What does TrainingPeaks need a premium account for?

TrainingPeaks limits basic athletes to activity summaries, so detailed workout metrics, daily, body and sleep data, and future planned workouts need the athlete on a premium TrainingPeaks account.

TrainingPeaks limits what its API returns for basic athletes, so most data beyond the activity summary needs the athlete on a premium TrainingPeaks account.

On a basic account, activities still arrive with their type, start time, duration and distance. The following need premium:

• Workout metrics such as heart rate, power, cadence, calories, elevation and TSS. TrainingPeaks returns these as empty for basic athletes.

• Per-workout detail, including heart rate, power, cadence and position samples.

• Daily, body and sleep data, which come from TrainingPeaks metrics.

• Planned workouts for a future date. TrainingPeaks rejects these for basic athletes, even though the user granted the permissions when connecting.

If data or planned workout pushes fail for one TrainingPeaks user but work for others, check whether that athlete is on a premium plan first.

TrainingPeaks lists the exact restrictions on its Premium vs. Basic Athlete page.