TSS vs. TRIMPS

acoggan

You mean an "adulterated" version of TRIMP, right?

john979

I was all excited to calculate my TRIMPS from last Saturday's rolling terrain group ride and compare it to the ride's TSS. When I opened the workout in CPS I then realized I forgot that I don't wear a HR monitor anymore.

john979

I scan CPS and found the last ride on which I wore a HRM. The data is as follows:

1 X 3.25 min = 3.25
2 X 24.75 min = 49.5
3 X 67.5 min = 202.5
4 X 49.75 min = 199
5 X 3.5 min = 17.5
Total TRIMPS = 471.75 vs. TSS = 324.9

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JustCurious

Very similar to Polar's exertion count.

Like with Polar, you have to develop the weighting scheme yourself.

coco4288

Can anyone suggest a DVD I could use to help motivate me with my indoor trainer? There are so many spinning dvds out there. I didn't know if perhaps you guys have found a great one. Thanks for your help!

john979

Honestly, I prefer music DVDs.

daveryanwyoming

Kinda off topic don't ya think? You might try resurrecting a thread(there have been plenty) on this subject in the training forums. A TSS vs. Trimps thread is likely to attract the more analytic riders and personally I want to focus on my specific workout when I'm doing trainer work, maybe with some background music but I'm not following anyone's canned DVD program while riding the trainer.

-Dave

doctorSpoc

the Canadian dollar is still up at about $1.05 US was up to $1.10 US last week... the price of tea in China is...

coco4288

you guys are a bunch of jack ass's. good to know!

boys....you make me laugh.....pathetic.....

coco4288

Thank you for answering me. I appreciate it.

doctorSpoc

coco4288.... why don't you start your own thread on motivational aids during training.. it's completely valid? but why would you attempt to hijack someone elses' thread about some thing completely and utterly unrelated? some would say that it's you who is the jack ass.

i mean c'mon... i really thought you were making a joke since your question is just so out of left field... i couldn't believe you were serious... i'm still not sure... you can't be serious right?

but here is a tip... and i'm being serious... when you want to ask a question that is not related in any way to the topic of a thread you happen to be reading, just start a new thread for that question, it's that easy... or i promise you, you will get worse responses than these. what you are doing is considered to be incredibly rude... i mean, at least you could start your post by saying sorry for hijacking the thread but...

edit - even from your point of view... if you want your question answered... how many people who have an answer for you will click on a tread about TSS and TRIMPS in order to answer questions about trainer motivation.. it doesn't even make sense from your perspective if you really want to get your question answered.

postal_bag

I stopped wearing mine, too, until about 3 weeks ago. I am having my PT repaired, so I've been going by HR. Problem is I don't have any workouts to use for comparison.

I've been estimating TSS for my "SST" sessions (I suspect they may actually fall in L3) by using my average heart rate, which I try to hold in a narrow range. Since AP is virtually the same as NP for these workouts, I should be in the ballpark.