TrainingPeaks unfortunately no longer allows third-parties from accessing data on TrainingPeaks, even if you’re a paying user. Previously they allow access via an Internet-based API but as of December 2016, this has been shutdown.

You can still bring over your workouts (called “activities” in Xert) by using their export features. Here are the steps to follow. **NOTE*** These steps are for Mac users. Windows users can follow the same process but you may need to install WinZip or Gzip software in order to uncompress all the workout files.

1. Login and Click on Settings

2. Click on Export Data

3. Select the From date under Workout Files.  ***Note that you’ll only be able to export 1 year of data at a time.

4.Select to To date.
5. Click on the Export button

6. Click on the Link to the zip file generated and choose a location to store the zip file. 7. Save the File to your system.

8. Open the zip file to extract the contents.  A new folder will automatically be created.

9. Open the folder. 10. All the files have been unzipped but are in gz format.  This is another type of zip file and the need to be unzipped.  Select all the files in the folder. Use Option A to Select All.

11. Right-click on the files you have selected.

12. Click Open.  The files will then be unzipped into the same folder.

13. Select the files that have been unzipped.  These will either be .FIT files or .TCX files (.PWX are not currently supported).

14. Login to your Xert account and click on the Upload Activity link.   Drag-and-drop your selected FIT/TCX files onto that page.

15. Wait for Xert to upload and process all your new activities.

All done!  Congrats! You’re all set.

To properly seed your progression, go to the Activity Details of your very first activity in your activity history and use the Advanced tab to determine/enter the Fitness Signature that applied to this activity.  Use the Save/Lock button on the bottom right to save this signature to the activity.   Xert will then perform a trickle-down process from this first activity and adjust/calculate your progression information activity by activity.

Once the trickle-down completes, your progression chart should be a better reflection of your entire progression history.

To have Xert do a progression recalculation, go to your Account Settings / Profile tab:

Click the Recalculate Progression button to have the system go through an recalculate all your signatures.  The system will calculate your starting fitness signature for you based on the Starting Training Load estimate.

Pro tip

If you’re looking to fine tune your progression history, you can adjust your Fitness Signature which will force the progression recalculation to start with this signature.  Ideally you would also change your Starting Training Load to correspond with this Fitness Signature for best results.

Note that during the recalculation process, any activities that have saved/locked fitness signatures will be unlocked and updated.