Would it be possible to add in a feature where we could have training blocks. Where we could set the focus of the week. So that we can plan out our macro, meso & microcycles in advance and know what we will be training.
And then even better if we could then look at a list for just the cycles so that we can see what upcoming cycles we have scheduled!
e.g.
1st Jan - 28th Jan
Base Training
Depending on your level of planning ability, you can use Notes and Target Duration/Load/Distance on the calendar entry, and then use Excel as a tool to supplement your planning.
Start here:
and here:
As Gerald mentioned you can use notes to indicate blocks. They can span multiple weeks and show on the fitness chart as well:
Adding a +1 on to the request.
I have seen and read the details of @Gerald 's fantastic work, but this is the one thing preventing moving from training peaks.
Inspite of being a programmer and software architect I simply don’t have the time to play with TP , its just there, and i can use it.
I suspect then are many other potential users which to no have the technical skill of comfort ot use an integrated excel solution unless in installed and configures for them. we need to remember the application is no the goal, the training result is.
Looking at the quality of the other analysis tools in intervals , i am sure a planner wold beat hands down anything TP has.
kind regards
Julian
Would you consider adding an option to show the training plan you are following like a note on the fitness chart? You can obviously already create a note that spans the full training plan, but something like this should be linked IMO.
This would be useful for me, but if most people prefer “splitting” their plan by phases using notes as-is I can see it being sort of redundant.
I’m right there with you@PolderPhantom, I am also a developer and solutions architect, I approach my work [and life in general] with the mindset of “work smarter, not harder”. @Gerald has done some great work and I’ve taken some time to play around with his approach, but with all due respect, it’s a lot of work, lots of steps, context switching etc. in my opinion, just not sustainable over time. I was a TP customer and moved to Intervals and am very happy I did, but the one thing that keeps tugging at me to go back to TP is the ATP functionality (sorry David 
). I really believe if an ATP function can be added to Intervals [and based on all the work David has done and his skill set, I believe an Intervals ATP function better than the TP version is a reality], more athletes will jump ship from TP to Intervals, IMHO, it’s the one big thing missing from Intervals.
@david if you want an offline discussion about the work, and data, required for an ATP, let me know.
I think, must of the data is there, and most of it will be user interface work and graphing.
What would be nice would be to figure out hope to draft plans based on the various periodization types. I know a lot of people in the audax/ultra world use reverse periodization, because of winter daylight and temperature and the goad, of the end of the period lookin like “race day”
speaking of drafts, it would be nice to have multiple drafts, but one active, for the sake of comparison and for reset/refocus when unexpected events happen eg injury or sickness
Considering all that out of the box functionality, which is, I have to agree, partially a bit hidden and you need to know how to use ICU properly, you can do a lot regarding periodisation.
Example is given with how to use to certain events in the calendar.
I agree also, especially when it comes to weekly overviews, some UI and UX tweak would make it easier to understand.
I see rather the complexity behind all of that yearly, quarterly, periodised planning when it comes down to multisports, where 3 to 6 certain disciplines have to be considered.
@johannesh83 oh I agree is should be accessible/visible/tunable so that people like your self can drill down. Transparency is important to help understanding, but it should not be mandatory to understand or manipulate it at this level.
If time is money , how many hours are you going to spend before switching to/from a tool that cost $80 or what ever per year ? And then there are many people out there, that are just not “tech savy”
As you say , the majority of it realy is UI and a bit of “first cut” automation" for UX
When using notes this way in the plan builder they don’t show up on the athlete’s fitness chart.
Is that correct, or am I doing something wrong?
It confuses me a bit because notes spanning only one day do show up (although not in the fitness chart).
I’d love to see for the athlete on their fitness chart in what phase they are in their plan. (I think the “Show on fitness line” tick is also missing at the moment).
Looks a bit messy and needs attention from @david
One tends to move around a bit depending on what option is choosen, the other is a bit different per option.
And functionality needs to be reviewed I think because in case of ‘Injury’ with both unchecked, it shows as a dot on the fitness line and as a popup on the fitness line.
I have some time available now (injured after a crash and recovering at home), I will make a matrix with ‘what does what’.
Thanks for the quick reply. I’ve figured this out on an individual level, but can’t get the same to work on a plan level in the plan builder.
I can get the different phases to show in my plan builder, but nothing will show on the athlete calendar or in the individual fitness graph.
Plan builder:
Plan overview:
Individual athlete fitness:
Individual athlete calendar:
@Thijs_van_Luijk Sorry but can’t help with that, I have no experience using Intervals as a coach…
I did check the Calendar Entry behaviour and it is quite confusing…
The checkboxes ‘Show on Fitness line’ - ‘Do Not show on Fitness chart’ - ‘Show as note on Fitness chart’
The second one is only available for Notes
The third one only for Injury, Holiday and Sick
The first one is not available for Sick, displays Top Center for Workout, Top Right for Injury and Bottom Right for Notes
Inconsistencies
A ‘Note’ with both checkboxes unchecked shows as a range for multiday notes but nothing if it is a single day
If you check ‘Show on Fitness line’, it shows a dot on the fitness chart for single day and dot + range for multiday. In case of a single day, it also shows as a popup on the bottom, but that’s not the case for a multiday note.
If you check ‘Do not show on Fitness chart’, you get the dots and a popup at the bottom but not the range on the chart
For Holiday, the first checkbox has the inverse function. When both are unticked, you see nothing on the fitness page. Show as Note gives a range if multiday but nothing for single day. Show on fitness line shows dot(s) and popup. Both checked shows dots and range but not popup for multiday; dot and popup for single day
For Sick and Injury, there’s only the Show as note on Fitness chart option. Leaving it unchecked, shows a dot and popup for both single and multi day. Ticking the box adds a range for multiday but doesn’t change anything for single day.
What is the aim of each option?
All entries will/should result in a dot on the Fitness chart?
Show on Fitness line will/should give a popup at the bottom of the Fitness page like the activities?
Show as Note on Fitness chart will/should show as a date range with the title on the Fitness chart?
Do not show on Fitness chart will/should not show anything on the Fitness chart/page?
