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Just took advantage of the BT 10 year anniversary offer and got a gold membership. Then I set about making a custom training plan. They're astonishingly brilliant. Just posting here in case there are people who haven't explored the wider functionality of this site like I hadn't done so much. I'm gobsmacked.

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I'm considering upgrading and building a custom plan but I am unsure if it works for me. Can you build a Couch to Olympic plan here or is it mostly beginner and up?

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Originally posted by Kala42 I'm considering upgrading and building a custom plan but I am unsure if it works for me. Can you build a Couch to Olympic plan here or is it mostly beginner and up?

You can play around with it now to generate free sprint and oly plans (without details) but you can see the workout minutes.  The longer the plan is, assuming it's set at the 'beginner' level, the longer the buildup period.  So for example, a beginner, Oly, 28 week plan, the starting week's volume is:

Week#
Week# 1
2013-12-09
Base
 
Monday
650 Yd
12m
 
Tuesday
850 Yd
16m
 
Wednesday
900 Yd
21m
 
Thursday
2.6 Mi
10m
0.8 Mi
08m
 
Friday
3.7 Mi
14m
1 Mi
10m
 
Saturday
5.2 Mi
19m
1.3 Mi
13m
 
Sunday
 
Week Total
11.5 Mi
43m
3.1 Mi
30m
2400 Yd
49m
 
 So as you can see, it starts nearly at the 'couch' level.  Another option is to focus a month on getting your swim up to 900 yards, then start the plan. Though if you really have 'zero' base, you may want to start one sport at time and bring in a new sport a month later instead of all-of-the-sudden doing all 3 at once, even if the minutes seem low.

 

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