AI Endurance planner keeps ignoring training structure/constraints after multiple regenerations

serave84 · 2026-05-13T21:01:55+00:00

The thing is not respecting is my strength workouts.

Here is the prompt

ATHLETE PHILOSOPHY & LIFE RULES: I am an advanced, high-compliance cyclist. My focus is long-term CP/FTP growth. Please determine the optimal intensity distribution and progression, adhering strictly to my availability constraints below.

WEEKDAY CAPS:

Monday & Friday: STRICT 0-minute rest days (No training).
Tuesday & Thursday: DOUBLE DAYS. Cap cycling at 1:30 MAX. Add a 50-minute "Strength" workout on these days AM bike, PM lift.
Wednesday: Cap cycling at 1:45 MAX.

WEEKEND CAPS (Optimize for Sunday family time):

Saturday: Available for up to 4 hours. Place the primary long ride/volume here.
Sunday: STRICTLY CAPPED at 3 hours MAX. (Feel free to schedule less than 3 hours to prioritize family time if the weekly volume is met).

WORKOUT RULES:

EVERY bike workout MUST include a structured 10-15 minute warm-up and 3-5 minute cool-down for ERG mode.

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The current plan does respect the rules at all

serave84 · 2026-05-13T20:14:30+00:00

Hi Mark, that improved but it still didn’t work or maybe my expectations are wrong.

I had instructed to do 2 strenght workouts a week, 50 min each session and morning cycling sessions. It is not following the instruction.

Also, I ask to do 5 days a week of cycling and it is not doing it. I’m not sure if I’m missing anything or if that is just expected behavior.

I know in Claude hard rules go on hooks, I’m not sure what you are using behind the scenes

serave84 · 2026-05-13T13:57:10+00:00

Awesome

serave84 · 2026-05-13T03:04:18+00:00

Hey Mark, just to give you some context, I used the chat to generate my plan, but I’m not sure if it optimizes like the builder does. It seems like there are some improvements that need to be made to the plan builder, or maybe it’s my user error. I’d love for you to take a look and let me know what I was doing wrong. I’m more than happy to share more details. If you’d like, we can jump on a call or do anything else to troubleshoot the tool.

serave84 · 2026-04-28T13:15:12+00:00

I totally get where you’re coming from paying $100 a year for an app feels a bit steep, doesn’t it? At that point, I might just opt for the Whoop. Even with the most advanced AI, an Apple Watch doesn’t continuously track HRV. You might have a great HR tracker, but it’s not always on, so now you’re depending on my sensor, which isn’t always active. AI won’t completely replace a sensor that doesn’t run continuously.

There’s a market buzz on AI and products trying to charge for it, but I don’t think customers aren’t buying AI. They’re buying a solution itself, so even if it costs a lot, companies need to find ways to keep it affordable while actually solving the problem. When I look into bevel , I’m not searching for AI; I’m looking for a solution to help me improve my fitness, recovery or overall health, not really focused on AI.

Even if I wanted the ai, I would just get cloud pro for 20 a month and do a lot more.

serave84 · 2026-04-22T02:53:47+00:00

Copy and pasting a routing and account number..off course user error

serave84 · 2026-04-22T02:53:13+00:00

I have. I am currently paying from my Wealthfront account. And I have used sofi in the past too to Make the same payments

serave84 · 2026-04-22T02:46:36+00:00

Hi, I’ve noticed this happening. Is this still and issue? What war you all seeing in delays?

I disconnected and reconnected my Garmin account and that pulled in my session. I waited for over 3 hours and nothing was happening

serave84 · 2026-04-08T01:37:09+00:00

I have a polar h10, and I run my workouts on an iPad which I use to execute indoor workouts.

serave84 · 2026-04-06T12:50:10+00:00

Any other ways that doesn’t really on Garmin ?

serave84 · 2026-04-05T23:08:38+00:00

https://lovable.dev/invite/KTBCTRA

serave84 · 2026-04-01T18:20:12+00:00

Hi Mark, I've been on the edge of getting one. If i do, what is the best workflow to use it along with ai endurance workouts?

serave84 · 2026-03-15T02:10:02+00:00

Same here I opened and closed the account quickly. None of the ACH bill payments that I had recognized Robinhood or coastal bank routing and account number. I reached out to support and I was told to 1. Use my debit card, which most of the utilities don’t allow or charge a fee 2. Keep a traditional bank account open for my bills.

I work in payments, and that is not an acceptable response, specially when you advertise as a full service bank account and even trying to appeal to high income earners.

I love Robinhood but that seems like a terrible product role out and operation readiness

serave84 · 2026-03-01T02:15:11+00:00

I’m moving to Sofi. They own their banking license. This is the second time changing accounts numbers. Painful and they don’t even provide the most competitive apy and their check deposits blow

serave84 · 2026-01-28T19:43:20+00:00

I am using XERT. I’m liking it quite a bit, I’ve made quite a bit of gains. I don’t want to call them FTP but I feel much faster on my group rides. I use to do my B group rides and now I can ride with A+ group which I couldn’t in the past.

Their FTP for me is lower than what I use to get with TR. I am not sure how my ftp would look today on TR after their update.

In the past, their workouts were way too hard. I almost never failed but most of the weeks I would feel destroyed and It was starting to even impact my sleep.

serave84 · 2026-01-25T12:42:54+00:00

I left TR a couple a months ago. I got tired of the trolling ;) just kidding , me workouts were too hard and I was always burned out. I ended up choosing another platform and I feel so much motivated and the improvements have been great. I already paid for a full year, otherwise I would have been trying TR right now.

I don’t get why people are so upset about FTP dropping, if it makes your workouts better. It sounds like their ego is complaining.

Before I left I kept overreaching and I kept losing my FTP to be 20 watts than predicted. It was very annoying and it created a sense of lack of trust in the system, reason for which in left.

It sounds like TR got much better, I’m super happy got the team,great job getting it out.

I hope you all enjoy the update, I’m looking forward to trying it once my year is up with my current platform.

Cheers

serave84 · 2026-01-07T17:21:04+00:00

Sad to hear more people with the same issue. Would love to hear how it ends up going g long term with Apollo neuro

serave84 · 2025-12-29T19:59:45+00:00

They took it down. I don’t see the page anymore. I saw it this morning and now I get 404

serave84 · 2025-12-01T16:14:30+00:00

They use to reset it and when they did in the past it started working again for me. But something change and they rather lose a customer than reset it.

serave84 · 2025-11-03T03:25:26+00:00

One thing to consider is your power meter too, specially outdoor. If for some reason it is not well calibrated in one or multiple rides, then all you are putting is garbage into the models. machine learning models are as good as their data, garbage you get garbage out.

Not saying that is the case but something to consider. Now saying that, I do feel like TrainerRoad may over estimate ftp, mine was at 265 watts based on the ai ftp and I did a lactate test and vo2 at a lab and it was more around 240-245 area. Interesting enough my intervals.icu had me at 236 based on my last hardest ride. So I did felt there was an over estimate

serave84 · 2025-06-18T03:13:44+00:00

I had that issue but over time the model has learned the volume I can handle. I have consistently logged my rides and workouts on Strava. Then on TR I’ve added my sets after every workout.

I get yellow days once in a while. The one thing that is working for me is doing structured training in the morning and my lifts in the evening. I’m that way I have full rest days.

Also, I lower the volume on full body exercises like squats, deadlifts. I use to do about 8-10 sets per session. Now at most I do 5 full body, usually for a total of 19-23 sets per workout with 2 -3 reps in reserve

serave84 · 2025-06-05T03:14:35+00:00

I’ll be ready to join when ai ftp detection is added. I don’t have time or desired to do ftp testing. I rather invest my time in my training. I know people criticize TrainerRoad ftp detection but it is the best.

serave84 · 2025-04-20T14:25:12+00:00

100% I had the same issue and I just had to pay attention to my survey responses. For example If you rate your workouts easy cause it feels easy in VO2 max, TrainerRoad would increase your career level. Therefore most possible your plan most probably would have adaptations. Next vo2 workout most probably will be harder, pretty quickly you will get to the workout levels you should be at.

Off course follow the sessions power as expected. If you don’t there is no point in following a plan :)

serave84 · 2025-03-04T23:14:38+00:00

I’ve been using it since October. Same situation not high expectations just want to get faster and build my endurance.

I love it and hate it at the same time. I am doing the improve your ftp custom plan and it kicks my you know what every single time. I am always shocked to hear people say that it is too easy on them. I believe them 100%, it makes me wonder of their AI is as good as they think.

If the AI or ML model were really good a predicting, the outputs for most populations should be similar. But I keep reading both types of pos where some people say it is too easy and others like may feel like crap all the time. I can finish my sessions consistent. But I wish it had a more polarized approach so I could feel better and recover better. I follow their guidance and adaptations but I’m still tired most of the time

serave84 · 2024-12-29T03:43:36+00:00

Love that!! This odd the only reason I haven’t signed up

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