Can AI coaching make us fitter cyclists? 🤖 Alex has challenged his wife, Chloe, to the biggest cycle ride she’s ever done: Big Sugar, a 100-mile gravel race in the United States! Chloe is a novice when it comes to gravel so we’ve enlisted the help of AI to coach both her and Alex to see how much they can improve their fitness before the big race!
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0:00 – Intro
1:15 – AI’s training plan
2:20 – First ramp test
3:19 – Alex and Chloe’s training
6:44 – Partway update
8:46 – second ramp test
9:41 – The results!
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would you trust AI to coach you? 🤖
Xert been doing this for years and probably better, and cheaper!!
It looks like you are both using several different bikes. Do you each have a favorite you are using?
Ah yes, training "AI", also known as… an algorithm.
Not sure I believe in this AI malarkey, Jervais and by osmosis Chloe, have knowledge of real person training.
Im sure there is a 100 mile gravel race down the road from where you live but you get a free holiday to the states so fair play to you both…
Alex”s face looks like he lost weight.
Not only has Chloe had a 35W bump to her 1 minute power, she has also had a 35 W bump in how relaxed and confident she is in front of the camera. I hope we’ll get more Chloe and Alex content even after Big Sugar is done and dusted.
I wish the video had Vietnamese subtitles
shouldnt u be seated until the end of the ramp test? 🙂
The dogs of gcn need a video. Maybe cargo bike dog transportation.
Curious why you guys are quoting 1 min power. I know FTP isn’t everything but how much relevance does 1m power have to a long gravel event?
Is it hu-mango? Or human-go? 😂
Even here I can't escape AI, God damn it
Another great insight from the latest GCN dynamic duo. AI is certainly a curious method but if it makes adjustments based on your workout results it sounds like a well thought out program. If a real coach refuses to make these changes based on circumstances it's a sure sign you've hired a shit coach and need to fire them.
I have been using ZIHI pro what about doing a comparison between the 2
LOVING THE DOG!
Very!😅
5:16 👀
We want more Chloe and whoever that bloke is 😊
Are you meant to stay seated for an FTP test ?
I signed up for a free trial of HumanGo but it’s not giving me any workouts. Am I using it wrong?
I've used "Spoked" ai since 2021. I started using spoked to get me fit after brain surgery on 2020 and to get me ready for the Fred Whitton challenge in 2022. I have never done a structured training plan before but I found this made me focus on my training and also allowing me too specify how many hour per week I wanted to train. Richard Lang (ex pro cyclist) set up Spoked is always on hand to answer any of your quireies and to offer advice. Spoked ai worked for me and got me through the Fred Whitton challenge in 8hrs 34mins, not bad after brain surgery.
Great video. Very interesting to see both of you on your plan for a rough race. Can’t wait for following videos. Cheers
Why are stationary trainers called turbo trainers in the UK? I’ve not heard that term here in Canada. Was/is it a brand of trainer, or…?
@GCN Oooh nooo! Women tend to say that in order to succeed in working life you need to be twice as good as men and it is easy. I dread to think of the ramifications of Al scoring twice as much as the wifey. Plus the ironic one Watt 😉
Glad to see you all doing the Big Sugar Race. It’s a lot of fun and such a great event. I live right here in bentonville but no race for me 🥲
Nice film. Two comments:
1. Your improvements – you should have put up w/kg because if you also lost 5kg and increases your power, your real gain is a lot greater.
2. You didn’t comment on whether you would have got similar or better results, esp the ‘marginal gain’, by using a human coach.
1:11 took only 3,4 takes, from the sound of that laughter.
How do I sync my training program to my Garmin edge unit?
My concern about using AI as a coach is to what extent it will consider the human emotional aspect, when suggesting a training plan. Will it primarily focus on providing the most efficient training plan for a specific goal? That might work perfect for a robot cyclist, but a human is more complex. The most efficient plan might not be the most efficient in combination with human feelings.
35 watts improvement brilliant Chloe
This is great that you and Chloe are doing this together. My husband and I ride together and we love it.
Hi, what is the brand / model of the backlight (that uner the seat / saddle)?
35 Watts is insane, mad respect!
Alex,,
Thank you so much for bring your wife into your vid’s and thank you Chloe for agreeing to do it!!❤
@GCN needs to include more women into your programming. We need to get more of a women’s perspective on things. 🥰
I hope @GCN is paying Chloe for her valuable contributions. 😉
I've tried this app before. And got similar issues with it regarding translating structured training i to real world (road and gravel) was beyond tricky, great for the trainer though. Another thing was the "adaptive training" calculated an FTP improvement of 30% of its own calculation over night (after a good session) and made any training almost impossible to follow. Needed to do a test and manually override the AI result. So AI is not always that "I"
Who is she? Wow! Finally an interesting GCN hostess!
I’m really digging Chloe as a presenter! Alex, thanks for letting her be in these videos. Its an added benefit hearing not only from a non-pro, it’s refreshing to hear things from a newer to cycling perspective and also a non-pro female. Extremely pleasant video, and I’ll be following you to. Lucky you for being able to have someone to do this with on the same house.
I'd like to see them cycle on a can of condensed milk, sprint and 100km challenge
35 watts in an amazing jump. well done! super excited to see you guys take on Arkansas!
I’m loving watching the process of this in preparation. Well done Chloe and Alex. What bikes are you using for the race? If I may ask?
How do you keep your wahoo from dropping erg?
Great vid. Look forward to seeing how Allan and Chloe get on at Big Sugar. But re: Humango… it costs nearly the same amount as my actual human coach? $20 per month? Seriously?!