Many Zwifters maintain their workout schedule through TrainingPeaks, but unfortunately last week’s Zwift update seems to have broken the automatic downloading of today’s TrainingPeaks workout into your Zwift workouts list.
I’m sure ZwiftHQ is working on a fix, since TrainingPeaks is a very popular platform among Zwifters. But until that fix arrives, here’s how you can manually get your day’s workout in TrainingPeaks to show up in Zwift:
The idea is simple enough: it’s easy to download your TrainingPeaks workout in ZWO format, which is the format Zwift uses for its workouts. Then you just need to move that file into your Workouts folder on your PC or Mac, which is located at Documents\Zwift\Workouts\<<Your Numeric Zwift ID>>
When you boot up Zwift, your workout will now be visible under “Custom Workouts”.
Additionally, Zwift will copy that custom workout to its cloud, so if you start up Zwift on another device like iOS, Apple TV, or Android, you will see the custom workout there.
A Note for iOS/Android/Apple TV Users
It’s not as easy to copy the TrainingPeaks workout directly to an iOS or Android device, but it can be done. It cannot be done on Apple TV, though.
The simplest way to get the workout onto these devices is to have Zwift installed on a PC or Mac, and follow the instructions above to downloading your TrainingPeaks workout into your workouts folder on the PC or Mac. Then boot up Zwift, let it sync to the cloud, and your workout will then be available across all devices.
Questions or Comments?
Hope this quick tip helps a few Zwifters out. Got questions or comments? Share below!
That’s how I’ve always uploaded my work outs You mean there’s been another way?
Yes! When TrainingPeaks sync is working correctly, it will automatically drop today’s scheduled TP workout into your Zwift workouts list each day.
no way.. where??? to what group of workouts ??? no TP list among workout list????
When you click/tap workouts button before you go into your ride Ive always found my TP workouts right at the top of the list. Hopefully you can find it there too! Ride on 🙂
It would show up in the workout for your current day, if you have a power based bike workout in your Trainingpeaks plan for the day and your accounts are connected. It’s sort of ephemeral, they don’t go into your library like a typical custom or manual workout, it’s just there as a “do today’s workout” option.
Is this also on IOS??
tks man!!!
How do you do it on android? For some reason zwift doesn’t run on my laptop so I use my phone as my main device instead.
I don’t have an Android phone so I can’t tell ya! But you should be able to hook your Android to your laptop and copy workout files to it – to the proper directly under the Zwift app. You may even be able to do all that from within your phone itself.
Thanks for highlighting this. Was having heart palpitations when my app wasn’t showing my TP sessions.
When I’m downloading the session from Training Peaks as a ZWO file, it downloads as a .XML file – any ideas why this might be happening as TP says .ZWO is the preferred file type for zwift. I downloaded as a .FIT file and it seems ok but not sure if this is a suitable workaround.
Well, the ZWO format is actually an XML format. So your computer may detect it as such. Just make sure it’s saved as a .zwo file in the correct folder, and Zwift should see it.
Ace, thank you. I’ll try that tomorrow 😁😁
I’ve just been creating my workouts in custom workout. Really screwed me up the first day it occurred though!
Unfortunately I do not own a PC that will run Zwift so getting it to my iphone or ipan simply is impossible untill they fix it.
When I go to the Documents folder of the PC, there is no “Zwift” folder. How do I make it appear???
Do you have Zwift installed on that PC? Silly question but….. If so and it is Windows you may have more than one Documents folder so try doing a search?
Thanks – I wondered what had happened. I tried it and it works
Thank you!!! Wasted an hour this morning trying to figure this out until I came across your article!
I reported this as a defect in the Zwift bug report forum on Saturday, but so far there has been no response. The connection is still broken today (June 2, 2020). The workaround of manually exporting and loading isn’t terrible, but certainly not a delighter.
My report: https://forums.zwift.com/t/trainingpeaks-workout-sync-broken-in-1-5-0775/467322
Somebody else got more traction with their report: https://forums.zwift.com/t/training-peaks-workouts-not-appearing-may-30-2020
Either way, not resolved.
I tried this, but I don’t have a Zwift ID number in my Workout folder. Do I need to create a folder in the Workout directory with my Zwift ID?
Still no TrainingPeaks scheduled workouts appearing automatically in Zwift. That’s three days now without this very useful feature. I know there is a workaround, but does anyone have an update from Zwift on when they expect to fix this? I raised a ticket with Zwift but the helpdesk is not even acknowledging the problem.
Hi….. thanks for your guide to drop workouts into zwift….question…so I presume once downloaded I open workouts folder… then drop it into the folder with my id number on??
thanks Alan
Have followed instructions of work around. The workout appears on Zwift on my PC under custom workouts but not on my iPad. Does it automatically syncs to cloud so can access it on my iPad.
Yes, should automatically show up in your iPad. Make sure you’ve booted up Zwift on your PC after copying the file, so Zwift sees it and syncs to the cloud. Then start the app fresh on your iPad and see if the workout is there.
I downloaded the .zwo file and placed it in my zwift workout folder on my windows PC as explained in the article. However, I run zwift on my iPad and the workout doesn’t show up under custom workouts. I have restarted all devices multiple times. Any thoughts?
Does it show up as an available workout on your PC?
This is the only reason I pay for Zwift! So that I can do my training peaks workouts on it. This is SO annoying!!
Hi! Thank you! You are right, it worked fine before the last update. 🙂
Martin
Thanks for this. It did not work for me. The files download and moved to workouts folder but they do not show up in workouts when running app.
Got the workaround to work. I am on Mac so figured out there are two workout folders under Zwift. one uses my Zwift ID that is the one that works. saved a test workout and did search to find the Zwift ID based workout folder. synced and TP workouts show up.
Thank you so much Eric for this advice. I was surprised not to be able to find my trainingpeaks workout in Zwift and I’m happy to know that it comes from a Zwift’s bug…
Unfortunately, I’ve followed your instructions on my Macbook air and droped my workout downloaded from Trainingpeaks to the Zwift workout file and Zwift has not recognized it when I’ve launched it. I’ve just run in London for a short circuit… Any idea to solve the problem ?
Make sure you put it in the correct subfolder under Workouts. It’s the folder that is named with your Zwift ID number.
Anyone have luck with appletv? The sync or linkage to Zwift from TrainingPeaks is still down and I have no mechanism to upload.
Yea, the Zwift update broke this capability for my TrainingPeaks workouts as well. I already knew about this manual upload feature, but thanks for posting the article. I’m not sure what I’d do without Zwift Insider sometimes 😁
Any new on this – sense there is a lot of frustration out there around this at this point in time!
Haven’t heard a thing.
I’m having the reverse problem. I did my work out (FTP test) and now it’s not uploading to TrainingPeaks for my coach to review. Any thoughts? Thanks.
That functionality is working fine (Zwift>TrainingPeaks) as my rides have been uploading automatically every day. If yours aren’t, I’d say you either have a messed up .fit file or perhaps you need to reconnect your accounts via the my.zwift.com control panel.
You can always manually upload the activity to TrainingPeaks from your Zwift folder.
Nice idea, but the sync to apple TV, iphone etc is unfortunately not working for me, no matter what I do…No custom workout folder or anything visible…
How do I do this on my apple phone?
For me, this problem seems to be limited to my Apple non-laptop devices (iPad and Apple TV). My workouts are showing up on my MacBook.
Is there anyway to do this if you use Apple TV instead of a PC?
Nevermind, I just saw above where you said it can’t be done………… 🙁
This appears to be mostly fixed in latest update. The workout for the current day will appear in your workouts list under “Trainingpeaks” category. It’s not as intuitive as it was, but it is there.
Still no love for Today’s Plan for me. I had to shove the zwo file over manually.
I discovered this was completely my fault. I had the workout I wanted set on a different date. Zwift does sync Today’s Plan workouts for me.
I rode 15 miles in total today on my Intermittent workout which was about an hour ride and only 11 miles ride, I added the extra miles to end at 15 miles. Why didn’t it register the full 15 miles?!
Hi Eric. Thank you for your page. I’ve got the same issue but I don’t have a download button on my training peaks workout in the calendar. Any advise? Tx so much.
I am wondering if Zwift/Training Peaks are collaborating on making the same upload for run workouts from TP to Zwift, the option is available for bike workouts, but not for the run. There is the Zwift workout editor etc, but uploading directly from daily workouts is a lot simpler, any offerings on that one ? Cheers
Haven’t heard anything, but that certainly doesn’t mean it’s not happening. (Lots of double negatives there).
Basically, I’m no help. 😂
My training peaks workout loads in zwift with no problem but it loads incorrectly in terms of the wattage it is asking me to do.
it loads up asking me to do the workout at in and around 300 watts when in TP it wants me to do the session in and around 200 watts.
is there a setting I need to change so that it makes the change as my coach intends.
Sounds like your FTP setting in Zwift is higher than TrainingPeaks. Here’s how to change it: https://zwiftinsider.com/adjust-your-ftp/
My TrainingPeaks workouts are still not syncing with Zwift and I don’t have an option to download ZWO. Zwift customer support has been awful, so still haven’t been able to find a solution.
I dont have a download option on TP. What a joke.