Truly Unique
This app and the Coach Cat system is really unique. It is easy to get a custom plan started and the system works with you everyday to make any needed adjustments. Also, I LOVE the way CoachCat does long rides! It is a perfect balance of intervals, zone 2 endurance, and real-life riding. Very pleased!
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Good modern coaching app
Innovative cycling coaching app that provides a large catalog of structured plans with interactive AI coaching guidance to customize or modify your day to day workouts based on health metrics from your fitness tracker and accumulated training load. Responsive support and frequent new feature updates.
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Lacking too many features
The good: The plans are good and the app gives you some flexibility.
The bad: AI is useless and the app as a training platform is severely lacking features.
AI Coach review:
- AI is very slow to respond
- Responses are 90% ai slop. For example, I will ask it for a replacement workout since I missed a day and it will give me an impossibly difficult workout.
- Frequently does not perform the actions you ask of it such as replacing a workout will just add a second workout and you need to ask again
Missing App Features:
If you’re expecting a Training Peaks replacement this app doesn’t cut it.
- can’t upload workout GPX
- can’t mark workouts as completed
- poor UX for viewing training data
- Very expensive
The bad: AI is useless and the app as a training platform is severely lacking features.
AI Coach review:
- AI is very slow to respond
- Responses are 90% ai slop. For example, I will ask it for a replacement workout since I missed a day and it will give me an impossibly difficult workout.
- Frequently does not perform the actions you ask of it such as replacing a workout will just add a second workout and you need to ask again
Missing App Features:
If you’re expecting a Training Peaks replacement this app doesn’t cut it.
- can’t upload workout GPX
- can’t mark workouts as completed
- poor UX for viewing training data
- Very expensive
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Digging it
This is a cool app and concept. Workouts are good. Love having my training calendar at the ready. Love being able to interact with Coach Cat AI to adjust/manage training plan. Love having a better sense of how my sleep/recovery are playing into my training. Looking forward to continuing with it. One niggle: I bike commute to work sometimes after doing a full workout on the trainer before. Coach Cat doesn’t seem to understand this and will send me a message as though I had not already done the assigned workout. Feel like it should know what is “extra”.
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The closest thing to a real coach
While other adaptive training apps will adapt your training based on availability and how you may have performed on yesterday workout only CoachCat goes deeper looking at your true body condition.
CoachCat loos at your HRV and sleep to gauge your real health to adjust your training.
But it goes further. You can discuss with your CoachCat any related cycling questions.
For example, I just had shoulder replacement surgery and when I was cleared by my doctor to do indoor training only CoachCat was able to create a truly custom recovery workout around my health condition.
It’s truly the closest thing to have a personal coach. Give it a try and you will be hooked
CoachCat loos at your HRV and sleep to gauge your real health to adjust your training.
But it goes further. You can discuss with your CoachCat any related cycling questions.
For example, I just had shoulder replacement surgery and when I was cleared by my doctor to do indoor training only CoachCat was able to create a truly custom recovery workout around my health condition.
It’s truly the closest thing to have a personal coach. Give it a try and you will be hooked
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