Hi,
Is there a way to update my weight in my TrainerRoad profile automatically, e.g. from Garmin Connect or Apple Health, possibly through the use of IFTTT or something of that sort?
I have a Bluetooth enabled scale and can sync weight into Garmin Connect, Apple Health etc. already, but I’d like it here also.
Happy to write a few lines of code if there is something a Web API available! 
Happy Training
Ron
@rbuder someone has already done this. Check out https://smartscalesync.com/
Thanks!
I’m curious what everyone is using now that SmartScaleSync no longer supports Garmin as a source?
Hi there
A bit off topic, but how does FTP detection would adapt when you gain weight.
as of result gaining weight you gain raw watts, and wondering if FTP detection is smart to know what and adjust it based on that.
in a situation when you gain weight and at the same time have a training plan, you would see potential signinficant increase in FTP watts/kg.
Are you equating weight gain with / leading to more power?
I honestly doubt that TR is looking too deeply at that info at present.
Yeap, that is what I am talking about.
thanks for the reply
it would be nice to for the to equate that in to their ML models.
otherwise Weight is a number being display.
I remember Nate talking about these type of metrics and how TR could use them. that was when Adaptive Training first came out.
I think ML would use of that additional data. there is some much that goes into improving and the training plans is only a small component.
the human body is rarely that straight forward.
Well, if you claim that weight gain = more power, I think many people can disagree (me for one).
Without direct attribution to where that gain is actually coming from (muscle, fat, combo?) there is no way to make any educated guess that is meaningful WRT to power estimation or FTP. And even if the gain is pure muscle, it could well be in places that offer no benefit whatsoever to actual power production.
Watts per kilogram are an obvious one that TR already handles (simple math from two known values via weight from user & FTP from TR AIFTPD), but if you aim to have TR leverage weight delta to FTP estimation it needs far more than a pure weight and delta to be of any real use.
A person who adds an upper body day to their strength training could well gain great strength there, but actually lose on W/kg since that weight offers no actual power/FTP gain. There’s just nothing simple when looking at “Weight” and “Power” other than the W/kg in that basic calc.