Create workouts in Dynamic Plans based on Training Zone that will individualize the zone for each athletes the plan is applied to.
I love using Dynamic plans but would love to be able to build workouts based on Training Zone (ie, Zone 1-5). We do ******* testing with our athletes to have more accurate training zones, and it's hard/impossible to prescribe them accurately for the group using the % threshold tool.
I would also be really helpful to be able to compare "planned time in zone" to "actual time in zone" once the workout is completed.
Anneke Winegarden
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There are a few prerequisite features we need to develop to unlock this ability.
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Robbie Deckard commented
This is spot on. Being forced into writing workouts as % of threshold is, in my opinion, highly limiting for coaches and ignores the fact that “threshold” is a result of energy systems, not an energy stem in itself. I’m really surprised more people haven’t asked for this or that TP hasn’t realized that the FTP “model” is outdated and not used by many coaches.
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Markus Hein
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Is if there is any chance that there will be a feature in the future which will allow to plan workouts based on training zones rather than on % of threshold?
This would make it a lot easier to plan more individualised workouts based on an athlete's physiological profile. As the athletes will have very different % of threshold at the same training zone due to different physiological profiles (VO2max, Vlamax, running economy,...). So planning with training zones rather than % of threshold would safe the coaches working with individualized zones from adjusting every workout from the library again, once they are moved to an athletes calendar.