I totally appreciate the new AI features and the fact that FTP is not really being used as part of the way you plan is set out but please explain this to me. My FTP has for months now slowly been creeping up, I basically for the TR plan day to day. So that’s positive. This morning I get my next FTP analysis and all good, up to 264. But then it says, my FTP will drop to 258 from 264 over the next 28 days. This is based on following the TR plan. Should it not see that and redo the plan. Why would I follow the TR plan if it’s saying to will drop my level of fitness. Should I start to shuffle the plan around randomly until it show an improvement? Maybe I’m missing something
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Can’t tell if this is the same thing, but fwiw…
I am running Balanced, and for grins I set up a plan with Demanding and AI predicted a decrease instead of an increase. So according to my history, that’s more volume that I will respond well to–I might dig a hole and go backwards, apparently. I’ll respond better to Balanced.
Thanks for the info. I’ve not changed mine for months, always been demanding. I’ve always just let it do its thing and I’ve followed. Its like its given up on me haha, ya aint getting any better
Hey @almarcon 
Have you tried changing it to a Balanced approach instead of Demanding to see what it does, as @McFly mentioned? More doesn’t always mean better, sometimes bringing it down a notch can be the right call to let the body recover better.
Also, the prediction is still ways away, so I would also see what happens after completing a few workouts
Here is a great post from Nate explaining possible reasons as to why AI FTP Detections go down, but I would a) complete a few workouts and b) play around with volume/training approach to see what you get:
Interseting points thanks, I did think that the prediction way swing the other way towards the end of the month. The suggestion of changing my plan from Demanding to Balanced is slightly worrying. The reason I actually changed it the other way months ago was because I’m lucky to have an insane amount of free time to fit it the additional hours on the bike, and more to the point, with demanding I could probably count on one hand how many sessions I found hard or difficult over the last 10 months. I would have thought, if I’m paying for an AI powered training platform, and it predicted that my form may drop, then it would simply alter my plan accordingly, or is this asking too much. Meaning should it just not back off my following workouts if it considers I am doing too much or need a rest? I mean thats what a coach would do. To ask the user to play around randomly with a plan or even to alter the approach at certain times, I mean then when to I change the approach back…. You see what I mean here. Even that article you pointed me too suggest that a drop in FTP may be because your doing too little, not only too much. Honestly if I’m allowing TR to totally set out my plan and workouts, it should be the one driving the changes and guiding my in the direction, not me chopping and changing workouts randomly without any idea of what I’m doing. I will try to stay the course and see if things change along the way
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