Review: Today's Plan

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Today’s Plan seeks to bring the knowledge of a qualified coach to an affordable, cloud-based training and coaching subscription service in the form of training programs. What sets Today's Plan apart from other off the shelf programs is that it responds and adapts to your feedback and training results.

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[Jedition]

i would like to give my review on Today's Plan. I've been a member of another online training program for a while but what bothered me was the price compared to what i actually get out of the program and then to still pay a arm and a leg for a custom training program. Now in all honesty i am no Pro i am really just your local cyclist that just loves competing and turning up on the best form i could be at that given time,also i must add i am a stats freak that loves monitoring what i do and what effort i am  putting in.

 

Discovering Today's Plan was golden...looking at the monthly price i thought "wow there has to be some catch" but to my surprise there was none what so ever. The extra you have to give for a tailored Training Plan from a specific coach is seriously affordable if i compare current prices of coaches or specialists in the field,and lets be honest the local cycling coaches and sports scientists don't really cater for your average cyclist looking to take it to the next level. At Today's Plan i get immediate answers on anything i need, i get treated like a pro for R90 monthly subscription,even if i don't take a coach custom plan that monitors me every day and week of the month i can still speak to any coach for advise or explain what i don't understand of my analytics's,if that is not enough they have youtube videos on every single thing that you can think of from explaining the exercise you have to do today...oh yes they even lay out your exercises for you by the click of a button all custom to your riding hours that you can put in...i mean seriously what do you get in cycling at that price for coaching or even better what service do you get anywhere for that price.

 

With well trained staff and top quality coaches i urge any local or your average cyclist that's looking to loose weight or be more competitive in your Seeding category at your local club series join Today's Plan you will not regret it. its truly worth every single Rand you pay a month...and i have to say this YOU DON'T NEED TO BE A PRO TO BE TREATED LIKE A PRO AT TODAY'S PLAN 

 

Oh and for all my fellow police officers that's part of our national cycling believe me affordability is no excuse here...this is a Service not just a online program....DO IT!!!! See you at nationals 2016 

[Today's Plan]

Thanks for the complementing words, glad to hear that you are enjoying our programs and that they have elevated your riding. We are working extremely hard to bring even more features and enrich the platform hugely over the next few months, we are the official training partner of  the UCI Trek Factory Racing team for 2016 which will ensure we keep reaching new heights for athletes and coaches alike.

 

If you need any help please feel to drop us a line.

[No Hare]

"Their founding team includes a qualified sports scientist, two leading software development engineers and two business people with extensive experience in Information Technology and the cycling industry."

 

 

I suppose one of them will be the cop...

[DIPSLICK]

Going to be following this one

[Guest notmyname]

Beep.

[Wayne Potgieter]

This does look cool.

[Joeboy69]

Let me be the first to ask an obvious question.

 

I use a powerbeam pro as an IDT and then my iPhone/strava when on the trails. In both cases I have the option of a HRM and cadence, but power only on the IDT.

 

Does this meet the technical requirements of the programs?

[SwissVan]

I gather its a cycling only, or can you combine with other sports i.e. swim and run for triathletes?

[SCD]

Using Today's Plan since a few month now. Training using a structured plan is new to me and as life goes I followed it less diligent than I should have. The beauty is it shows you the effect of your missed sessions and displays a beautiful graph of where you are and where you could have been using all sorts of (well explained) performance parameters. 

 

So by all the above I really can recommend the platform from a beginner's point pf view.

 

An attempt of constructive criticism to the TP team:

- the web interface reacts somewhat sluggish. This should be fixed to improve the user experience.

- I would prefer spline graphs over the current block diagram. maybe make it a choice?

- what about the iPhone app? It was announced but never appeared?

[Today's Plan]

Using Today's Plan since a few month now. Training using a structured plan is new to me and as life goes I followed it less diligent than I should have. The beauty is it shows you the effect of your missed sessions and displays a beautiful graph of where you are and where you could have been using all sorts of (well explained) performance parameters. 

 

So by all the above I really can recommend the platform from a beginner's point pf view.

 

An attempt of constructive criticism to the TP team:

- the web interface reacts somewhat sluggish. This should be fixed to improve the user experience.

- I would prefer spline graphs over the current block diagram. maybe make it a choice?

- what about the iPhone app? It was announced but never appeared?

Hi SCD,

 

We've recently beefed up our servers recently so speed should be improved. In the dashboard we have an equal quantity of spline vs column graphs, depends on what we are trying to show as to which one we use.

 

Yes the beta Iphone app is release if you would like to join the iPhone beta program to email us at info@todaysplan.com.au

 

Thanks for the feedback and will ensure will continue to solve any issues ASAP.

Edited November 4, 2015 by Today's Plan

[Today's Plan]

I gather its a cycling only, or can you combine with other sports i.e. swim and run for triathletes?

 Hi SwissVan,

 

Currently we are adding a plethora of cycling specific features and trying to do one thing really well. But will be adding Tri and Multisport to the platform in 2016.

 

Also remember the first 2 weeks are free and their is a Hubbers discount code.

 

Thanks

TP team 

[Lexx]

Thanks for the complementing words, glad to hear that you are enjoying our programs and that they have elevated your riding. We are working extremely hard to bring even more features and enrich the platform hugely over the next few months, we are the official training partner of  the UCI Trek Factory Racing team for 2016 which will ensure we keep reaching new heights for athletes and coaches alike.

 

If you need any help please feel to drop us a line.

I see there is no 36One On your List of events? I am actually targeting that Race. Also no, Baberton or Sabie races?

And how does the Bi Annual fees work?

[lerouc]

I signed up for them a while ago but never actually used it.

[Wayne Potgieter]

I signed up for them a while ago but never actually used it.

why not?

[Karman de Lange]

I signed up yesterday, very impressed with site, can see its old web devs that done it , still few minor bugs etc, but overall very good.

 

One thing I cannot figure out is:  When you rate your workouts and how you feel, does the plan automatically adjust for more or less load like a real life couch would do?

 

 

 

ps: android app is very much alpha still.. keeps on crashing and RFKT/Cadence etc don't work althouh paired and testing fine.
 

Edited November 4, 2015 by Karman de Lange