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Coaching Professor: HRV Insights, FIELD Study Launch & Nordic Adventure

Hello Reader, I'm thrilled to share some exciting updates: 1. Coaching Professor Substack Launched I've officially launched the Coaching Professor newsletter on Substack. The first issue dives into Heart Rate Variability (HRV)-guided training, expanding on insights I recently shared in Triathlete Magazine. As an Athletica user, remember you already have privileged access to personalized HRV insights—just check your Recovery Profile. Every month I'll break down cutting-edge research, practical...

Hey Athletes! Spring is here, and so is another round of powerful updates, race-ready content, and hot community topics. Here’s what you might have missed this April: 🚀 New Features & Fixes We’ve made Athletica even more powerful and personalized with updates including: New Integrations: Both Intervals.icu and Wahoo are now available to all users! Smarter Availability Handling: Better logic around your time constraints means more realistic training plans. Race Day Session Grouping: Sessions...

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Hello Reader, We’ve always said it: Athletica is built on the shoulders of giants. In our latest two-part podcast with Dr. Andrea Zignoli, we dive into what that really means. It’s about the "modelling-first" philosophy that drives everything under the hood—from Banister’s load-response equations and Critical Power, to our integration of HRV responses, anaerobic power reserve, and HIIT Science principles. 👉 Listen to Part 1: Modelling First: Building Smarter Endurance Training👉 Listen to Part...

Hey Athletes! This month, we’re rolling out updates to make your training even smarter, and highlighting key discussions from the community. Here’s what’s new: 🚀 New Features & Improvements We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to refine your experience with Athletica. Here are a few key updates: This is a game changer! This long-requested feature enables seamless synchronization between Athletica AI and Intervals.icu, making it easier than ever for athletes to centralize and analyze...

Wahoo Fitness Products Overview — A Look at the Complete Range

Hello Reader, We're excited to announce that Athletica now fully integrates with Wahoo—a highly requested feature that takes your training experience to the next level. With this update, users can automatically sync their bike and run workouts to Wahoo devices, making training execution smoother than ever. Additionally, you can now choose how workouts are prescribed within Wahoo: ✅ Automatically sync bike workouts✅ Prescribe sessions by power✅ Prescribe sessions by heart rate✅ Let our AI...

Hello Reader, We’re excited to announce that Athletica AI now integrates seamlessly with Intervals.icu, bringing you an enhanced training experience! 🎯 🔹 Auto-Sync Your Training Plan – Your next two weeks of planned training will now be automatically synced with your Intervals.icu calendar.🔹 Wellness Data Integration – HRV, HR, and recovery data from Intervals.icu will be auto-synced hourly for today/yesterday and daily for the past week.🔹 Unlock HRV Sensor Insights with AI – Already tracking...

Hello Reader, We’re keeping the updates coming fast! 🔥 You just heard about Daily Availability, and here’s another major upgrade: Enhanced Session Feedback is live! After every workout, you’ll receive even more personalized, actionable insights to guide your training decisions. Our AI Coach factors in: ✅ Deeper Load & Zone Compliance Analysis – Understand how your session aligned with the plan.✅ Athlete Comment Integration – Your feedback is analyzed to provide tailored responses.✅ Pattern...

Hello Reader, Training smarter just got easier! We’re excited to introduce Daily Availability, Athletica’s newest feature designed to help you train around your real-life schedule while still optimizing performance. ✅ Busy schedule? No problem. Define your training days, available time per session, and preferred exercise mode (run, bike, swim, row, strength & conditioning, or rest)—Athletica takes care of the rest. ✅ Still optimized for performance. Even with constraints, Athletica ensures...

Train Smarter. Push Harder. Have More Fun. Athletica’s Velocity platform is taking group training to the next level, and we’ve got exciting updates for you! Join Live Sessions with Expert CoachesOur Velocity Live Training Schedule is now available—giving you the chance to train alongside top coaches and athletes. These structured, high-energy sessions keep you motivated and accountable while ensuring every interval counts. March LIVE Schedule: Tuesdays 8:30am CT Strength Endurance & Middle...

A runner training with power from a foot pod (Source: Stryd) Hello Reader, Some news on our latest release. If you use a running power meter like Stryd, Athletica now offers power-based training prescriptions—giving you another way to personalize your training. 🔹 What’s New? ✅ Power-Based Training: If you prefer to train with power, you can now switch your training prescription from pace to power in your Profile settings. You'll also need to enter your critical running power to enable this...