I’m new to TrainerRoad and have been strictly following a medium level cycle plan for 4 weeks. I haven’t been doing any other rides other than the ones in the plan but have been warned that I am overtraining and need to take an unscheduled rest day. How can I be overtraining if I’m strictly followi…

Thanks for all your contributions. Am in discussions with support@TR and it would appear that the issue is probably due to a problem when my spin classes recorded on Strava were imported into TR. The TSS were typically around 50 or higher but have been recorded in TR as 4. What’s also odd is that t…

[image] Cader: have been warned that I am overtraining and need to take an unscheduled rest day. Who said you were overtraining and based on what criteria?

What makes you think your over trained?

Thanks for responding. TrainerRoad have advised that I’m overtraining. Think it’s the new red/amber warning feature that TR has introduced

I would read the material and FAQ regarding the Red Light Green Light feature. You are not overtraining. [image] Red Light Green Light Avoid overtraining and optimize your training stress with Red Light Green Light. What is Red Light Green Light? Red Light Green Light is a TrainerRoad f…

RLGL is only going to approach being accurate after it has gotten a decent history of your consistent training. (Probably 6-8 weeks). If you’re coming off a significant break or you haven’t fed your other training data into it (link your Strava), it’s going to think you’re over doing it. On the fl…

I assume you are in the Base phase. If you find that you are struggling with the Mid volume plan then perhaps you should try the Low volume plan.

Do you feel over trained? Struggling through work outs, tired, not wanting to really ride

Thanks all for your responses. Have synced all previous rides, have done FTP test at beginning of base plan and then TR increased FTP based on first 10 indoor rides , so strictly following plan. Don’t feel overtired, indeed advised FTP from TR is lower than the one I use when spinning. Have read F…

[image] Cader: the only suggestion there is that perhaps I’m doing too many sessions, if that’s the case I’m surprised TR doesn’t build up frequency during the base phase. Ah, so you’re actually NOT following a TR mid volume plan. It sounds like you’re ADDING workouts to a mid volume plan. T…

I didn’t read his post that way - I read it more along the lines of “I’m surprised TR has you doing C sessions per week consistently instead of building up by adding an extra session every week or two”.

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I would read the material and FAQ regarding the Red Light Green Light feature. You are not overtraining.

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