I have set my plan for continuous improvement and moderate progression. Each day, I look at my home screen and it tells me what I need to do in each bucket and suggests workouts. The workouts typically seem appropriate and I execute to the best of my ability.
I often need to know how long the workout will be for tomorrow and the next day and each day this week and perhaps next week. Where can I find that?
My planner is blank for all the days. I’ve searched all over and can’t find anything telling me what I need to do daily for the next week or two..
Have you set a goal date for your improvement? I typically set it for 120 days ahead and once the program is generated the dates are filled with workouts and duration - hope this helps
I usually go to the planner and then schedule individual workouts for the upcoming days and see what the system recommends for any given day of interest. I am not sure how good this method is, i.e. does it take into account the XSS from the preceding scheduled workouts. But it seems to work. Then I usually delete the workouts from the planner. I did not check how close this “prognosis” is to the actual workouts recommended when the day actually comes.
I got a little distracted by life events, I’m coming back to this, excellent suggestion! I set a goal to increase my FTP 6 W by the end of September because there is a fall TT race series I plan to do and generated a plan. XERT scheduled activities every day from now till then. I hope it continuously adjusts future workouts based on what I actually do, sometimes I don’t get the workout executed all the way and sometimes I go longer. Hopefully it will account for reality. I’ll then move the goal date out like you suggested for a rolling 120 days. Thanks!
Xert will adapt to whatever you’re able to do (or can do) whether you’re running a XATA program with a blank calendar or an XFAI plan with a pre-populated calendar.
In the case of XFAI you have a plotted course to follow comprised of LIT, HIT and Rest/Recovery days. If you veer off course sufficiently, you’ll see a red dot appear alerting you to rebalance the plan by running Adapt Forecast.
For details see these articles:
As for your original question XATA runs with a blank calendar by design. There is “plan logic” running in background, but you decide what to do each day.
Both program types offer you flexibility to over-ride the daily recommendation when life gets in the way or you decide to do something different.
See: Choosing the Right Training Plan: XATA vs Forecast AI (XFAI) – Knowledgebase