Training pace checkmark

In the JOIN app you find a dashboard that includes our training pace checkmark. It shows you whether you are currently maintaining the right balance between training too little or overdoing it. Even if you strictly follow the JOIN plan, the checkmark can still show you that your fitness is declining, because your available time is simply set too low. On the other side of the time spectrum, JOIN will never give you too many workouts even if you have ample available time. As a matter of course, the JOIN training plan will never overload you, but you can ignore this advice and then get this notification.

Below you find an overview of the different statuses. Just try to keep it green as much as possible, which should not be too difficult with our guidance.

Your fitness is declining

You're not doing enough to maintain your current fitness level. Try to do a little bit more to prevent your fitness level from declining too much.

Try to do a bit more

Your fitness level is currently stable but not progressing. You need to do a bit more if you want to keep improving. Try to increase your availability or check the following possible issues:

1. Try to distribute your availability more evenly across the week without too many rest days in a row.
2. A higher level comes with higher expectations from our side. If you want to do fewer hours or improve a little slower, just set your activity profile a category lower.

Your fitness is improving

You are doing perfectly fine! Try to maintain this training regime and you will keep progressing.

You are doing a bit too much

You have been doing a little bit too much lately. We will take this into account and plan some easier workouts and rest days to allow you to recover properly. A good recovery is a crucial part of getting better. If you are doing too much for too long you can get overtrained and instead of improving, you actually achieve the opposite.

You are overtraining

You have been doing way too much. Take a break to recover properly and avoid getting overtrained. If you get this alert frequently, please check if you have not set your level too low in the athletic profile.