Coaching expectations for top tier coach, how custom is a custom training plan?
I am curious on how custom, a custom training plan really is.
I am currently paying $400 a month for a top tier coach.
The coach can always be contacted, workouts become visible in training peaks at the beginning of every week for that specific week and some feedback is given on specific workouts a few hours after the workout but this is few and far between.
When I say "become visible" I believe the coach creates my entire workout plan at the beginning of the month and the coaching training peaks dashboard gives the coach the ability to "show" the workouts at a specific time and day.
I have noticed that if I miss a hard weekend workout due to travel or something else, come Monday my schedule will show a recovery day or easy day as if I hit those workouts, showing that the coach might not be paying attention to what I completed. Now if I text the coach that I missed something or need a change, they will make that change for me, but this must be initiated on my end.
What I have struggled with is how custom this training plan is to me. I follow a lot of the coaches athletes on Strava and I see that a lot of us are all doing the exact same workouts week to week. I was also on a bike ride this weekend and met an athlete that told me that they and their friends (4 people) were coached by this person and were all doing the exact same workouts every week.
For college athletes (I was not one) I believe that these athletes follow the same workout or similar every day with some customization. If you have 20 swimmers in the pool, they are all following the same programming. This sounds similar, all of the athletes are following the same programming with small tweaks based on their race schedule.
I have been in the tri scene for almost 10 years with multiple IM WC, and podiums and have seen a lot of success with this coach. I am looking for some input on how custom a top tier coach training plan really is.