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

Fascinating thread, more because of what it says about the dogmatic posts that have dominated throughout than because of anything I’ve learned about either Dylan Johnson or TrainerRoad. A few observations based on my experience training (three-ish years with nearly 100% compliance on TR plans and b…

To the point of why TR offers no Polarized plan…why do they offer a TB/SSBHV/anyHV plan if they only recc those to 1% of their users? That’s A LOT of dead baggage to carry around.

[image] GreenHornet1: More to the point, he has had massive success on the ultra endurance MTB circuit, for quite some time. Yeah, I don’t have a dog in the fight—but Johnson’s one of maybe three Americans who look capable of wresting the crown from Jeremiah Bishop’s head. Not well-known amon…

We’ve had 5 users join the forum just to post defence of the YouTuber and 8 users post after months/years of silence - so kudos for enriching the forum! :+1: Edit - 9 users back from silence. :slightly_smiling_face:

Fair enough. That’s what I’m trying to figure out. Granted, on my week off from work I rode every day. Most of it was mostly easy low-intensity riding, on a normal week that might not happen. So I’m seriously curious what Dylan would prescribe for the time-crunched folks who aren’t racing but are ju…

And here is my 10 min solution and everyone will be happy :wink: [TR_PLAN_BUILDER]

Well they don’t without customizing their workouts, that’s the whole point.

[image] GreenHornet1: it’s not fair to undercut Dylan’s on the basis of age and a claim of lack of experience (since there is evidence of it). That’s what you got out of that, that I was basing my justification on his age alone. I inserted age only as an indicator that he hasn’t had a lot of …

If you follow the weekly tips and substitute the Sunday ride many plans will end up being pyramidical. Also, you don’t need to customize anything. Just tack 20-30 minutes to a scheduled workout as they suggest. No rocket science. Though I guess for some people they will have to add “breathe in” and…

I am struggling, genuinely, to understand the argument that TR need to stick to a particular training philosophy , regardless of its efficacy, to maintain commercial viability. What would be the commercial damage if we woke up in the morning to find they had added polarised plans?

Dylan Johnson's "The Problem with TrainerRoad Training Plans": it's gonna be a busy day around here

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jarsson February 14, 2021, 10:04pm 398

And here is my 10 min solution and everyone will be happy

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Time to move on from TR?

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Dylan Johnson's "The Problem with TrainerRoad Training Plans": it's gonna be a busy day around here

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