Workout completion
General information
A workout execution is an athlete-derived piece of information connected to a specific workout plan that includes data on the completion of a workout unit.
Each workout plan can only have one workout completion.
Connecting workout completion with a workout plan
After the athlete completes a workout, to have their workout data visible together with the workout planned by the coach, it is necessary to correctly connect the workout completion with the workout plan. Otherwise, they may be visible in the calendar as two separate tiles.
Manually adding a workout completion
After completing a workout, the athlete enters the workout plan and selects the "Add completion manually" option. Then they enter basic information about the completed workout and save it.
When manually adding a workout completion, it is also possible to attach a FIT file to it. This way, the coach will have more precise information about the completed workout. Without attaching a file, the information about the workout completion will be very basic and will not allow the coach to analyze the workout in detail. Therefore, it is suggested to use an external integration.
Automatically connecting a workout completion from an external integration
In the case when the athlete uses external integration, completed workouts will appear in the calendar immediately after completion and synchronization with an external application (e.g. the Garmin Connect mobile app).
The Good Coach App service, after receiving a workout from an external integration, tries to automatically assign it to the correct workout plan. To do this, the following conditions must be met:
- the completed workout must be at least two minutes long,
- on a given day, there is one and only one workout plan with the selected activity type, to which the same sport type as the sport type of the completed activity is assigned,
- the coach has not disabled this option in their settings.
If the workout was done on a different day than the day it was planned by the coach, it will also not be possible to correctly automatically connect the workout. To make the automatic connection work, the athlete should move the workout plan to the correct day before completing the workout.
The athlete has two workout plans for the day: one with an activity type with a running sport type, the other with an activity type with a cycling sport type. The athlete completed a running workout. The system will assign this workout to the workout plan with the running sport type.
The athlete has two workout plans for the day: both with an activity type with a running sport type. The athlete completed a running workout. The system will not assign this workout to any workout plan, as it is not clear to which workout plan the workout should be assigned. In this case, manual workout completion connection will be required.
For the automatic connection of workouts to work correctly, it is essential that the workout plan added by the coach has the correct activity type selected with a well-defined sport type.
This method does not apply to Apple Health integrations. In this case, adding a workout completion is done in the Good Coach App mobile app on iOS. The workout is assigned immediately to the selected workout plan.
Manually connecting a workout completion from an external integration
In the case when the conditions for automatic workout connection have not been met, both the athlete and the coach can manually connect the completed workout to the workout plan.
If the workout was completed on a different day than the day it was planned, the athlete should first move the workout plan.
An unassigned workout plan will appear in the calendar with the activity type "Unassigned" and will have a characteristic cross-hatched background.
In the browser application, the connection is made by dragging the completion tile onto the workout plan tile (or vice versa).
In the mobile apps, the connection is made by selecting the workout completion and then selecting the workout plan to which it should be connected.
Performed workouts that are not assigned to the workout plan in any way can cause incorrect summaries in the statistics, so it is worthwhile for the athlete to assign them to the workout plan after completion.
Specifying the details of unassigned workout completions without a workout plan
In the case when a workout completion is not assigned to a workout plan, the athlete can specify the details of the workout completion. This can be done by selecting the workout completion tile and then selecting the "Edit" option. The athlete can then enter the necessary information about the workout completion and save it.
Sharing information on the completion of training
Users using the mobile app can share information about workout completion via messages or other apps. The workout is shared from the workout plan details from the pop-up menu.
A text with workout information is shared.
It is possible to share the completion of a workout in the form of a photo from the camera or one selected from the gallery with the Good Coach overlay, which includes time, distance, a star image with the quality of the workout (such as on tiles) and the type of workout. You can change the caption with the type of workout to any text or delete it completely.