A: The Breakaway analyzes your power data and provides Insight with actionable next steps. We break your efforts into Power Skills, and then show you the 12 Power Intervals that you can work on. We offer Challenges to help you improve specific skills and we track you and keep you honest on getting the work done.
Q: What data works with The Breakaway?
A: We need power data to be able to provide you the best of The Breakaway experience. Currently we can currently import data from Peloton, Garmin Connect and Zwift.
Q: What is a Power Skill?
A: A Power Skill is a group of Power Intervals that represent a specific part of cycling and fitness. The Breakaway has 3 Power Skills; Sprinting (under 2 mins), Attacking (2 min - 10 min), and Climbing (15 mins - 1 hour).
Q: What is a Power Interval?
A: There are 12 Power Intervals that make up the different Power Skills. 15 seconds 30 seconds 1 minute 2 minutes 3 minutes 5 minutes 10 minutes 15 minutes 20 minutes 30 minutes 45 minutes 60 minutes
Q: What does it mean that I’m a Sprinter?
A: Sprinters excel at, well, Sprinting. But there’s more. This Power Skill is all about short bursts of effort at extremely high output. This means your best results, so far, are in this category. Maybe that’s because you’re predisposed to these types of efforts, maybe that’s because this mirrors your training and focus, or maybe this is because you just haven’t trained too hard in the other Power Skills.
Q: What does it mean that I’m an Attacker?
A: Attackers have a little bit of both worlds - power from sprinting and endurance from Climbing. This Power Skill is all about acceleration and maintaining that effort for a few minutes. This is the local small climb, or the attack in a race that forms The Breakaway. This means your best results, so far, are in this category. Maybe that’s because you’re predisposed to these types of efforts, maybe that’s because this mirrors your training and focus, or maybe this is because you just haven’t trained too hard in the other Power Skills.
Q: What does it mean that I’m a Climber?
A: Climbers are all about long, sustained efforts. This Power Skill is all about big climbs, long efforts on the flats, or just getting a high average power for your 30+ minute Peloton workout. This means your best results, so far, are in this category. Maybe that’s because you’re predisposed to these types of efforts, maybe that’s because this mirrors your training and focus, or maybe this is because you just haven’t trained too hard in the other Power Skills.
Q: What’s a Benchmark?
A: A Benchmark is a way of comparing you to people like you. We set our benchmarks at The Breakaway based on top performance, adjusted for your age, weight and gender. Being in the top 10% means something different for everyone, so we make it personal in order for you to understand your strengths and weaknesses, and be able to make real improvements.
Q: What’s are the Levels?
A: There are no leaderboards in The Breakaway. This is you vs. you. We analyze your data and compare you to your benchmarks (people your age, your gender, and your weight). We then categorize you based on Seven Levels: Level 7 - World Class Level 6 - National Star Level 5 - Semi-Pro Level 4 - Elite Level 3 - Sport Level 2 - Athletic Level 1 - Intermediate
