Q:How do I use the coaching feature on intervals.icu?

[Cian_Hanrahan]

I just set up an intervals.icu account and I am enjoying its features so far. However, I want to ask how I can write training plans and use the coaching feature of the website? Do I need to have my athlete join intervals.icu before it will let me write the training plan?

I have been clicking around the website, but I haven’t figured out how I can write a training plan on here. Please let me know how to use the coaching features.

Thank you,

-Cian

[david]

You need to click the book icon on the calendar page to open your workout library. There is a lot more info in this guide:

ACTIVITIES PAGE - a guide to getting started

Section 5 Workout Library [image] If your library is empty, you will see a blank pop-up lists as follows: [image] Clicking NEW allows two options, Plan or Folder [image] 1. Plan Give the plan a Name, eg. Season 2022, then the start week. Rollout offers options to send to your calendar in blocks ranging from weekly, to the next 1-12 weeks, or the whole plan. Auto rollout is disabled by default, but can be done on a specific day of the week. Starting Fitness and Fatigue as well as a des…

[Gerald]

• Your athletes need an account.
• They need to be linked to you as a coach.
• You can create plans and link athletes to a plan, but that means they all do the same workouts at their respective levels.

[CoachD]

Hi, I’m an endurance running coach and I’ve just come across intervals.icu and I’m assessing it’s capabilities to decide if it’s something I can use with my clients.

I can see how I can upload runs/workouts and assign them to athletes and they can then sync those runs with their Garmin. And I can see their stats and health data - which is all excellent. As is the ability to comment on specific workouts.

What I’m less confident with at the moment is how to build generic & specific training plans e.g a 16 week half-marathon plan. And be able to assign that to individuals and also set/select which days of the week each run should be scheduled for.

Also not sure how to include strength & conditioning workouts. I can see an option for “weigh-training”, but nothing for bodyweight exercises. Usually, I would build specific routines with links to demo videos and notes on sets/reps. Can this be replicated/done in intervals.icu?

[Gerald]

Welcome to Intervals.

In the Library section, the book icon on the Calendar page, you can add folders and plans.

Folders is where you can add/group workouts, and notes.

Plans opens a calendar where you can drop workouts, and notes into, to push to the athlete(s). You have a number of options for the rollout frequency. This can also be assigned to any number of athletes, and also start from a certain date.

[CoachD]

Thanks, I’ll be sure to have a look at folders & plans and see what I can do with those.

Do you know if there are any good video tutorials available to assist someone looking to use the platform as a coach?

[Gerald]

Nothing available, that I’m aware of.