Can I choose my preferred way to train on a LatticePlan?
Picture two climbers who both climb V6 and boulder three days a week. One loves the hangboard and would happily spend an entire session meticulously logging hangs. The other finds strict hangboarding tedious and would much rather build strength by crimping hard on a board.
Until now, if they had the same goals, they got the same plan. The algorithm didn’t know — and had no way to know — which specific training methods each climber actually enjoyed.
With our latest update, that changes.
Introducing Training Preferences
During the plan generation quiz, you will now see four quick questions that tell our system exactly how you prefer to train. Each question asks you to pick your preferred modality for a specific training domain:
- Strength: Board climbing vs. Bouldering
- Power Endurance: Bouldering vs. Routes
- Endurance: Bouldering vs. Routes
- Finger Strength: Hangboard vs. Lifting Edge
It takes about 20 seconds to answer them. Once you do, the algorithm takes your answers and actively biases the workout selection toward the styles you prefer.
If you’d rather boulder than do laps on a roped wall for endurance, your plan will reflect that. If you genuinely don’t care either way, you can select ‘no preference’ and the algorithm will pick freely from our defaults, exactly like before.
Changing How You Train, Not What You Train
It is important to understand that your preferences don’t change the underlying structure of your plan; they just change how you execute it.
If your plan dictates that you need to work on power endurance, you are still going to get a power endurance session. However, the system will favor bouldering-based power endurance sessions over route-based ones if that is what you told it you prefer. The core training stimulus stays exactly the same, but the modality shifts to match your vibe.
Why does this matter? Because climbers who actually enjoy their sessions do them more consistently. A perfectly prescribed workout that you skip is infinitely worse than a slightly less optimal workout that you actually complete.
Anticipating Your Questions
Q: Will the system ever override my preference?
A: Yes, occasionally. Your preferences are a strong bias, not a hard mandate. If the only workout that fits your plan’s specific training requirements in a given slot is a route-based session (and you prefer bouldering), for example, you’ll get the route session. The algorithm will always prioritize training effectiveness over preference matching, but in most cases, there are multiple suitable options, and your preference will win out.
Q: Can I change my preferences mid-plan?
A: Your preferences are a persistent part of your profile, but they only take effect when a plan is generated. If you’ve already built a plan and decide you want to switch your preference from hangboarding to a lifting edge, you’ll need to end your current plan and generate a new one to see those changes reflected in your schedule.
Q: What if I only have a preference for one or two things?
A: That is completely fine! Every single question has a ‘no preference’ option. If you only care about avoiding roped endurance, but you are happy to do either board climbing or bouldering for strength, just select ‘no preference’ for the strength category.
Update 4.3.0 is an update focusing on improving exercise and equipment selection to make LatticePlans even more personalised, and shaped by your setup, your focus, and exactly how you prefer to train.
Try a LatticePlan now! Take the quiz.
