The interface of the lesson

During a CycleMasters lesson, you’ll see your lesson data in a bar at the bottom of the screen. This makes it easy to follow the coach’s instructions and to see how your effort is developing.

Which data you see depends on the sensors you’ve connected and the items you’ve chosen yourself.

Parts of the lesson interface

The labels follow the language of the app.

• Distance – the distance you’ve covered, in kilometres. Without a connected bike, this is an estimate.
• Calories – the estimated number of calories burned. With a connected bike that measures power or a heart rate monitor, the calculation uses your sensor data. This makes it more personal and less dependent on general estimates. Calorie expenditure remains an estimate.
• Speed – your speed at that moment. This value is only available with a connected bike that transmits speed.
• Cadence (RPM) – your own pedal revolutions per minute (RPM) next to the instructor’s Target. For your own RPM, you need a connected bike or a cadence sensor. Without one, the block only shows the target (RPM target).
• Track – the remaining time of the current track.
• Track zones – the zone of the current track and the zone of the next track, so you can see which intensity is coming.
• Heart rate – your current heart rate in beats per minute (BPM), the percentage of your maximum heart rate and the colour of your zone. You only see this with a connected heart rate monitor or Apple Watch.
• Power – your current power in watts, the percentage of your FTP and the colour of your zone. You only see this with a connected bike that measures and transmits power.
• Total – the remaining time of the entire lesson.

In Strength workouts you see Exercise (the exercise you are doing now), Track, Total and Calories. Stretch & Relax (Yoga) workouts have no bar with metrics.

If a sensor stops sending data, its value turns grey until new data arrives.

The workout’s progression and your effort

Track zones shows the current and the next track zone, so you can pace your effort. The colours in Heart rate and Power show your own measured zone. You can compare your own zone with the target for the track. Without a connected sensor, you can still follow the track zones by feel.

Comparing your RPM with the instructor’s RPM target

During the lesson, you can compare your own RPM with the instructor’s RPM target. Your RPM shows your current cadence, while the target is the lesson’s indicated cadence, capped at 120 RPM.

Are you within 10 RPM of the target? You see a green check mark. Is your RPM more than 10 below the target? You see an arrow pointing up: pedal a little faster. Is it more than 10 above the target? You see an arrow pointing down: pedal a little slower.

CycleMasters caps the displayed RPM target at 120 RPM. In some lessons, particularly older ones, the instructor may indicate a higher cadence. The interface still shows a target of no more than 120 RPM. You do not need to follow that higher cadence. If you choose to go faster, that is your own choice; CycleMasters does not ask you to do so.

To see and compare your own RPM, you need a connected bike or cadence sensor that transmits cadence data.

Show or hide parts

You decide which data you want to see on screen during a lesson. Your selection is saved, so you’ll see the same metrics during your next lesson. Cycling and Strength workouts each keep their own selection. The order of the metrics is fixed and cannot be changed.

1. During the lesson, tap the Display button at the left end of the bar with metrics (the icon with horizontal lines), or tap one of the metrics.
2. Under Metrics, use the switches to choose which data to show or hide.
3. Close the panel to continue training.

You can show a maximum of six metrics at a time in a cycling workout, and four in a Strength workout. Next to Metrics you see how many you have switched on, for example (6/6). Have you reached the maximum and want to see something else? Turn off a different part first.

Not all parts are always available. For example, you only see heart rate when you have a heart rate monitor or Apple Watch connected, and speed, cadence, and power data depend on your bike or cycling sensor. On the website you cannot connect sensors: speed, heart rate and power are then marked Only with a sensor in the app.

During the cool down of a cycling workout, Track is hidden and cannot be switched on (Hidden during cool down). A change you make during the cool down only applies to the cool down.

Using an Apple Watch? You can only connect it to the iPhone app, not the iPad app. If you cast the workout from that iPhone to Chromecast, your heart rate will also be shown on your TV. Read how to connect your Apple Watch.

Where can I see my speed?

Your current speed appears under Speed. You need a connected bike that transmits speed data. Not every Bluetooth bike transmits this data.

If you cannot see your speed, tap Display and check that Speed is switched on under Metrics. Also see the steps for bike or sensor connection problems.

On your TV

In the CycleMasters app on your TV, the Display button sits at the left end of the bar with metrics. Select it with your remote to choose which metrics you see.