I have not subscribe to JOIN yet but plan to in preparation for (hopefully) a couple of days of bike packing in September. Given my recent struggles with the Fondo Specialty plan and taking nine days off, I dropped the second half of Specialty to LV and plan to add in some Z2 rides, basically making it similar (but not exactly) to the Polarized Build plan. I’m going to run JOIN along side for the remainder of the Specialty LV plan to compare / contrast the two.
I’ve read the whole JOIN thread and have a couple of questions.
- With only being able to schedule time off one week in advance, how are people dealing with long-term scheduling / lack of visibility into the overall plan?
- How do you get workouts from TrainingPeaks (from JOIN) into TR? Since I’m going to run both for at least a quarter I might as well use TR to control the trainer.
- Does JOIN have an off-season plan? For the last two years I’ve been doing FasCat’s 10-Week Weight Lifting program and plan to do the same this year, but would be open to using JOIN’s riding plan with FasCat’s lifting schedule.
- If you fail a workout (in the traditional TR sense of not completing the intervals at the prescribed power, taking a back pedal, bailing completely, etc), how does JOIN handle it?
- Conversely, how does JOIN handle exceeding a workout (additional sets, increased power, adding endurance, etc)?
- I have Zwift but am curious what other free workout players exist IF I were to cancel TR and Zwift. I understand that JOIN has a player but it is still in its infancy. Zwift’s workout mode leaves a lot to be desired, specifically in its limited range to add duration and adjust intensity up or down to get a proper warmup/cooldown.
- Do you need to setup the connected apps in any special way to avoid duplicates if you have Strava and TrainingPe