Before we had daily limits and weekly hours. Now we simplified it to one value.
Here is a link explaining it, if it is not obvious
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This is a cool feature.
Let’s say someone has 5 hours a week to train. Coach Jack is clearly set up to provide a ramp in effort (TSS, KJs, etc…) by increasing duration. Would you suggest that person intentionally trains less in the beginning to allow for the ramp?
I’ve always been in the camp to train to what time you have available and can recover from. I obviously wouldn’t do that if my end goal was 15-20 hours per week, but if’s a different approach at lower volume (~ 5 hours) in my opinion.
Dave
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I would say if you looked at it more like yearly hours rather than weekly hours you would definitely benefit by ramping. So cut back times of they year and then focus a 2-4 months of the year ramping up (~Mar-May). So hitting a peak of 8-10 hours in may should help. Even if that is just 1 day a week long ride that increases. But if it has to be flat reducing hours does not make a lot of sense.
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That’s cool!
I was testing this and created a 3-month plan. I picked Progressive Sweet Spot for the Build block. The first 4 weeks looked like this:
But in the second month, I noticed that the plan didn’t progress the tempo workouts. Instead, it shifted entirely to endurance/Zone 2 workouts. While the volume increased, all the sessions were lower in intensity over the next 4 weeks.
Then in the third month (the Peak block), I selected Stronger Rider, and the intervals were added back in.
So my question is: why did the second month (or second half of the Build block) become a lower-intensity block? Isn’t it supposed to progress from the previous weeks in terms of intensity?
Thanks!
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Hello,
I tried to create a plan with coach jack and had the same issue. Selected a time crunched plan on 8 weeks and whatever the initial intensity level and whatever the ride feel parameters, the 1-4 weeks block where more or less adjusted but the 5-8 weeks blocs shifted to tempo, endurance and recovery blocs only.
More over the plan remain completely unbalanced compared to the time crunched plan available in the training plan section (see pic) , no VO2 max workout, lots of tempo workout.
Best Regards.
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Looking at it
We are working on a fix. Should be today or tomorrow.
I spoke too soon… It’s fixed. I still have to test it and busy now but it should be good.
Sorry I still see a bug…
Dear Alex,
Thanks, for looking at it.
Coming from trainerroad, I find the trainerday alternative still great!
Best Regards
Joël.
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Now it really seems to be fixed 
Happy to have you.
Fixed.
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Looks great. Thanks, Alex!
Hi Alex, I just noticed something and I’m not sure if it’s a bug or part of the new layout update. When I select more than four days in a week, the boxes showing the hours change layout. Instead of staying in line with the days of the week below it, they stack into two rows. It’s not a big deal, but I think it makes the week a bit harder to visualize.
Thanks!
Yeah we ran into some problems that the boxes would not fit so this was the quick fix. We will see what we can do as a better long term solution.
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Thanks for the update, Alex. I tested it, and it looks very clean and much clearer especially how the hours for the first and last weeks are indicated. It’s now easier for me to plan based on my available hours per day.
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