Tacx Training™ APK

Tacx Training™ is a virtual cycling tool designed specifically for cycling enthusiasts. Connecting via Bluetooth, users experience an unprecedented cycling experience, freely zipping around famous trails around the world and enjoying the thrill of unfettered freedom. The software creates a personalized cycling plan based on the user's physical condition, automatically recording heart rate, speed, and other data during the ride to generate professional analysis reports and improvement suggestions, helping to further improve physical fitness. This is an invaluable tool for cycling enthusiasts.

Features:

Explore the world with a large collection of training videos1, including everything from famous spring classics to the great climbs of the Alps. Plus, train with WorldTour pros on training rides.

Invite your friends to ride, train and race with you in the Tacx Training app1. See other riders in your group in real time, plus compare stats and results on the leaderboard once you’ve finished.

While you ride, your speed, power, cadence and heart rate2 are displayed on-screen. Your stats automatically load to the Garmin Connect app for more detailed analysis after your workout.

See other riders who are riding the same course as you — in real time1 — and let your competitive side out to chase or pull away from them.

Complete structured workouts based on target slope, power or FTP. And stay on track with your training with automatically adjusted power targets during workouts in ERG mode.

Select one of our featured playlists1, and stop and continue your courses at any time.

With 3D map view1, there are no boundaries on where you can train. Upload a GPX file to turn your favorite courses into a GPS ride and make the world your virtual playground.

All the data you rely on is in the Garmin Connect app. See maps and stats, and analyze your progress after your ride.

Functions:

By connecting your Tacx Smart trainer via Bluetooth, the app offers an engaging and immersive training environment. With access to an extensive catalog of high-quality films, including iconic cycling routes, and the option to create personalized workouts, this app caters to both novices and seasoned athletes. It tracks key metrics like speed, power, cadence, and heart rate during each session, giving users instant feedback to optimize performance.

Tacx Training™ offers both free and premium options to suit different needs. With the free tier, you can perform structured workouts based on slope, power, or FTP, and easily sync your data with Garmin Connect to evaluate your performance. For those seeking an elevated experience, Premium and Premium HD subscriptions unlock advanced features like streaming video workouts, 3D GPS map routes, live opponents, and the ability to import Strava routes or create GPS-based workouts. These options make your indoor training sessions engaging and dynamic.

This app ensures seamless compatibility with Tacx Smart trainers and Bluetooth 4.0 sensors, allowing for accurate performance tracking. Additionally, it syncs workouts and activities effortlessly across devices, ensuring your training data stays organized. An active internet connection is required for full functionality, though offline features remain limited.

Reviews:

Good: The interface is good. It connects with my trainer great. I can upload my own GPS routes and ride them. I get to experience the elevation changes smoothly. The view shows a cool overhead map view as I progress on the course while also showing current cycling data and an elevation profile- all the things I want at once. The rides will sync with my Strava account automatically if I choose.Bad: No way to edit my own uploaded GPS workout names/titles. Also - GPS rides feature a “select subcourse” option but there are no subcourses when I select it and no instructions for creating a subcourse in a GPS file. No instructions for the app on TacX or Garmin sites - and no manual either. Tutorial videos? TacX tutorial videos are way too old and don’t match the current program. FAQs don’t scratch the surface.

I have been using my Tacx trainer for a little over a month and love it. Who knew that it’s more enjoyable to ride the virtual/real course than train with a movie? Or a book? I appreciate the scenery, the automatic adjustments for terrain, it makes the ride almost real. Add some earphones and music and you could believe you are there. Amazing experience riding around the world on beautiful locations or historic routes.On the needs improvement side, since I am both running and riding indoor/outdoor and mostly use the Tacx when it’s not ideal to go outside on the road (dark, winter, rain, etc.) I wish the transition between the Garmin training plans were more seamless across devices. As it is, you pretty much need to choose one or the other. You can ride your Garmin Connect plan on the Tacx, but no video. You can create a Tacx coaching plan, but can’t modify the days, #of days, etc. and can only ride it on the Tacx. All the pieces are there to create a seamless Garmin fitness ecosystem between real and virtual world. Raining? No problem, just keep on your training schedule and hop on the Tacx to ride in Ireland…. Hopefully it’s in the works. Overall, light years head of my old resistance wind trainer, highly recommend.

I like Garmin products and feel that this compliments nicely with their trainer. It does a good job of giving me an excellent work out, excellent logging and data about my performance. My wife and I each have an iPad and ride side by side using this app in our training room. We like being able to ride together and motivate each other. Would really like the ability to cast our two sessions to a tv in split screen mode.Now for the downside. The program seems to be full of random glitches and occasional crashes. Today we couldn’t do a group ride, got an error message. Sometimes it won’t show the amount of ev elation changes at the bottom of the screen. Often the screens freeze with a spinning circle then resume. Strangely often in exactly the same place for both my wife and I. Also randomly won’t connect to the trainer if we leave the trainer on. We’ve learned to unplug it each to,e we’re done training to avoid having to reboot the trainer (Tacx).

Final Thoughts:

Take your indoor training to the next level. From phone to tablet to desktop, this app gets you the best virtual cycling experience. Simply connect your Tacx Smart trainer to the Tacx Training app and the world becomes your playground. Explore our large collection of high-quality training films, including everything from famous spring classics to the Alps. Or create your own workouts, and control just how much pain you’re feeling tomorrow.