From the 8th March, 2026 to 13th March, 2026, I missed all my workouts due to flu. I am currently preparing for my first Hyrox in April 2026 using high volume build. I felt a little better today, i.e. 14th March, 2026 and did my own full body strength workout. Despite having missed all the Hyrox workouts between 8th March, 2026 to 13th March, 2026, Athletica.ai coach hasn’t made any modifications to my workouts in the week from 16th March to 21st March. Note that I only deleted my scheduled workouts from 8th to the 13th March today morning.
In the old version of Athletica.ai, it used to dynamically change the workouts in such a scenario. Is Athletica.ai now a passive platform like TrainingPeaks?
I post same issue few weeks ago - told me that I’m wrong.
I’m training for Ironman Hamburg and after the new ai and the post here I decided to quit Athletica.ai for now , I can’t take risk that something is wrong there.
The same reason I left the platform—I didn’t have this problem before the new UI. I really hope things go back to normal because it was a fantastic tool.
I recall reading your post. I am hoping that the response here will be more positive. The first version of Athletica.ai was amazing, and in my opinion, in the right direction.
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I agree with you that the first version of Athletica.ai was amazing, and in my opinion, in the right direction. The AI coach in the first version was mostly taking correct decisions in modifying the program based on my current training load. Honestly, I even preferred the UI over the current one. In this second version, no changes happen and hence it’s no longer a coach, but a training guide relying on human decision making.
I think the new approach is “make your own choices” with the help of the AI coach and the resources; I’m not sure if that’s exactly right, but to me there really are fewer automatic adjustments than in the first version. And I can’t find an equivalent app.
Has this been officially said anywhere? Disappointing if that’s the approach, especially as someone new to my sport, let alone self-coaching. I don’t have the knowledge base beyond “listen to your body” to ask AI to adjust plans.
I haven’t noticed a lot of adjustment in my plan, especially compared to the “old” version. A good example was a much harder (hilly) ride yesterday than prescribed, but then no adjustment on my long run today. Not that I expect it, per se, but I know I had instances of that adjustment in the old version.
EDIT:
Building on your idea, @dafftt , I decided to prompt the AI coach with a prompt that Athletica even put in it’s blog post last week. From the blog post:
I guess if using the AI coach is intended, then we’re still left wanting…
EDIT 2:
Ah, so one is expected to ask the coach a very direct question. This is a pretty significant departure from the “auto-correct” old version, if this is the only way to approach managing workouts.
they said several times that their view is that the athlete msut remain decision-maker, particularly when someone asked why the AI coach couldn’t adjust the schedule himself
To be fair, this has always been their view. Even before the new UI and AI coach they would say that the athlete is the main decision maker. If a workout is too hard, shorten it. If you need a rest, take it. If you can do more, do it. They’ve been saying all of this for a long time.
Additionally, their view of the new AI coach seems to be that it cannot, yet, make changes to the schedule but it will eventually. And then it still won’t do it unprompted - thus leaving the athlete as the main decision maker.
My training is being adjusted in the new UI just the same as it was in the old UI as far as I can tell. I am seeing adjustments most days based on recent training. It shows up when I open an upcoming workout and looks like this:
