My E-Training Suggestions
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:23 am
Hello,
I've been getting familiar with my E-training. The following are my suggestions.
Training Test: The training plan created after the test is not very useful. It produced a 4 week training plan, 7 days a week. 1) the workouts were very basic, 2) give user option to choose how many days a week to train and a range of time available to train (I cannot train 7 days a week for 4 straight weeks and don’t know many people that could).
FTP/Time based workouts are a really good feature! I wish there were more of these and the titles were in English. Consider who your customers are. They are all around the world.
The free My Real Video is a great feature. Some are good, some are average. From the ones I’ve tried so far I’m happy.
My E-training Wish List: The following are the items I wish the app had
1) Remote Access: The ability to start a workout from desktop and control via the app on phone/tablet. For example, to increase or decrease the intensity. Currently this can be controlled a phone app but the font is so small it’s hard to read details. My eyes are bad. I’m sure it’s better on a tablet. It would be great if there was some functionality similar to how RGT works with a companion app. The ability to adjust intensity, or change from ERG/Power to Slope or Level modes.
2) Auto- Resume: The ability to automatically resume a workout in My E-training. There is an auto-pause feature already. How about an option to auto resume after you start pedaling again? The old Tacx TTS software had this for years. Why is this important? Let’s say you are doing a workout on a PC, and you stop for a moment. I have to get off the bike and go to the PC to click Resume. It’s inconvenient.
3) Training Test: I wish the training test could give you options to create a 4 day/week training plan and more specific higher intensity workouts. Also, the option to create another training plan with the same metrics recorded (endurance based , or hill training etc. without having to redo the test)
4) How-to Videos: This one is really important. Create several instruction videos that show how to navigate the app in desktop and phone/table. Items like how to create a new workout, how to edit an existing workout, how to customize the data fields in the app to see the metrics you want to see and your preference of location. It would be really helpful if Elite could create videos about the Maps/Courses feature, the Records GPS, and how to create our own My Real Video. Look at the Jet Black cycling website at their How – to videos. Make the videos easy to find. They should be right on your website. https://www.jetblackcycling.com/indoor- ... ining-app/ Their app is free, all the features.
5) Pedaling Analysis: Provide some information about this feature. Cost? How to use it, benefits etc.
6) My Suito cost more that $1100 in Canadian dollars. That’s a significant amount of money. The e-training software should offer more than “Level Mode” for 1 year. I returned a Suito for a Direto XR and the total cost was more than $1400 Canadian dollars. That’s a significant amount of money. At this price point, there should be other free features such as FTP/time based, and ERG based options as well for free.
7) I’d like to see a ramp test. Not sure why this is not an included feature?
8) Ability to mark my favourite My Real Videos for easy access in the future
I’m very happy with the trainer but in the pursuit of continuous improvement I hope you will consider my suggestions.
Basman
I've been getting familiar with my E-training. The following are my suggestions.
Training Test: The training plan created after the test is not very useful. It produced a 4 week training plan, 7 days a week. 1) the workouts were very basic, 2) give user option to choose how many days a week to train and a range of time available to train (I cannot train 7 days a week for 4 straight weeks and don’t know many people that could).
FTP/Time based workouts are a really good feature! I wish there were more of these and the titles were in English. Consider who your customers are. They are all around the world.
The free My Real Video is a great feature. Some are good, some are average. From the ones I’ve tried so far I’m happy.
My E-training Wish List: The following are the items I wish the app had
1) Remote Access: The ability to start a workout from desktop and control via the app on phone/tablet. For example, to increase or decrease the intensity. Currently this can be controlled a phone app but the font is so small it’s hard to read details. My eyes are bad. I’m sure it’s better on a tablet. It would be great if there was some functionality similar to how RGT works with a companion app. The ability to adjust intensity, or change from ERG/Power to Slope or Level modes.
2) Auto- Resume: The ability to automatically resume a workout in My E-training. There is an auto-pause feature already. How about an option to auto resume after you start pedaling again? The old Tacx TTS software had this for years. Why is this important? Let’s say you are doing a workout on a PC, and you stop for a moment. I have to get off the bike and go to the PC to click Resume. It’s inconvenient.
3) Training Test: I wish the training test could give you options to create a 4 day/week training plan and more specific higher intensity workouts. Also, the option to create another training plan with the same metrics recorded (endurance based , or hill training etc. without having to redo the test)
4) How-to Videos: This one is really important. Create several instruction videos that show how to navigate the app in desktop and phone/table. Items like how to create a new workout, how to edit an existing workout, how to customize the data fields in the app to see the metrics you want to see and your preference of location. It would be really helpful if Elite could create videos about the Maps/Courses feature, the Records GPS, and how to create our own My Real Video. Look at the Jet Black cycling website at their How – to videos. Make the videos easy to find. They should be right on your website. https://www.jetblackcycling.com/indoor- ... ining-app/ Their app is free, all the features.
5) Pedaling Analysis: Provide some information about this feature. Cost? How to use it, benefits etc.
6) My Suito cost more that $1100 in Canadian dollars. That’s a significant amount of money. The e-training software should offer more than “Level Mode” for 1 year. I returned a Suito for a Direto XR and the total cost was more than $1400 Canadian dollars. That’s a significant amount of money. At this price point, there should be other free features such as FTP/time based, and ERG based options as well for free.
7) I’d like to see a ramp test. Not sure why this is not an included feature?
8) Ability to mark my favourite My Real Videos for easy access in the future
I’m very happy with the trainer but in the pursuit of continuous improvement I hope you will consider my suggestions.
Basman
