[The Problem With TrainerRoad Training Plans] submitted without comment, I just started watching lol

It’s funny that people are still banging on about volume and intensity (zone breakdown) in these plans and pay zero attention to the anchor point around which the zones are set. Namely: “FTP” Plan design is only half the problem here… proper zone identification is probably a bigger issue that rema…

[image] robertbb: Plan design is only half the problem here… proper zone identification is probably a bigger issue that remains totally ignored. I guess you have missed it but people have addressed that point as much as the plans. :sweat_smile::wink:

I thought they announced a new way to detect FTP without testing. Wonder how the beta guys are finding it. What about Sufferfests 4DP thing, think TR will have a go at identifying various zones or just stick to working it all off FTP?

As far as I understood it, the AT constantly looks how you perform at each powerlevel and adjusts accordingly. Kinda like 4DP, but with 7 zones, but more connected and no 4DP test. So ultimately there won’t be any more tests needed. But for the time being, it still requires (insert your prefered ft…

Very cool, not missing any tricks then!

Why this topic has 2,5k comments?

It’d only be 1,900 if you take out all the “how is this thread still going?”, “why are people still talking, how dare they talk about things that don’t interest me on a free forum”, etc, etc…

Have they? I’m ashamed to admit, I haven’t read all 2541 posts… :wink: What’s the thinking there? How does TR plan to address properly identifying suprathreshold zones?

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