Duration Property

The Duration property allows coaches and athletes to prescribe, record, and analyze the amount of time spent performing an exercise, activity, drill, conditioning session, or recovery intervention.

Duration is one of the most flexible properties in CoachMePlus and is commonly used for cardiovascular training, conditioning, rehabilitation, mobility work, isometric exercises, recovery protocols, and workload calculations.

What Does the Duration Property Record?

The Duration property captures the total time spent performing an activity.

Duration can be recorded using:

• Hours
• Minutes
• Seconds

Examples include:

• Running workouts
• Cycling sessions
• Swimming sessions
• Mobility exercises
• Isometric holds
• Recovery activities
• Conditioning drills
• Practice periods

Duration Format

Duration is entered using three fields:

This example would equal:

1 hour, 30 minutes, 45 seconds

How Athletes Enter Duration

Athletes can manually enter the time spent completing an activity.

Example

The completed duration is then stored for reporting and analysis.

How Coaches Prescribe Duration

Duration can be programmed directly into an exercise.

Fixed Duration

Plank Hold

• Duration: 60 Seconds

Conditioning Session

Bike Ride

• Duration: 45 Minutes

Recovery Session

Mobility Circuit

• Duration: 20 Minutes

Aerobic Training

Easy Run

• Duration: 60 Minutes

Duration and Workload Calculations

Duration is frequently used as part of workload calculations throughout CoachMePlus.

Session RPE Load

One of the most common uses is Session RPE.

Formula:

Session Load = RPE × Duration

Example

Session Load:

420 AU

(Arbitrary Units)

How Duration is Used in Reporting

The Duration property can be aggregated and analyzed across dashboards and reports.

Common reporting options include:

Total Duration

Sum of all recorded durations.

Example:

Total Duration:

180 Minutes

Average Duration

Average time spent per session.

Maximum Duration

Longest recorded activity duration.

Duration Trends

Track changes in training volume over time.

Compliance Tracking

Monitor whether athletes completed prescribed durations.

Common Use Cases

Running Programs

Track:

• Easy runs
• Long runs
• Tempo runs
• Recovery runs

Conditioning Sessions

Track:

• Bike workouts
• Rowing sessions
• Circuit training
• Aerobic conditioning

Isometric Exercises

Track:

• Plank holds
• Wall sits
• Static holds
• Rehabilitation exercises

Recovery Protocols

Track:

• Mobility sessions
• Stretching routines
• Recovery walks
• Therapeutic interventions

Tactical and Military Training

Track:

• Endurance events
• Conditioning drills
• Work capacity sessions
• Field exercises

Duration and Other Exercise Properties

Duration is often paired with other exercise properties to provide additional context.

Example

A coach prescribes:

Aerobic Run

• Duration: 45 Minutes

The athlete completes:

• Duration: 48 Minutes

CoachMePlus stores the completed duration and makes it available for dashboards, reports, workload calculations, compliance monitoring, and long-term training analysis.

Duration can be analyzed across individual sessions, weeks, months, seasons, or entire careers to monitor training volume, workload progression, and athlete development over time.