Missing sessions in a plan: Unforgivable or...?

[feeny]

I have read (and understand) that the plans assume 80% or so compliance, meaning missing one here and there is, well, ‘intended’ as part of the plan…

BUT – the idea of missing something on the plan seems unforgivable. Floggable. Not right.

Is this just me? I feel bad for even contemplating the notion! Do others feel this way?

PS: I may shift around the days in the week to accomodate life. But no missed sessions!

[Pierre]

Hi, please have a look at the following articles and forum posts.

I hope they will already answer your question. Otherwise feel free to report back and we work on this question a bit more.

Thank you.

Missed a Workout? Here's How to Stay on Track and on Schedule | Wahoo Fitness...

From the Coaches: What to do when you miss a workout?

It happens to everyone: Weekend Warriors, novice riders, seasoned amateurs, world champions. At some point, for some reason, you will miss a workout. While this can cause Stress and anguish for many, the first step is acceptance, accepting that you are not getting those efforts completed today. All you have to move forward towards your goal is the work you can put in tomorrow. The real question becomes, what SHOULD I do tomorrow? And the answer to that is entirely dependent on WHY you missed…

Missing a day when following a plan

Hello Can anyone give any guidance on what is best for training purposes when you have to miss a session due to other commitments? Normally I would just bump all workouts along a day and then catch up when there was supposed to be a scheduled rest day, however it always makes me wonder if I am then missing a cruical rest day! Is it better for training purposes to still have all rest days or do what I have been doing? It would also be good if weekly sessions could be graded so you could ensure…

[Alistair_Brown]

I rarely miss a session either. I also think that while there is an assumption that compliance is 80%, it isn’t intended that you miss 20% either. You probably should do your best to nail every session, but don’t beat yourself up if you have to miss a session due to work/family/life/fatigue.

[feeny]

The knowledge in those posts above is awesome. I’m going to bookmark this thread and then remind myself to re-read it regularly. I have a problem respecting rest, and much more easily add load than I do remove load. I can see that’s not sustainable.

My main sport is marathon paddling, so when I do a SUF plan, it is added to my normal paddling load. So, right now doing a MAP block (hard! on fresh FF numbers), as well as my weekly paddling… Then, along comes the step-up challenge (or equivalent) and I add that too.

I really do need to respect rest and properly learn how to build it across multiple disciplines. I reckon I’m wearing myself out a bit here.

[jmckenzieKOS]

@Pierre You have just about covered this. One other thing: If you find that you are ‘missing’ sessions quite often, you might want to consider a custom plan…