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Why Planned Targets and Actual Results Should Stay Separate

The plan describes an intention. The result describes an event. Keeping both makes your history more accurate and your next decision more useful.

A Target Is Not a Result

If a planned 6-kilometre run automatically becomes a completed 6-kilometre run, the record stops describing reality. The same problem appears when planned sets, repetitions or duration overwrite what was actually done. A calendar may look complete while the underlying information becomes less trustworthy.

MyoErgo keeps planned values and recorded values distinct. The plan remains available as context, while the summary reflects the time, distance, route, sets or other results captured during the session.

Separation Makes Review More Honest

  • You can see whether the original target was realistic.
  • A shortened or modified session remains useful without pretending it matched the plan.
  • Repeated gaps between target and result become visible patterns rather than hidden corrections.
  • Completed routes and metrics are not confused with an itinerary or estimate.

Ask Three Questions After a Session

  1. What did I intend to complete?
  2. What did I actually complete?
  3. What should change the next time I plan this kind of session?

The third answer should be practical. It may affect the duration, distance, exercise selection, time of day or amount of recovery around the next session.

Reuse the Result, Not the Fiction

When MyoErgo lets you use a completed result to plan again, that result becomes a grounded starting point. You can still increase, reduce or otherwise adjust the target, but the new decision begins with something that actually happened.