shadowone1 wrote:May I be a touch contraversial here.
Do you not think that everyone following similar training plans is wrong? I mean everyone is different and with different levels of fitness, shape etc so is following the same training plan, which will be generic, not feel wrong?
Just a thought.
I've posted on this before so I am now gonna bore you all be repeating it again
I suspect S11 is spot on, but here's the didds brain dump on training plans (FWIW which is not a lot!).
1)Any plan is better than no plan.
2)A plan can be as simple as X times sessions per week per discipline, do what you feel like.
3)If you are just starting or just have a goal to "just finish", basing the entire plan on building endurance (that Zone 1 + Zone 2/train at an intensity where you can just hold a conversation thing) is likely to be fine, whatever the distance.
4)You can hire a coach to produce tailored personalised plans - but if you fall into point 3) above then are you paying £50 a month for someone to tell you to increase your distances by 10% a week but do a lighter week once a month? If you use a coach do you get speedwork included in your plan despite actually really only being interested in finishing, first and foremost, because the coach has to justify the fees/cannot think past semi-elite level triathletes?
5)When you are not competing for podium spots, but are trying to improve/be faster, generic training plans may still provide you with breakthroughs.
6) A generic plan can never get you to your full _racing_ potential over a personalised, tailored plan (howsoever attained).
7)There are paid for coaching plans available that are actually no more than generic plans made to look pretty .
Which can be summarised by
A) You get what you pay for.
B) You can pay for stuff you don't need.
didds