Periodization

Before you start

• Open Periodization from the menu on the web. You can also do most of this from Season in your calendar.
• On iPhone you can view your phases in Season but not edit them. Not available on Android yet.
• To generate phases automatically you need at least one future race or test marked A priority.

Add a key event

1. In Calendar timeline, click a date. Or select Add peak moment in the Peak moments table.
2. Enter the Event title, Date, Sport, Priority and Type (Race, Time trial, Fitness test, Event or Other). To change these later, select the event, edit, and Save.
3. Select Create.

Priority tells Beoflow how much to build toward it:

• A priority: your main goal. Your phases build up to it and end with a taper.
• B priority: important, but not the main one. It gets a short taper of about a week.
• C priority: training races and tests. You train through them.

Generate phases

1. Select Generate periodization based on peak moments.
2. Choose a Template and the events to include.
3. Select Generate.

Phases start today and run to your main event. Every template ends with a taper before it. Generating replaces any existing periodization on the same plan that overlaps those dates.

Timing rules

• An A event needs at least 41 days from today. Some templates need longer, and say so if you’re short.
• Two A events must be at least 41 days apart. Any other pair of A or B events must be at least 6 days apart.

Build one by hand

Select Add phase with no periodization yet, name it, and select Create. It starts with a 4-week Base phase from today. Then drag across dates in Calendar timeline to add phases.

Edit phases

Open a phase’s actions to Edit, Move up, Move down, Merge previous, Merge next or Delete it. Phase types include Base, Build, Intensification, Taper/Peaking, Recovery and Transition, plus strength and skating-specific phases.

Coaches: programs and athletes

Changes to a program’s periodization reach athletes on that program. An athlete’s copy shows “This periodization was inherited from” the program. Editing it there detaches that athlete’s copy, so the program and other athletes are not changed. Select Open program to edit the program instead.

Troubleshooting

• Generation won’t start: add a future A priority event at least 41 days away.
• “A-priority goals require at least 41 days for full periodization.” Your main event is too close. Move it, or make it a B event.
• Spacing error between two events: two A events are less than 41 days apart, or other A or B events less than 6 days. Change a priority or a date.
• “No adjacent phase in that direction”: there’s no phase on that side to move into or merge with.

FAQ

• How does Beoflow handle tapering? Generated phases end with a Taper/Peaking phase before your A event, and B events get a short taper of about a week. Beoflow sets out the phases; the sessions within them come from you, your coach or Flow.
• Is phase generation done by AI? No. Phases come from fixed templates. To plan with AI, use Ask Flow in Season.
• Is this the same as Season? Season is the overview in your calendar. This page edits phases and events in a table.

Privacy

Your periodization uses your plan’s phases and key events. You and coaches you’ve given access can see and edit it.

Related

• Season view
• Target events
• Your training calendar
• Programs