Endurance software specialist TrainingPeaks has this week released its new Workout Builder, available for all TrainingPeaks users. The new Workout Builder is positioned as a powerful new tool for both coaches and athletes with ‘many new benefits and the potential for some exciting opportunities in the future’.
Dynamic Training Targets
Workout Builder dynamically adds individual training targets and zone values to each workout that is built by a user. For example, if a coach wants to prescribe a ‘20-minute interval within zone 3’ to all of his or her athletes, the coach can now create the interval workout using Workout Builder and it will dynamically populate each athlete’s zone 3 training targets. This is instead of having to rebuild and customize it multiple times for each athlete.
Auto-Calculate Workout TSS
Workout Builder is making its debut just a couple of weeks after TrainingPeaks’ Season Planning with TSS. Planning with TSS gives users the ability to plan an entire season using intensity, and it is reflected within the software’s Calendar as weekly TSS targets. The new Workout Builder is billed as the missing piece that will calculate TSS for each workout as it’s created.
Coaches or athletes who set weekly TSS targets on the ATP (Annual Training Plan) can now use the Workout Builder to create workouts that target that weekly TSS volume. They no longer need to plan in terms of distance and duration as TSS accounts for intensity as well.
Workout Details
Not only will each athlete see their individual training targets and zones for each workout through the TrainingPeaks software’s daily workout e-mail reminders and mobile notifications, they will also see a visual representation of the workout within the web and mobile apps. ‘They will be able to see the workout elements like warm up, main set and cool down… No longer will they have to read through lengthy descriptions just to get a sense of what is prescribed.’
A release from TrainingPeaks adds… ‘With Dreaming Season now under way, we hope these new features will help you plan for your most successful season yet. We too are dreaming about what’s next. The release of Workout Builder opens up many new possibilities, such as pushing structured workouts directly to devices.’
