TrainerRoad

The workout player is polished and the workout library is huge. The support team does their best to support a somewhat flawed product. Unfortunately the latest overhaul of the app is heavily AI-focused, and it’s simply not ready for prime time. The team may get there eventually, but the current struggles are eerily familiar to the long wait for Adaptive Training to properly account for outdoor rides. The new AI was supposed to be the solution to that, but it still goes off the rails way too often. The workarounds amount to adjusting your FTP to where you think it should be and choosing workouts that feel right. So if the workout library and player are worth the price, TR makes sense. Otherwise, probably not.

I’ve used TrainerRoad for a few years. When I’m on the plan and stick to it, I always improve. The new AI feature is awesome and a great motivator to stick to the plan. It adapts to your schedule, outdoor rides, events… whatever life throws at you. TR Podcast is also a fantastic resource. Highly recommend!

Love the app and what you guys do. But seems like the latest update may have caused the app to load very slowly and that’s when it even does at all on my iPhone. I think my phone may have updated iOS recently as well so maybe it’s that, but either way thought I’d pass on that somethings up with app loading and it just started a couple days ago on my iPhone. I have not done the may 7 TR update or the latest iOS update on my iPad and it loads normally.

I bailed off Peloton after two years of stagnant performance. This structured coaching is not only effective, but it takes me to the appropriate difficulty level every time. FTP went from 266 to 310 in three and a half months. I’m not burnt out and am motivated to ride every time I get on the trainer. I’ve also been super happy with the new AI feature. The adaptive training was great but the AI is next level. I’ll never go back to “self-coaching”. This is a crazy good deal and while I hope they keep the price the same, I’d happily pay double. PS - I never leave reviews but the negative comments left in the last month or so are either inaccurate or just a pretty clear indication of people’s laziness or inability to deal with app updates. It is still intuitive It still allows you as much or as little control that you might like If people did not understand what they signed up for, maybe try the free trial first or do 6-9 seconds of research before putting your credit card in. What part of 30 days-risk free did you miss?

I don't typically write reviews but the 1 star reviews because they moved a button in a phenomenonal FREE upgrade are not fair. I couldn't be happier with my subscription to trainerroad. It has absolutely made me faster and features like "train now" make it easy to make progress even when time and circumstances don't allow for a full-on training program. And when I do have time, the training plans are an excellent ways to do structure without the considerable cost of a human coach. The way the software constantly adapts the plan based on what you are actually doing and your fatigue level is what initially won me over. Is it perfect, probably not, but for me it's pretty damn close for what I need. And for the price I don't know how anyone can complain.

Companies really want their AI models to take over a this is a great example of half baked software. Before the update the system was just “smart enough to keep training simple and on track. After it made UI more difficult, alternatives impossible, and training no longer uses planed races as the peak point, it is only interested in short gains. Recommendations: FTP prediction should be an optional feature on the Home Screen. I don’t need a fake future metric hitting me first thing on the app. Fix alternative workouts so we can choose different workout types again (like changing a threshold to sweet spot or endurance within alternates) Add chat functionality so I can tell the model how workout felt or if I need to change the plan. Fix the “fitness first” model. Everyone wants their FTP to go up, but structured workout plans need to peak for races. The current model not cares about fast ftp gains. I shouldn’t be doing VO2max workouts in my base block when my A race is in September. Wish we could go back to the days where coach Chad was guiding us thru the training plans and not lean so heavily on half baked models. Hope they can make these changes before a competitor takes MANY users. I know myself and my friends are ready to find a new training app.