The QT2.0 Coaching System - Explained
The QT2.0 Coaching System - Explained
QT2.0 is not a single training plan, philosophy, or metric.
It is a connected system of decisions designed to guide how your training is built, adjusted, and delivered over time - without guesswork, rigid templates, or unnecessary complexity.
These four documents work together to answer every meaningful coaching question an athlete might have:
- How does QT2.0 think about coaching?
- How is my training direction chosen?
- How is my workload managed week to week?
- What should I actually experience as an athlete?
Each document covers one layer of that system. Together, they ensure your training is intentional, adaptive, and consistently coached.
How the System Works as a Whole
QT2.0 starts with principles, moves through decision-making, applies load intelligently, and finishes with disciplined execution.
No single piece stands alone. Each layer informs the next.
- The QT2.0 Athlete Coaching Manifesto defines how we think and what we value.
- The QT2.0 Decision-Making Framework determines where your training focus should go next.
- The QT2.0 StressLogic Framework governs how much training stress you can handle right now.
- Coaching Execution defines how all of this shows up in your day-to-day training experience.
Together, they create a closed loop:
- Direction is chosen intentionally
- Load is applied appropriately
- Execution is monitored and adjusted
- Progress is evaluated honestly
Then the process repeats.
What This Means for You as an Athlete
Because these four pieces work together, QT2.0 coaching is:
- Adaptive, not pre-written months in advance
- Structured, but never rigid
- Data-informed, without being data-obsessed
- Consistently coached, not "set and forget"
You are not following a plan that hopes to work.
You are moving through a system that is actively responding to you.
Why This Matters
Most training problems don't come from effort.
They come from:
- Chasing the wrong training focus
- Applying too much (or too little) stress
- Resting by the calendar instead of by need
- Losing clarity about why training looks the way it does
QT2.0 exists to eliminate those failure points.
By separating thinking, direction, load, and execution - and then reconnecting them intentionally - we create training that is easier to trust and harder to derail.
How to Use These Pages
You don't need to read everything at once.
- Start with the Coaching Manifesto to understand our philosophy
- Use the Decision Framework when you wonder why your training focus changed
- Refer to StressLogic if you're curious how workload is managed
- Read Coaching Execution to understand what "being coached" should feel like
Each page stands on its own.
Together, they explain the entire system.
QT2.0 is not about doing more.
It's about doing the right things - at the right time - with intention.
The Four Core Documents
The QT2.0 Coaching Manifesto
Train with intention. Adapt with precision.
The QT2.0 Coaching Manifesto establishes the philosophical foundation of QT2.0. It explains what QT2.0 is - a decision-making system designed to create measurable progress, not just fatigue. The QT2.0 Coaching Manifesto defines what we anchor to (Critical Power and Critical Speed), how we think about coaching (balancing physiology with real life), and what we optimize for (improving the fitness that matters most for endurance performance). It clarifies the daily standards required to keep training honest, emphasizes that structure serves intent rather than perfection, and ensures athletes feel continuously coached. The QT2.0 Coaching Manifesto also sets clear boundaries around what QT2.0 is not - it's not entertainment, not a rigid plan, and not a volume contest. The promise is simple: when we anchor training to accurate benchmarks, protect data integrity, choose blocks intentionally, and coach with judgment, QT2.0 creates repeatable progress with minimal wasted training.
Read the full QT2.0 Coaching Manifesto →
How QT2.0 Chooses the Right Training Block
A clear explanation of how we decide what comes next.
The Decision Framework provides a systematic process for answering: what type of training will give you the greatest return right now? It begins by establishing your performance anchors (Critical Power and Critical Speed), which define what effort levels are sustainable and where your fitness ceiling and floor currently sit. From there, your fitness state is identified - whether you're in an Anaerobic-state (strong at short efforts), Balanced-state, or Aerobic-state (strong endurance base but limited top-end). Before physiology drives the decision, real-life overrides are applied: starting a new cycle, returning from injury, durability concerns, or race proximity can all influence block choice. Finally, the framework selects the training focus that targets your primary limiter - strengthening your foundation, raising the ceiling, or preparing race execution. The approach prioritizes solving one problem at a time, changing stimulus rather than extending blocks endlessly, and letting physiology guide decisions while practicality sets boundaries.
Read the full Decision Framework →
How QT2.0 Decides How Much Training Stress to Apply
A clear explanation of how we manage load, fatigue, and recovery.
The QT2.0 StressLogic Framework governs how much training stress you can handle right now - without breaking down. It replaces traditional fixed build-and-recovery cycles (three weeks on, one week off) with a dynamic, week-to-week approach where recovery is not scheduled. StressLogic starts by estimating your sustainable training stress based on recent history, current fitness, and how your body has responded to load over time. Each week, it evaluates both objective signals (short-term fatigue, fatigue trends, stress accumulation) and subjective signals (soreness, motivation, sleep, life stress, orthopedic strain) to determine whether to push, hold, or pull back. The output is a recommended weekly training stress target per sport that defines the upper boundary for the week. StressLogic protects you by preventing runaway fatigue, reducing injury risk, preserving consistency, and avoiding emotional decision-making - missed workouts aren't crammed in later, and overcooked sessions aren't "paid back." The system works by micro-dosing load, allowing recovery without forcing downtime, and keeping training challenging but sustainable.
Read the full QT2.0 StressLogic Framework →
What Day-to-Day Coaching Looks Like in QT2.0
How the system shows up in your training, week after week.
This document explains what execution looks like from the athlete's side of the coach-athlete relationship. QT2.0 coaching is ongoing, not periodic—it shows up continuously in how workouts are assigned, how completed sessions are interpreted, how training load evolves, and how adjustments are made when life intervenes. Your fitness anchors are actively maintained and revisited regularly, with adjustments made when fitness changes meaningfully (not inflated to reward effort). Training load is managed intentionally each week based on how much stress you've absorbed, how you're responding, and whether fatigue is accumulating productively or destructively. Missed or tough workouts don't break the system - QT2.0 moves forward intelligently rather than chasing perfection, because consistency beats heroics. Structure serves purpose, not perfection, with outdoor training encouraged and real-world variability expected. Feedback is part of the training process, with consistent workout feedback and context around how workouts fit the bigger picture. Athletes should never feel like data isn't being reviewed, workouts are purposeless, fatigue is ignored, or they're guessing why training changed.