January and February are the most common months for Zwifters to start up a new training plan, and we want to help you pick the best Zwift Training Plan for you. So we’re surveying Zwifters to learn about their experience with Zwift’s cycling training plans!
Your responses will be used in a report posted on Zwift Insider which includes ratings and comments for all Zwift training plans, from Zwifters who have actually worked through the plans.
If you’ve ever started a Zwift training plan for cycling (even if you didn’t finish it!), please click the link below to take our quick survey. It should only take 1-2 minutes to complete, if like many Zwifters you’ve only tried one or two training plans.
Take the Training Plan Survey >
Thanks for your help with this project! If you’re curious about the survey results, click here to see a live summary.
Having a plan is definitely better vs. not having one. With Zwift plans though, I felt like they lack some logic & explanations… For comparison – I’ve been using 80/20 training plans from 8020endurance – over there, these is a good explanation on what exactly each workout gives you, you know how to balance them, what can be moved around and what cannot. With Zwift plans – I am like – hey – there are some FTP intervals, then below FTP, then above, then a mix — wait, what am I developing in this training cycle again…?”
Besides – what is “Gravel Grinder” and what is “Pebble Crusher”? What exactly is different in the approach – maybe I should actually use one of these, cause it develops something I am lacking…? Or am I doomed to always follow “TT tune up” & “FTP builder” because this seems more reasonable given what I do?
I am using FTP Builder. I have really enjoyed it for the regularity in riding it requires.
My Intensity and work thresholds seem much lower than they should be given my FTP. It has made me want to build my own program.
It would be nice if we could do a workout plan on days that we wanted instead of days that are scheduled by the plan. People that work odd work schedules like 4 on and 4 off, it is pretty much impossible to complete a workout by the schedule.
Took the survey, and said this: I’m on 2nd year of Build Me Up, and I love it. My only ask is some flexibility to let me adjust the sequence of workouts when life gets in the way.
Call this the DIRT Life Effect: life/kids/wife/work/naptime/walkthedog/homework, etc sometimes gets in the way of following a rigid schedule. Sometimes a workout expires on Wed, and I could do it on Thurs, but it expired on Wed. So I’m out of luck and miss it because Zwift is inflexible. Or, let me pause the workout sequence (not an individual workout; I know ZC allows for that in-workout) when I’m travelling for work and/or away for a weekend?
I think Zwift should have an option to have the entire training plan unlocked so you can re-arrange workouts to fit your schedule. They could always include a broad outline of what the goal for the week or block is so you can re-arrange things in such a way as to still meet the objectives of the plan. This is the way my past plans designed by professional coaches were back when I was racing seriously but still working full time and needing flexible scheduling. I guess for those who like rigidity and/or need to be saved from over training, a lock down option could be available? But, if you have that little self-control what’s to keep you from getting on Zwift and hammering a free ride or race between workouts anyway?
OK, I think I sort of have this figured out. Go into your phone and change the date to the workout you want. I set my date about a week forward and noticed that several of the workouts had expired which made me panic slightly – LOL. But, I went back and re-set the date to tomorrow’s date and the got the expired workouts back and was able to access the one that was locked until tomorrow. However, I haven’t tried it on Apple TV yet which only allows you to change your time zone, not the date. But, if you had to, you could unlock your workout and run it through your phone or your laptop which would allow the date changes.
Did not work for me, either on my iPhone or in my MacBook Pro.
I’m using the FTP builder again this winter. I’d like to see a newer and improved version every year. Surely there’s room for improvement
It occurred to me that maybe some of the clever people who are able to figure out how to hack into the guest worlds might be able to figure out how to unlock the training programs?