Hi, I’m trying to use the Coach Jack Plan builder to give me a custom 6-month workout plan that is 3 days per week, 30 minutes max per workout. I have triple-checked the settings and ensured that I constrained all workouts for all days / blocks to be 30 minutes. I understand this is not the ideal way to train, but I have a 10-month old right now, so I’m lucky to even get a full 30-minute uninterrupted workout these days The problem I’m encountering is that even with this max limit of 30 minutes, Coach Jack is still giving me workouts in later weeks of 40 minutes - 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Can the Coach Jack plan be fixed so that it never gives me a workout that goes above the max duration I set for it?
Most of the workout segments need a minimum amount of time and 30 minutes is not enough. If all you have is 30 minutes you may want to do Tabata workouts, 30-15s etc…
@thatoneguy1573 you can just follow a CJ plan. Do a warmup for say 5-7 minutes press next button in our app as soon as you feel slightly warm. Then just do the workout until you have 5 minute left and then press next to get to the cool down and stop riding at 30 minutes and save it. If you end up getting a bit more time this gives you flexibility.
@Alex that works, thanks! Also, just a suggestion for future implementation: for new users, it might help to put a disclaimer or something when setting a time limit in CJ that the plans may still go over the limit in later weeks. I was thinking I was doing something wrong in the settings at first.
There are some tabata workouts in the catalogue already, but I knocked up a 30 minute one that squeezes in the 3 sets of 8 x 20 seconds @ 170% FTP with 10 seconds easy and 5 mins rest between sets.
I’m not sure these workouts are best suited to ERG mode.
Here is some advice on such workouts from Fascat
"You want to hold back a teensy-tiny bit on the first two - three 20 seconders so that you don’t crater for Tabatas 6, 7, & 8. Remember 170% of FTP is difficult but doable.
Ideally the average power of the final tabata equals the average power of the first tabata. In other words you hit 170% of your FTP for each effort.
Avoid being so pumped up mentally that your first efforts are significantly greater than the last. For example 200% of your FTP then 125%.
If you start out at 170% and are going as hard as you can and then fail to hit 170% two consecutive Tabatas in a row, you have reached exhaustion and should cease and go home and begin recovering."
I would warm up for 5 minutes then do 10 repeats of 30 seconds hard, 15 seconds easy, 3 minute rest really easy, do another 10 repeats, and cool down for 5 minutes.
I could make a workout if you want.
You’d fit 10 minutes of hard work into the 30 minutes.
Adjust how hard the hard is and how easy the easy is to fit your needs.
I made a sequence of 4 that you could try if you want. The idea is you’d start with the easiest one and work your way up to the hardest one. It is probably best only do 2 of these a week.
The problem I’m encountering is that even with this max limit of 30 minutes, Coach Jack is still giving me workouts in later weeks of 40 minutes - 1 hour and 20 minutes.
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