will get it resolved very soon. Here is the Issue that will track the progress. I rewrote the whole .FIT section recently and it seems that somehow I've managed to brake the Heart Rate data.

[steffidortmund]

Thank you!!

[dvmarinoff]

As for the Cadence targets the zwo parser was maybe one of the first pieces of code I added to the project and it was just a placeholder implementation that was there to do just the very basics. Last week I rewrote the whole thing so now it can not just read, but also write zwo files, which will allow for a future editing directly in the app, and I added a test suite. It is also collecting the cadence targets in the file. Now with the ground work done, I need to figure out some kind of user interface for the cadence target, and also where to place it inside the app.

As far as I understand the cadence target is just an additional one, that goes along the main power target, and it doesn’t change without the power target also changing, right?

[steffidortmund]

It depends on what you want and how you create your workout :) You can also have the same power target and different cadence targets:

But it should not be mandatory to define a cadence target, there are also a lot of workouts without it. It would only be nice to have this option

[dvmarinoff]

Got the first demo version of cadence targets running on a preview domain here: flux-devel.vercel.app

For now it collects cadence targets set with the attributes: Cadence, CadenceResting, OnCadence, OffCadence, meaning
target ranges like 90 to 100 are not yet supported.

I still have no idea how to approach the UI for this feature, and it's super basic for now. Just a small value will show up at the bottom of the cadence field.

[dvmarinoff]

Some enhancements from today:

The cadence field when there is no current cadence target:

when a cadence target is set:

[TClin76]

Just come up with an idea.
In addition to Cadence Target, it is also good to have the Power Target shown in %FTP format.
Since most of structure workout are defined as %FTP for each interval.
Example:

[dvmarinoff]

What about having the Target Power field switch on tap between showing just absolute target and absolute target + percentage, as in your suggestion? But I'll have to lose the parens, because of limited of space.

[TClin76]

After several runs on Flux these days, I think your earlier solution is better than my suggestion.
Absolute value and percentage toggle while User taps the field, but not showing them in the same time.
Thank u

[TClin76]

What about having the Target Power field switch on tap between showing just absolute target and absolute target + percentage, as in your suggestion? But I'll have to lose the parens, because of limited of space.

Hi @dvmarinoff , is it possible to add this feature? thanks

[dvmarinoff]

Sorry for the delay, I completely forgot about this feature. I added some changes today and it is available on the developer version.

[TClin76]

Cool. Thank you so much.