The podcast is worth a listen, is a nice condensed version of her book(s). Sound is crap for first 5 or 10minutes but no important stuff in that part , it then improves.
Ive spent quite a bit of time on this due to having two female 1to1 athletes and trying to understand things like Why do girls in the swim club always plateau for a year or so. Why are they so strong one week, yet cant hit a rep the next.
Off topic but Id recommend her books to anyone with sporty daughters , daughters in general or coaches
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I think there’s a hidden creep of having harder days unintentionally.
I see from time to time strava activities described as easy or zone 2 and they’re clearly not.
It all compounds in the end and bites you on the arse when you most need it not to.
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FTFY 
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The adaptive training Stenard is referring to is different to the new feature, red light green light. And what’s interesting there is it’s analysing data and, whatever the plan is, recommending you train easier or rest or go ahead as planned tomorrow.
How they do it is a secret, but given they turned last Sunday red based on an aerobic run I did on Saturday I’d suggest it’s primarily if not entirely objective analysis of data. And in that case it did match with my fucking aching stiff legs on Sunday that I’d never have expected.
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I’d be lying if a small part of me wasn’t hoping “this will be the key that unlocks everything!” but if it getting it right, knowing when to tone down or rest, helps say - 5% I’d be happy. In fact, if it just makes me less tired with no performance loss I’d be happy.
Just my commute home has turned tomorrow amber, so either it’s wrong or my commutes are harder than I think they are.
I usually like a commute in and back with a hard 1hr swim at lunchtime. Admittedly the ride home drags but I don’t think of them as hard days…just…efficient 
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it’s a balance…and sometimes a fine balance…
but the reason why we can confidently say ‘most’ is that most athletes really don’t apply themselves well…
the fitter you are in any discipline or the more accustomed to training, the more the training has to be specific to be beneficial…
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generic plans are just that…so generalised that they can do as much harm as good…
one of the main criticisms is how they guide 'level of effort"
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there is no entirely objective analysis of data…
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Ha ha, of course.
I meant it either doesnt take into account post workout feedback (the subjective) or they only add nuance to the data files (the objective) it’s analysing.
what makes the data files objective?