To install your update, just follow these easy steps. PC: 1) Download or copy the .exe file to your desktop 2) Run the program Mac: 1) Download or copy the .ZIP to your desktop 2) Double click the .ZIP to get the disk image file (.DMG). It will look like the Apollo icon. 3) Open the .DMG, which will reveal the application [...]
Continue ReadingDownloading your power meter is really easy. The important thing to remember is that the download for any device is sport specific. You first need to select the Data button, and then the tab for Cycling . Once you have done this, go under the File menu and you will see the option for downloading your [...]
Continue ReadingImporting your data from existing workout files is really easy. The important thing to remember is that import is sport specific. You first need to select the Data button, and then the tab for Cycling or Running, depending on the sport you are working on. For instance, if you were importing a bunch of PowerTap [...]
Continue ReadingGetting started in Apollo is a piece of cake. Just click on the giant Add Athlete button at the top of the screen. You’ll be presented with a dialog like the one you see here. Enter your name, start date, height and weight, sex. Then, select the method of training zone calculation you would like [...]
Continue ReadingIn simple terms, periodization simply refers to the logical way in which you arrange your schedule over the course of varying periods of time. The periodization tool was designed with the motivated athlete and coach in mind. It allows you intelligently plan your training program to achieve particular goals. A detailed summary of periodization is beyond [...]
Continue ReadingSimply put, RaceDay Apollo is the only software on the market that allows you to analyze the relationship between how you train and how you perform, and then enter future training to find out where you can go if you train right. The first step is entering your training. The second step is deciding on a test [...]
Continue ReadingOne of the most requested new features in Apollo was the ability to combine the stress from different sports. Other programs handle this in a rather inelegant way. They just add your stress scores together, and make a chart that assumes that the fitness and fatigue all come and go with the same time course. [...]
Continue ReadingIf you have a lot of training data in an earlier version of RaceDay, it could not be simpler to import it into the Apollo platform. See the video here for details!
Continue ReadingThe concept of threshold is very simple. It refers to the idea that every athlete has a point at which working just a little bit harder means having to stop a lot sooner. Over the years, there have many explanations for this phenomenon. Like most processes in the human body, “threshold intensity” is likely multifaceted. [...]
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