The leader in this category seems like TR, with their adaptive training system for cycling, all based on power meter data. Miss a workout, fail to hit your power targets, or mark a session as easier than the algorithm expected and it will adjust your future session difficulty in response. Cycling is a great place to start with clear quantitative data (power) on which to based the training. As a part of this research, I have started using TR and am enjoying it.

I've seen these folks mostly from their advertisements, and can't speak much more to how well their system works or whether it's truly adaptive. They certainly mention AI in their materials.

Backlinks: AI Coaching | Garmin

A stalwart in the endurance tech space, Garmin has partenered with FirstBeat (whom they now own, I recall) to build a recommendation engine using a workout library and some adaptation of the Bannister model (reading between the lines in their linked PR). Disclaimer: I have been using Garmin watches to train for running and cycling for many years, and as such have developed a positive bias here.

They have some research on sports science here. Maybe they have based their rules engine on data that shows performance improvements?

With a lot of material on their blog and relatively transparent materials from the researcher behind their system (Markus Rummel), this one deserves a mention with the top. Though they don't appear to big yet, it doesn't appear that they are just using AI as a hype word.

The folks at Xert have been doing this for a long time in the cycling space. They have plans that adjust based on performance, and really they seem like the first in this space. Link to science behind the training advisor. Like AI Endurance, their marketing does not seem to rival TR or triDot.

With all of the others, it's hard to separate marketing from whether an algorithm is actually optimized on training data to improve performance. It would seem like Training Peaks would have the right data, but it's not clear that their entry in the market here (coaching-focused, perhaps to be expected) is based on data or whether it's a just a rules-based system. SVEXA sounds fancy but doesn't have a consumer product.

Not even making the list are popular endurance training platforms that haven't mentioned dynamic training: Today's Plan, Training Tilt, Final Surge, and many many more.

For a more complete list that includes training data collection apps, see the list here: https://endurancebikeandrun.com/blog/2020/2/6/the-best-running-and-cycling-training-diary-planning-and-analysis-applications.

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