@TrainerRoad Did training plans evolve because of data insights?

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But was that based on data gathered from TrainerRoad? Or gut feeling

It was based on data. TR doesn’t need to operate on gut feeling.

Our Training Plans are Improving

For the foreseeable future, we’re using data to make incremental improvements to our training plans. We’ve got the data! We’ve got year and years of high quality, accurate data on how our users’ complete TrainerRoad workouts. We know their age, their watt/kg, how often they’re training, their history and where they are in a plan. I’m talking about millions and millions of workouts. We’ve leveraged some of this data and built an internal system to categorize workouts in the following categor…

Sweet Spot Base II - Low & Mid Volume Changes

With the benefit of more data and better information on which workouts have a stronger likelihood of completion and better adherence, SSB II has been re-fixed and the swapped VO2max workouts (Tuesdays in weeks 2-5) go into effect today. I feel strongly that this small set of changes will strike the proper balance between difficult and doable and keep y’all challenged, motivated, and getting faster. There’s more info about why we’re doing this here: Our Training Plans are Improving

Plan Improvements: Short, General, and Sustained Build!

Last week we mentioned that we’re using data from millions of rides to help improve our training plans. We’ve already updated Sweet Spot Base I/II Mid and Low Volumes . Today we’re making changes to our build plans. How do I update a plan on the calendar to reflect these changes? There are two types of changes: In place changes and workout changes. You don’t have to do anything for in place workout changes, they are automatically reflected on your calendar. If you see something like this, J…