PerfPro Studio
indoor cycling training software has been a great addition to my Computrainer Studio this season. We added on the PerfPro Studio after deciding to look outside of the normal, somewhat outdated, Computrainer software & courses. Now, please don’t take me wrong here, I still love the Computrainers. The data presentation and on screen feedback from Perf Pro Studio takes the Computrainers to the next level of cycling training.
Perf Pro & Computrainer Indoor Cycling Workouts
Perf Pro Studio comes preloaded with hundreds of pre designed indoor cycling training programs. These include FTP Workouts, Wattage workouts, Strength workouts, Conditioning workouts, Sufferfest video integrated training, and many more. The interval sessions are awesome! You can even design your own Computrainer workout on Perf Pro Studio. The courses provided by Perf Pro Studio are constantly being updated and added to. Every time you crank up the software, it automatically checks for new updates.
Indoor Cycling Training
This winter season of indoor cycling training has been fun. Pairing up the Perf Pro Software with the Computrainers has really changed up the training routines. In my opinion Perf Pro makes it easy for riders to focus on their training zones with nice Color Displays rather than simple numbers. For example, some courses are designed for higher cadence riding and maintained wattage. Perf Pro displays 2 scales on the screen. One for power, an One for cadence. The rider can focus on bringing their cadence u to a small red arrow and the cadence graph will turn green. The wattage graph will do the same as the cadence settles in. Once you are in the green color zones, the goal is to stay their. The junior cyclist catch on to this feature really quick. It’s a very nice training aid for them, as well as myself.
Perf Pro Studio Ant+
To allow your indoor trainer or computrainer in my case to work well with Perf Pro Studio software, it is desired to use ANT+ devices. I purchased two Garmin USB adapters and snapped them into the computer. These pick up cadence from my Garmin cadence sensor as well as heart rate. It’s very simple to assign the ANT+ devices to the riders display. Wattage is picked up from the Computrainer.
Perf Pro Studio Price
As of this post PerfPro Studio software for the home user is only $99. Yes, you can upgrade to multi rider version, and studio versions for a bit more money. The home edition works great for me because it works with up to 3 trainers. For the cycling training data geeks, Perf Pro ofers some low cost plugins as well. You can pump your data to the cloud, or export CSV results to your own MySQL database. I like simply exporting my performance files and sending them over to TrainingPeaks.
If you’re like me and still have a few months of winter left, check out PerfPro Studio. It works with Wahoo Kickers, and other stationary trainers too. Btw, I’m not an affiliate for Perf Pro. I simply like sharing good info about things that work and make my cycling life better!