Hi, Returning TR and Zwift subscriber now the integration is official. Did my first workout today and love the fact I can do TR AI structured training via Zwift. Gamechanger. However, wondering whether I just use Train Now workouts to guide me for a while or should I dive in and get a Training Pla…

Unqualified opinion: Train Now, unless you have a very large amount of time to train per week and are very fatigue resistant. It seems like you already have a lot of training, racing, stimulus planned and this will both raise your fitness and contribute fatigue. I would plan out what you are going…

Alternatively select a low volume plan with 2 hard workouts per week, and train around that. The plan will adapt and at least you have a forward looking view if the ‘unknown’ of TrainNow makes you feel a bit uneasy.

I’m new to TR myself and really like Train Now which I didn’t expect. I did make Training plan but the start date for that plan is 2 1/2 months away. In the meantime I used Train Now 4 to 5 times a week with weekends being longer workouts. I keep the workout days the same days of the week that I …

I do a lot of outdoor cycling with relatively few days to train on the trainer unless it’s raining so maybe Train Now is the way to go instead of being locked in to a plan.

[image] adamreed: do a lot of outdoor cycling with relatively few days to train on the trainer unless it’s raining so maybe Train Now is the way to go instead of being locked in to a plan. It certainly sounds that way, but I would launch the custom plan builder and see what it recommends. You…

To drive @JoeX point further: use TrainNow if you are always doing different rides or don’t need to maximize your race-specific abilities and peak for specific date. use Plan Builder if you focus on some type of rides during different periods (a la crits in spring, long distance in summer, MTB in …

Ask essentially the same question back in Nov and got some TR official input then. [image] Using a plan vs just Train Now? TrainerRoad Software What would be better for me, doing a training plan or just using Train Now? I just re-upped on TR. Last time I was using TR wa…

Very interesting. IIRC before, the guidance was not to associate a non-structured ride to a scheduled workout. Now, we can and should, but what happens is TR treats it as if you completed the planned workout, with its IF and TSS, and does not consider the actual IF and TSS of the ride, correct? I…

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Ask essentially the same question back in Nov and got some TR official input then.

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