Supplementary training
Classes and generated sessions
How to decide between class programming and generated strength or conditioning without letting either dominate the plan.
Who this is for
Use this when class programming is entered and you need to decide whether to follow it.
Available versus selected
Class programming should be visible for the day because it is useful context. Visibility does not mean commitment.
Select a class only when you want it to shape the plan. Leave its details available when you might ignore it.
Decision rules
- Choose the class when its stimulus fits the week and does not compromise tomorrow's key endurance session.
- Choose a generated supplementary session when the class overworks a recently loaded pattern, stacks too much eccentric leg work, or misses an important movement gap.
- Choose no supplementary work when fatigue, soreness, race phase, or illness makes the extra dose unhelpful.
- Keep key endurance sessions protected. Supplementary training adapts around them, not the other way round.
AI review expectations
The review should explain the intended class stimulus, likely muscle-group cost, and next-day risk.
For generated sessions, it should explain which movement gap it addresses and why the dose is recoverable.
Good guidance sounds like: upper pull, trunk rotation, and grip are under-served, but lower-body run load is high; prescribe low-eccentric pull/core/skill work rather than heavy legs.
Movement coverage strategy
Movement coverage is not a symmetry target. It is a guardrail for avoiding stale patterns and unnecessary overuse.
Full-body movements can be efficient when supplementary sessions are limited, but the app should still avoid repeatedly loading the same tissues before key endurance work.