Originally Posted by
Happy Feet
Sorry, but the no plan training plan isn't really a training plan. It's a basic exercise regime. I suppose one could say it were a general fitness training plan but that's dressing things up a bit.
To most athletes a training plan suggests there is some sort of activity for which you "train" towards, the plan being how you arrive at the fitness level needed for the activity, be it running a marathon or swimming the English Channel.
Saying one wants to be reasonably fit so one just rides a bike regularly (while good) is different than saying one wants to ride a century or a 200k brevet in a certain amount of time. It suggests having no plan is as viable as having a specific plan but only because there is no actual end goal being sought.
Good post. The difference between exercise and training is that training has a goal, a plan and tracks certain measurable values. If you aren't doing these things somewhat regularly, you're exercising, not training.