An endless pile of documents
Natxo runs Natxo Training Team from Alicante. He coaches endurance athletes: runners, competitive Nordic walkers and athletes who combine running with cycling, swimming and strength work. Today there are more than 70 of them.
Before TrainerPlan, every athlete was a collection of files.
"I was piling up countless spreadsheets, Word documents, messages, calendars... Having to go through an endless stream of documents over and over again was hard work."
With dozens of athletes, the problem isn't just the time lost searching. It's that each athlete's information is scattered across several places and never seen as a whole: the plan in one spreadsheet, what they did in a message, the next race in another calendar.
A plan for every athlete
Natxo started using TrainerPlan in May 2024. He works individually: each athlete has their own calendar, with sessions built around their sport, their level and where they are in the season. A single week can mix easy runs, intervals, Nordic walking, cycling, swimming and strength sessions.
To make that sustainable with more than 70 people, planning has to be quick. And that, he explains, comes with practice.
"Planning training is much more comfortable and simple once you can find your way around the app with ease."
- One calendar per athlete — running, Nordic walking, cycling, swimming and strength in the same plan.
- Synced workouts — what the athlete does comes in from their watch and appears next to what was planned.
- Charts and performance dashboard — each athlete's load and progress at a glance.
- From anywhere — following athletes doesn't depend on sitting at a computer.
Following the process closely
What Natxo uses most day to day is the data: seeing how each athlete responds to what was planned.
"The charts and the performance dashboard are a good tool for following the training process very closely."
Because workouts sync on their own, following athletes no longer means gathering anything. Natxo decides how much time he spends on it, and where.
"You make perfect use of whatever time you want to spend following the training, and you can follow it in real time from wherever you like."
From local races to the World Championships
His athletes cover the whole range: people who enjoy local village races and competitive athletes. In Nordic walking, several compete in the Spanish Cup and international championships, and this year one of them became masters world champion in Nordic walking over 10 km in Finland.
For Natxo, that close follow-up isn't just a convenience for the coach. The athletes notice it too.
"It's added value that athletes appreciate."
It's never too late
His advice for coaches still juggling spreadsheets and messages is short.
"It's never too late to bring order to the chaos we usually work in."