1. Your Legs Always Feel Heavy

Tired legs after intervals? Totally normal. But if even your easy recovery rides feel like climbing Alpe d’Huez, your body might be sending you a message.

Feeling drained all the time, even after a rest day is a classic symptom of overreaching or overtraining. It means your muscles aren’t fully recovering before you load them again. Without recovery, your fitness can plateau… or drop.

JOIN’s training algorithm tracks your workload over time and balances intensity, volume, and rest based on your feedback. Every time you rate your ride (RPE), JOIN uses that info to adjust your next sessions. If your legs are cooked, JOIN listens and adapts.

2. You’re Not Sleeping Well

Think training stress only affects your body? Think again. It messes with your nervous system too, especially when it starts to pile up.

When you’re pushing too hard without enough recovery, you might notice:

• Restless sleep or trouble falling asleep

• Waking up tired or groggy, even after a full night’s rest

• Increased heart rate during rest
  
  

All of these are signs your body is under too much stress  and that it’s not fully recovering between rides.

How JOIN helps:

JOIN isn’t just about what you do on the bike, it’s about your total training load and recovery.

Before every ride, JOIN gives you a Readiness score, showing how prepared you are to perform today’s workout based on muscle soreness and recovery from previous sessions. If the score doesn’t match how you actually feel, you can adjust your soreness and/or recovery in the app.

The magic? JOIN will instantly adapt the type, duration, and intensity of your workout to match your real condition. That means harder sessions are dialed back when your body needs a break, and recovery rides are added when they’ll help you most.

3. You’re Losing Motivation

You used to get excited to ride. Now? It just feels like another task on your to-do list. Even thinking about your next session makes you sigh.

That loss of joy isn’t laziness. It’s a sign of burnout, often caused by too much pressure, unrealistic expectations, or constantly riding at your limits.

And here’s the twist: overtraining doesn’t just hurt your body. It drains your mental energy, too.

 How JOIN helps:

JOIN gives you a clear, flexible, and personalized training plan, so you’re not guessing what to do, or pushing when you should be pulling back. By mixing up training zones, intensities, and ride lengths, JOIN keeps your training fresh. And most importantly - fun.

When your training matches your real life, motivation lasts longer. And so do your results.

Why Structured Doesn’t Mean Rigid

Some riders think structure means stiffness. But the right structure sets you free. JOIN is built around smart structurethat adapts with your energy, mood, performance, and life.

You can:

• Skip a ride and the plan will adjust

• Change your available hours for the week

• Indicate how you felt with RPE

• See recovery sessions added when you need them
  
  

You don’t need to “train like a pro” to train like someone who knows what they’re doing. JOIN helps you do that with less stress and more gains.

Tip: Let Your RPE Speak

After every ride, JOIN asks you to log your Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) on a scale from 2 to 10.

This isn’t just a checkbox - it’s your secret weapon.

When you rate honestly and consistently, JOIN gets smarter. It sees when your body is under pressure, when you’re crushing it, and when you need to back off. It’s like having a coach in your pocket who always knows how you feel — not just what the numbers say.

Train Smarter, Recover Better, Improve Faster

Overtraining can be hard to detect until it’s already slowed you down. With JOIN, you don’t need to rely on guesswork or motivation alone. Log your RPE consistently. Listen to your body. And let JOIN keep you on track.