Wondering if there are any plans to support Nordic Skiing training? Nordic skiing is my winter sport and I would like to continue using Athletica for ski training.
Last year I used an IOS app called Zihi which bills itself as an “AI-powered adaptive training plan” but it doesn’t appear to be supported any more.
Hey there @Dave11
I am personally so glad you asked about ski plans - and welcome to the forum!
We are big fans of Nordic Skiing here and are working on plans for Nordic Skiing. We already have a set of plans behind the scenes - but have some other items in front the ski plans. Hang in there!
In the meantime, I would recommend using either our duathlon plans or triathlon plans for your summer training. (just make up a fictional race. I am sure you are already using multiple modes of exercise in your training like running, biking, perhaps swimming, and those plans are quite similar to the ski base plans, to be honest.
I’ve coached my skiers using either duathlon, triathlons or even the MTB plans depending on the athlete, and then adjusting them individually. This has worked great. I find us skiers train quite similarly to triathletes during the summer, with multiple modes.
Of course if you are roller skiing or nordic walking, then you’d need to create your own sessions and save those in your library and pull them in to your weekly plan from there.
Happy to help you set your training plan for Nordic Skiing if you’d like.
MJ
Great to hear that there are plans for Nordic Skiing. I have been using Athletica for about 3 months and my cycling speed and endurance have improve so I would like to do the same for skiing.
So I used Athletica for cycling last season (which was great) and I am now training for Nordic skiing. I have a training plan that I am following but can’t really plan out my sessions and add them to my calendar since Athletica wants to generate a plan but at this point skiing is not really supported. I can send my training sessions from my Garmin to Athletica and get some feedback but not sure its of much value since it can’t adjust my next workout etc.
Any suggestions? Should I put my subscription on hold and use TrainingPeaks to plan out my training and send sessions to my Garmin? If I put my subscription on hold will my training sessions still be updated to Athletica?
I understand that MJ is working to add Nordic skiing to Athletica which is great but I assume this is a next season update. I would be happy to be a beta tester if there is an opportunity.
Hello @dave11,
That is awesome you are doing Nordic Skiing! You are correct, Nordic skiing is next season update. We kind of missed the Polar Train for this winter. 
I’ve coached several skiers on Athletica though and can help you out too.
You are correct in that at the moment Athletica’s AI would not adapt your sessions, so they would be “static”, similar to your trainingpeaks program. You would also have to create all the workouts yourself and add them to your library. IF you put your subscription on hold, your training sessions would not be updated to Athletica anymore, but once you come back, then you can import whatever got missed.
Are you aiming for a race or just keep fitness going during the winter?
I’m happy to work with you with your skiing, I’ve got couple of options for you. Send me private message here and we can chat more.
MJ