Daily Recommendations
Understand AI-powered daily and weekly training recommendations in Coach Watts.
The Recommendations page delivers AI guidance on what to do today — and how to optimize your week. It analyzes recovery data, training load, and your planned workouts to suggest whether to proceed, modify, or rest.
Today's recommendation
Each day, the AI evaluates:
- Today's planned workout — duration, intensity, TSS, structure
- Recovery state — HRV, sleep quality, resting heart rate
- Recent training — last 7 days of load, CTL/ATL trends
- Athlete profile — FTP, goals, historical recovery patterns
The recommendation is one of:
| Action | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Proceed | Recovery supports the planned session |
| Modify | Adjust intensity, duration, or structure |
| Reduce intensity | Keep the session but make it easier |
| Rest | Take a recovery day |
Each recommendation includes reasoning — the specific factors that drove the decision (e.g., "HRV 15% below baseline, poor sleep").
Use the recommendation card as a decision aid: read the explanation first, then open the details when you need the supporting context.
Weekly recommendations
Beyond daily guidance, the AI reviews your week for:
- Load distribution imbalances
- Missing key session types (long ride, intervals, recovery)
- Recovery patterns suggesting overreaching
- Alignment with your active training plan
Using recommendations
- Open Recommendations from the sidebar
- Review the Focus Area — pinned high-priority recommendations
- Read the reasoning before accepting or dismissing
- Click Update Recommendations to regenerate with the latest data
Accepting or dismissing
- Accept — marks the recommendation as actioned; may trigger plan changes
- Dismiss — removes it from your active list
- Pin — keeps important recommendations visible in Focus Area
Chat integration
Ask your coach to explain or act on recommendations:
- "Why does today's recommendation say rest?"
- "Accept the modified workout suggestion."
- "What should I change about this week's plan?"
Dashboard widget
Your Dashboard surfaces the most urgent daily recommendation so you do not need to navigate to the full page every morning. Pair it with Morning Check-in for the complete daily workflow.