Lighten a Heavy Week
Sometimes the plan is more than you can manage: work is busy, you’re under-recovered, or your fingers feel tired. Instead of deleting sessions one by one, ask the assistant to lighten the week. It looks at what’s planned and how you’ve been training, then proposes a lighter version for you to check.
Lightening the Week
Start from the week
On the web planner, open the week menu and click Review with Assistant. The message asks the assistant to review that week and adjust the load. Add why the week feels too heavy, then send.
You can also open the assistant and write it yourself, or use the Lighten next week chip on web:
Next week feels like too much. Lighten it but keep Tuesday’s board session.
Read the proposal
The Proposed changes card lists each change, such as a session removed, moved or replaced with an easier workout from your library. If any days were kept free on purpose, the card lists them under Kept training-free.
Adjust if it isn’t right
Click Adjust and say what to change, such as keeping a session or using different days. On web, chips like Keep key sessions, Make fewer changes and Use different days fill this in for you. The assistant replaces the proposal with a new one.
Apply it
Click Apply when the card looks right. Your planner updates straight away.
If you change your mind, click Undo in the conversation. Undo reverses the most recent set of applied changes. If you’ve edited one of those workouts since, it stops and tells you instead. See Undoing Changes.
Telling It Why
The reason a week is too heavy changes what a good answer looks like, so say it. On web, some of these are also chips:
- Short on time — “I only have 45 minutes most days next week.”
- Under-recovered — Add recovery: “I feel under-recovered. Add recovery without losing the key sessions.”
- Tired fingers — Protect my fingers: “My fingers feel tired. Reduce finger-intensive work but keep useful training.”
If something hurts rather than just feels tired, read Training With a Niggle or Injury first.
Checking Before You Change Anything
If you’re not sure the week is too heavy, ask before changing it:
Review my next two weeks and tell me where the training load looks unbalanced.
On web, that’s the Review my load chip. The assistant compares what’s planned with your recent training signals, such as sessions completed, workload and your RPE and feeling scores. You can ask for a proposal afterwards.
Going the Other Way
If you feel fresh, ask whether it’s sensible to push on, or use the Progress next week chip on web: “I feel fresh. Is it sensible to progress next week’s training?” The assistant can add or swap in harder workouts from your library, but it can’t write new ones.
Related
- Sequence Assistant — How proposals and undo work
- Dashboard — The weekly scores the assistant uses to judge your recovery
- Rest Days — Mark days off so the assistant plans around them