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In my experience, less but structured workouts are a lot better. How many hours do you normally ride, and how structured is your training? At one time, I would ride 6.5 hours just on group rides over the weekend and on Tuesdays, with intervals on Thursdays and easy endurance rides on Wednesdays and Fridays for 2 hours. That worked out to about 12 hours of training.

Iā€™ve shifted to intervals on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with a hard group ride where I take hard pulls and attack the sprints. I also do one long solo endurance ride of 2.5 hours and spend 30 minutes on Fridays working on my aero position and drops. This has made me a lot better, and I hardly ever fail on workouts. Plus, I have a lot more time to recover and Iā€™m not nearly as hungry.

You have to trust the system. You can use the extra hours off the bike for yoga and lifting. That will give you a lot more than just a bunch of wasted time on the bike. Eight hours is a lot of time for a non-pro rider. If you use most of that time for structured training, youā€™ll get a huge bang for your buck compared to most people who just ride hard in group rides with a lot of freewheeling and off-and-on efforts.

Iā€™m not a gravel rider, but watching the sport and focusing on speed and interval training will make the most difference.

Good luck!

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Canā€™t handle more ā€œComing soonā€. SO excited about this. Bring it, bring it!! :grinning_face:

looking forward to see if ā€œlow volumeā€ suggestions are a little ā€œsmarterā€? Ie if You only train 3 days per week maybe all 3 should NOT be high intensity, but 1 should be a longer endurance ride. :folded_hands:

Really hope itā€™s released soon. And good job in advance for all your hard work TR team, and beta testers!

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thatā€™s their marketing plan. A slow steady drip of features to get people excited and itā€™s working. Good job @Jonathan

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Agree.

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Question on TrainerRoad AIā€™s Scope

Iā€™ve been following the forum thread ā€œTrainerRoadā€™s Biggest Update Ever Is Comingā€ and the posts from Nate about the new TrainerRoad AI, especially the parts about predicting future outcomes, simulating workouts, and being more likely to prescribe the ā€œrightā€ workout.

Iā€™m excited about where this is heading, and I wanted to ask a question that sits right at the intersection of what youā€™re building and how some of us who are just getting started, are already using AI day-to-day.

I use TrainerRoad as the backbone of my cycling training. I follow the plan, respect Adaptive Training, and let Progression Levels and time-off handling do their job. Where Iā€™ve started experimenting is using ChatGPT as a complementary layer, not to design workouts, but to help with execution.

Each morning, ChatGPT literally prompts me with:

ā€œIs today a TrainerRoad day, a Rest day, or a Strength Training day?ā€

If itā€™s a TrainerRoad day, I share that dayā€™s workout, and ChatGPT helps me apply it to things TrainerRoad doesnā€™t explicitly manage today like fueling timing, protein/carbs around intensity, creatine and supplement timing, sleep routines, and end-of-day check-ins.

Given that TrainerRoad AI now appears to be moving beyond purely adaptive logic into predictive modeling, and if Iā€™m reading this correctly, simulating workouts, forecasting fatigue, and even projecting future FTP trends, Iā€™m curious how youā€™re thinking about the boundary going forward.

Do you see TrainerRoad AI eventually extending into execution-level guidance (fueling, recovery, daily decision support), or is the long-term vision to keep TrainerRoad focused on predicting and prescribing the optimal training, while athletes use other tools or systems to handle the day-to-day application?

Iā€™d love to hear how you think about that division as AI becomes more central to coaching.

Thanks for all the transparency on the forum. Itā€™s a really exciting direction!

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Iā€™ve been using ChatGPT for fueling recommendations as well and it has been helpful. I agree TR could add that layer in but they seem to be really focused on workout recommendations at the core and they seem disciplined at not straying far from that. They also seem to like to rely on data and improve things when the data backs it up.

Nutrition would be tough bc theyā€™d be applying some general best practices and trying to use your info when doing that but they would not have the feedback loop they like to see if it was working long term.

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Is today the day :raising_hands::pinched_fingers::love_you_gesture::eyes:

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I was kind of hoping for that to be the case, but no update on my end.

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Was a big TR user 9-10 years ago. Then used a mix of real coaches and self coaching for the last decade. Broke my collarbone last year and thought I would try TR again for my return, but didnā€™t care for it. Looking forward to trying again with these updates. Literally just waiting to hear that they have launched to subscribe.

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With Jonathan, the face of TR and marketing guy not at the office, that is unlikely no?

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@Nate_Pearson has hinted at yesterday or today launch several times on another thread. So hope is still alive until 00:00 :laughing:

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He also said maybe Monday if they were concerned about having enough staff to cope.

PS - no Podcast today?

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Weā€™ll know at 9am Pacific. They normally record in advance, so maybe. This one is almost certainly about the new features though, so itā€™ll depend on whether they want to air it yet.

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Itā€™s LIVE!!!

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Itā€™s Live for someā€¦. I donā€™t have it yet but one buddy in our group does.

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Love the new app interface and data/options presented. Especially love the calendar layout and ability to see how a given workout will impact various zones. Well done @TrainerRoad_Admin.

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I have some serious FOMO at the moment.. My app/web looks just like it did in 2025!

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Hello,
I created my current training plan a while ago using Plan Builder. With the release of the new AI features, do I need to delete my current plan and re-create it to see the benefits? Or will the existing plan update automatically with the new features?

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Looks like mine has just updated with the new features.

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Logged in just now, clocked a slightly new fontā€“the telltale signā€“and pumped my fist in the air, LFGGGGGGGG!!

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