Interactive
Build your sample training week
Most coaching tools describe what they would do. Set three things below and see it instead — a real, structured week shaped to your goal and the time you actually have. No account, no connector, no credit card. Just see whether this is the coach you want.
This is a realistic illustrative week, not a prescription to follow — it is assembled from coaching templates in your browser. The real thing is built from your own history and goals after a short interview, and it changes every week based on what you actually rode. That difference is the whole point, and it is what the next section shows.
What happens after the week
Picking a good week is the easy half. The half a read-only history tool can't do — the part that makes it coaching — is reading your rides back, grading the plan against what really happened, and writing the next week from there. A real week rarely goes perfectly:
That is the loop: plan → ride → grade → adjust, every week, shaped by what actually happened instead of what a template assumed. It ramps when you're absorbing the work and backs off when you're not — the two decisions a static plan can never make for you.
It coaches from whatever you've got
Connect Strava and Joules reads your rides automatically. Train device-free and you just tell it the duration and how hard it felt — RPE is enough to coach on. No power meter, no heart-rate strap, no spreadsheet required. The coaching is in the structure and the weekly adjustment, not in the gadgets.
Make this week yours
The week above is a static sample. The real one is built around your goal race, your history, and your schedule — and it grades and rewrites itself every week. Joules is an MCP app that gives Claude or ChatGPT a cycling coach's brain. Adding it takes about two minutes: copy one connector URL into the assistant you already use — free on Claude (which allows one custom connector), or a paid plan (Plus/Pro) on ChatGPT. Free while Joules is in beta — no credit card.
Try Joules free →Want the exact setup steps first? See the 2-minute setup guide. Or read Can AI Be Your Cycling Coach? for the bigger picture, and how Joules pairs with Strava's MCP connector.