Use this tool to build a zone-optimized ride from any ErgVideo. This works best for non-intervals-based rides.
Select the desired length of your ride in minutes, and select the Zone (1-6) for which your Time-in-Zone should be maximized.
Define the desired "rep-time" that you would like: this is the segment of the video that will repeat. The longer the rep-time, the fewer times the video will need to repeat the same section to fill
the desired time, and thus perhaps yields a more interesting ride. But the shorter the rep-time, the MORE your ride will maximize time in the chosen Zone.
Finally, determine what percentage of time you can tolerate spending in Zones above the target zone, and fill in the value for "Total %time in higher zones".
The tool will design a ride which has the MOST time in one Zone while ALSO limiting the time in HIGHER zones to some reasonable proportion. Time in lower zones is not considered important, and may even exceed time in the target Zone, depending on the ErgVideo profile itself.
To find the very maximum time possible in any zone, set the "Total %time in higher zones" to 100%, indicating you
don't care if there is possibly substantial effort in higher zones. Set it to 20% or so if you strictly want to limit higher efforts.
Click the "Compute" button to compute the workout from your parameters. The whole page, including graphs, will update showing with the optimum ride designed, and the resulting performance statistics. You can examine and download it as with any workout you may have designed yourself.
Click the "Click For Instructions" link again to close this dialogue.