Plan and build
Templates and calendars
Some programming is a finished block, such as a 12-week off-season. Some is ongoing, such as the week-by-week training a team runs all season. The builder has a program type for each, and the type decides how the program reaches your athletes.
What it is
Every program is a Template or a Calendar. A template is a fixed-length plan with no dates. A calendar is a plan on real dates with no fixed end. You may see "subscription" elsewhere. That word is for billing only, and it isn't a program type.
Every athlete and every team already has a calendar of their own. Programs holds the templates and calendars you reuse. To program one athlete or one team, open their calendar under Athletes or Teams.
Where to find it
When you create a program, the New program panel asks for its Type. Open Programs and click New program. In the editor, the Program menu also has New template program and New calendar program.
The parts
Template
A template is a fixed-length plan with no dates. Twelve weeks is twelve weeks. You place it onto a calendar as a copy, and every athlete who gets it runs the same weeks from their own start. This is the type for a finished block, such as an off-season or a peaking cycle. Put a program on a calendar walks through placing one.
Calendar
A calendar is a plan on real dates with no fixed end. You keep writing forward, and your edits reach everyone who follows it. This is the type for ongoing coaching that many athletes share, such as a plan several teams run.
Editors
The New program panel also asks for Editors: which coaches can change the program, either You and org admins or one team's coaches. This setting doesn't put the program on anyone's calendar, and it doesn't depend on the type.
Draft and Live
Every program starts as a Draft. Open Program info & settings from the editor's Program menu. The Overview tab shows the status and a Go live button. You can't undo Go live. What it changes depends on the type:
- Template — placing it on a calendar doesn't wait for it. You can place a draft template. Placing copies the workouts, so later edits to the template don't change existing copies.
- Calendar — athletes and teams can follow it once it's live. Followers receive dated training within their follow dates. Saved edits reach them from then on, with no separate step.
To sell a template or a calendar, see price and publish a program.
Program settings
The settings page has four tabs: Overview, Following, Details, and Access & community. The Following tab lists the calendars that follow a calendar program. Details holds the name, type, units, folder, tags, and Archive. Details edits wait for Save changes. Access & community controls save at once.
The calendar view
A calendar uses real dates instead of "Week 1", so its editor shows a calendar in place of the week tab strip:
- The calendar rail — the dated spine down the left of the week view. Click a date to move the week. Shift-click a second date to select a range of dates.
- Overview — a month view of the whole plan. The chevrons beside the month name page one month at a time. Each day shows its date. You can rename a dated day and its sessions. A day name shows beside the date.
- Today — a button in the toolbar. It returns the view to the current date from wherever you scrolled to.
- The rail toggle — hides the rail so the week takes the full width.
Everything below the day works the same as in a template program. Sessions, groups, exercises, and the helper bar are unchanged. See the program editor for the structure tools.
Edits to a calendar reach followers at once. Everyone following it sees your changes as you make them. There's no separate step for edits, so try experimental work in a template program first.
Common questions
Which type should I pick?
Pick a template for a plan athletes complete, and a calendar for an ongoing plan they stay on. If you're unsure, start with a template. A fixed-length plan is the easier one to reuse.
How do I put a template on an athlete's calendar?
Open the athlete or team under COACHING, then open their calendar. Place the template from there. Put a program on a calendar walks through it.
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