April Athletica Update: More Integrations, Smarter Plans & Real Talk on Race Week


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 that fall on your race day are now grouped for easier viewing of multisport events.

View the full Release Notes →

📈 Trending Forum Topics

Our community has been active! Here are the most viewed threads this month:

Got a question or insight? Jump into the forum →

🎧 Podcast Highlights

The Athlete’s Compass podcast continues to cut through the noise with science-backed insights:

Subscribe or catch up on past episodes: The Athlete’s Compass →

🙌 On the Blog

From AI Coaching to strength training and the science behind better recovery, we’re sharing practical, coach-backed advice:

Read more at: https://athletica.ai/blog/

As always, thanks for being part of the Athletica community. Let us know what you’d love to see next, and keep training smart.

The Athletica Team

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