WattPlan writes you a training plan, then rebuilds it around the rides you actually do. Setting up takes about ten minutes. Here is what happens and what to have ready.
1. Sign in
Use Sign in with Apple, Google, or an email address and password. Your account is tied to the sign-in you choose, so use the same one every time. Email sign-ups get a verification message first.
2. Connect where your rides live
Connect Garmin, Strava or Wahoo. New rides then arrive on their own, usually within a few minutes of finishing. You can skip this step and connect later from Settings, but connecting first lets the next step use your real history.
3. Start from real numbers
If you connected a platform, import your recent rides. WattPlan works out your Fitness, Fatigue and Form from them, and estimates your FTP from your best efforts. If you have no history yet, enter an FTP you trust or pick a sensible estimate and test it later. A rough starting point is fine; the plan corrects as rides come in.
4. Tell it when you can ride
Choose the days you can train and how long you have on each. Mark one day as your long ride. The plan is built inside those hours and never puts a workout on a day you said you cannot ride.
5. Pick a goal
An event with a date, general fitness, an FTP target, or one big ride. With an event, the plan works backwards from the date through base, build, peak and taper. Without one, it builds steadily and keeps going.
6. Ride
The dashboard shows today's workout and your Fitness and Form. Ride outside and the file imports itself. Ride indoors with the workout player and a Bluetooth trainer. Ask the Coach if you want to move, swap or lighten a workout; it changes the plan, not just the advice.
What is free
One plan, the next two weeks of it, five Coach messages a week, seven days of Fitness history with a 30-day forecast, unlimited ride imports, and workouts sent to your Garmin or Wahoo. Premium adds the whole plan, unlimited Coach messages, a full year of history and forecast, overnight adaptation with Undo, a coach's review of every ride, route analysis, durability and W' analysis.
Stuck on any step? Contact support.