Training Load Plugin

foiled · Donated! Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 27

Just a comparison between mechgt's plugin and WKO+

ildibad · Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 6:51 am Post subject:

very similar - almost identical.

TSB is narrower in the training load plugin because you didn't double click on its scale and therefore the scale has not been adjusted to the window.
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Switch · Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject:

texmurphy · Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject:

hegstrom · Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject: Love training load plug-in

mechgt · Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:51 pm Post subject:

New release of TL just released. Changes listed below for Training Load v1.2.2:

Changes:
- Bugfix on swapping logbooks
- Selecting a single day/activity on the charts will also select that activity when switching views
- More localization
- AvgHR sort bugfix
- Changed distance units to 'km' in columns
- Column widths
- Column localization bugfix
- Fixed default zoom for logbooks with < 4 months of data

Stumpjumper68 · Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject:

Hi mechgt,

would be great if you could post a download link if you announce a new release till the great plugin is
not officially released on the download page. I'm
sure this would result in more downloads.

Because I love this plugin I need to test it now bye
Stumpjumper68
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texmurphy · Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject:

Link is on first page of this thread see here

mechgt · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:40 am Post subject: Localization

So I've been wanting to add more languages (and get any corrections for the two I already have.) I used Google Translate for several new features, and am hoping that they turned out alright, but I can't say for sure.

Anyway, I've published an online spreadsheet. If you can help out, just go and fill in the blanks (or make corrections) for your language (add a new column for new languages) on the spreadsheet below.

http://www.editgrid.com/user/mechgt/TrainingLoadLocalization

EDIT: If you make corrections, please highlight them with your favorite color (I'll un-highlight them as the correction is made.)

gerhard · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:14 pm Post subject: Re: Localization

HENNES · Donated! Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 1022 Location: Germany

mechgt · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject: Re: Localization

gerhard · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject: Re: Localization

gerhard · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: Localization

mechgt · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: Re: Localization

Stumpjumper68 · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject:

Thanks mechgt for your signature and this great plugin.

Thanks texmurphy for your hint.
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ildibad · Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:58 am Post subject:

Happy new year everybody !

I have added a French column to the spreadsheet.
If they are other French speaking people in this forum will they check them ?

Mainly we should agree on an "official" translation of atl/ctl/TSB, tapering etc.

Mechgt,

If you have a half page general explanation in english could you post-it. I will translate it and post it in the french forum section.
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mechgt · Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:18 am Post subject:

Gunnar · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 22 Location: Rochester, MN

Great work on this plug in. I just installed it last night. This is so much better than taking all the info and plugging it into a spreadsheet manually. Very Happy

Just a couple of requests that would make it even more complete and allow me to completely get rid of my excel sheet.

1. A CTL ramp score. This takes your current CTL and subtracts the CTL from a week prior (or possibly a user defined time period), showing as a number how much increase (or decrease) in CTL over the time period.

2. A 3, 7 and 28 day (or user specified time)rolling TrImp total and user specified break even points. The break even points are the amount of training that you can do in those time periods where any increase will not produce any gain in fitness, or become overtrained. As you approach and reach the break even point, having a conditional format to possible change the color of the cell to alert the user that they may want to cool the training for a bit.

Here is an image of how I set it up in excel:

The yellow cells are getting close to the break even point. If I was to reach or go over it, they then turn red. But it may only need to be displayed in the current training status portion of the plugin.

And here's a link to a post I have that may explain it better.

Once again, great work on this amazing plugin. It's awesome.

IanPV · Donated! Joined: 07 Jan 2009 Posts: 5

I love this plug in, thanks so much for working on it!

There is one thing I don't quite understand, and that is how to change the heart rate zones.

The TRIMPS plug in calculates intensity scores that work well for me, and I'd like to use the same scaling factors for the training load plug in too.

However, I can't seem to set the heart rates in the settings. This is pretty important to me as my max heart rate is about 175 (even when I was 20 it was only 195!).

When I change the scaling factors, it has an effect on the TSS but but does not show in the dialog boxes.

The plug in seems to take my max HR into account automatically somehow (otherwise my TSS would be much lower than it is for each activity, whereas the plug in rates it higher than the TRIMPS plug in, which works on %MHR zones), but I don't seem to have full control. Any idea what I may be doing wrong?

Thanks,

Ian

Switch · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:50 am Post subject: Re: setting HR zones

thorwg · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:40 am Post subject:

Hi there,

Added Norwegian to your online localization spreadsheet.

Great plugin btw Wink

Regards,
Thor

ildibad · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:42 am Post subject:

to Gunnar,

Don't you fall in the tautology pitfall ?

By design, rolling trimp on 7 days should be very similar to ATL and rolling trimp on 28 days not very far from CTL.

Your post was interesting for because I used to display "only" CTL, TSB and forecasted influence.

Your explanations tried to convince me that i needed to display also ATL, because it represents the workload I can handle.

But even without displaying ATL, one should be able to manage the fatigue vs fitness by managing the variation of CTL and keeping under control the TSB.

Sorry to contradicting you, but I try to keep my graphs as simple as possible (keeping my brain below the steaming point Wink

)

My dream :
What I would really like to do, is to be able to enter manual values for future events between now and my target point.
With these value, the plugin would calculate CTL, ATL and TSB)
when satisfied with how the curves look, i would love to ask the program to show me the last five events ordered by similarity of Training load (TrImp/Normalized Power). It would help me to pick something similar to a past run fitting in my training schedule and requirements.
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