after +5 years with TR is maybe time to move on. i’ve lost faith in the platform a little, and only use it for the calender, choosing workouts, and tracking time. the PL’s are off, because one good workout does not mean you are there, its one workout. the AI FTP may be a consistent gauge, but it its…

Hey everyone, Thanks for all of the feedback in this thread. There are a lot of thoughts floating around here, and there are a few topics in particular we’d like to touch on. It sounds like one recurring concern is how TR isn’t capturing training outside of the plan. This has been and still is a …

Yea they ramp things up after a few weeks if you follow their plan. It’s not static like TR, doing over unders every Saturday for 10 weeks. They have a different approach which emphasizes endurance and less intervals. I’ll get long rides with long threshold or tempo efforts and some weeks it’s long…

[image] hpbieker: Maybe it will learn the training load I can handle at some point Can’t you manage that by changing your rider activity profile type?

Yes, I have set it to Pro, which is “In average more than 11 hours per week”. On TrainerRoad I am in Sweet Spot Base Phase II High Volume.

[image] hpbieker: I have a subscription of JOIN running in parallel with TR, but it is basically just asking me to have a rest day. Maybe it will learn the training load I can handle at some point Join uses a more polarised approach, so it wants you to rest for the 5x4min @120% or 4x5 min @…

[image] batwood14: So theoretically I could input the following: Training Days: Tues, Weds, Thur, Sat, Sun (5) Target training hours: 12/week Target event: Less than 4 hour gravel event Target event date: April 20th, 2024 Age: 49 2 Extra credit ideas: Type of power that will be decisive …

This was also my proposition to introduce advanced plan builder for users who want to have more control over the plans. [image] Dylan Johnson's "The Problem with TrainerRoad Training Plans": it's gonna be a busy day around here Training And here is my 10 min solution and …

[image] jz91: why many have such high expectations of outdoor PLs is beyond my understanding Agreed! Looked at through the 1-10 scale, they’re just “junk rides” with no value. It will be crushing when outdoor PLs are released and PL bumps from outdoor rides are shown as ‘pimples’ due to low c…

Your 4hr power % of FTP looks incredible. Any tips on raising it?

Exactly. Unless you actually do structured training outdoors or outside TrainerRoad, these numbers will probably be low anyway. They can perhaps make it easier to onboard new users as they don’t have to start at proficiency level 1.0. I think it is important to appreciate that the proficiency level…

Export the workouts to trainingpeaks, have trainerroad road import trainingspeaks workouts, to see what level trainerroad would assign to the JOIN workouts. JOIN workout outs are not easy, some are really really hard…

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jarsson October 1, 2023, 7:21am 24

This was also my proposition to introduce advanced plan builder for users who want to have more control over the plans.

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