trainingpeaks.com

[madisongrrl]

Trainingpeaks pre-built plans are a good value for the price. But the trainingpeaks software still has a long way to go IMO.

[solveig]

I ended up signing up for the Virtual Coach, and overall I like it. It gives me some structure to my workouts and drives me to workout more frequently & harder than I would if left to my own devices. (Especially while in trainerland over the winter.) As a result I'm going into the spring in my best shape ever.

But the software isn't all that interactive. With Virtual Coach, it gives you workouts, and you can shuffle them around to the days of the week that fit your life. You can also delete them & change lengths if you need to - but it helps to have done some background reading so you have an idea of the training effects your changes might have.

And you also have to be a little bit reasonable and go ahead and lift weights for more than 26 minutes on a given day, or not do all 1:58 on the trainer if you just can't deal.

And the nutrition part leaves quite a bit to be desired in terms of user-friendliness. I'd like to use it, but it would take way to long to enter everything in.

This has been a good intro to using a training plan for me, but it's not like interacting with a real human person who can deal with you as a whole human person.

Let me know what you think!