You can schedule breaks in your training program to accommodate vacations, competitions, or off-season periods without interrupting the program flow or filling your athletes' calendars with missed workouts. This article walks you through adding and positioning break weeks within an existing program phase.
Planning Your Break
Before making changes in the Builder, determine the length of your scheduled break. Consider factors like team vacations, competition schedules, or planned off-season periods to calculate how many weeks athletes will be away from training.
Bridge Tip: Plan breaks in advance to maintain program continuity and prevent workout assignments during periods when athletes cannot train.
Adding Break Weeks to Your Program
Step 1: Access the Program Builder
Navigate to your program from the Library and click Edit to open the Builder.
Step 2: Open the Phase that Requires Edits
Select the phase where you want to add the break. Click on the phase name to expand its weekly structure.
Step 3: Add Break Weeks
Click Add Week for each week of your break
Repeat as needed (e.g., click twice for a 2-week break)
Bridge Tip: New weeks are automatically added to the end of the phase. You'll reposition them in the next step.
Positioning Break Weeks
After adding your break weeks, rearrange them to the correct position in your program timeline.
Step 1: Navigate to Program Overview
Exit the phase editor to view your program's weekly calendar.
Step 2: Drag and Drop Weeks
Click and hold the blank week(s) you added, then drag them to their correct position in the calendar. Release to drop them into place.
Related Resources
For more information on managing your program structure, see:
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