I think this conversation would be more appropriate for the below thread so we can keep this thread focused on CEO Communication. Here are some of Nate’s responses in that thread that can be used as some starting points for conversation. Frankly, he’d have a better response than anything I could share due to his immediate and intimate knowledge of AT as it stands right now.
For the plan adjustment it’s optimizing our plans.
For the data scientists the levels/progressions will help them implement other plans.
But the ML FTP prediction will help us figure out what’s right for you. That’s the part that isn’t in the current beta but we’re working hard on it. That is where it will show different FTP improvements for different volumes; and it’s not always that extra volume is more improvement which I find really interesting.
I also suspect we’ll decouple it from FT…
The goal is to beat a coach in terms of picking workouts.
We’ve already seen this on the closed beta. A coach had a “breakthrough” workout assigned to an athlete. They showed the progression data to the coach and they adjusted the workout to what AT suggested.
Coaches will still be very valuable for accountability, skills, racing tactics, and a sounding board. I don’t see them going away but I see them being used in tandem with AT.
This already happens with the progression system. Except instead of changing your FTP it puts you in a different point in your progression.
This is happening in our internal system with FTP predictions. I suspect we’ll run future models to optimize certain levels in specific workout zones. This will automatically take into account repeatability which is awesome.
This is what the survey data post-workout is for. If you stop early we get to know why you stopped. This is also why we can’t…
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