The instrument training is for a rating. This is how I've figured that you can only log PIC during your instrument training if you're in VMC.
FAR 61.51 (e) Logging pilot-in-command flight time
(1) A sport, recreational, private, or commercial pilot may log pilot-in-command time only for that flight time during which that person-
(i)Is the sole manipulator of the controls for which the pilot is rated or has privileges;
FAR 61.51 (g) Logging Instrument Time
(2) An authorized instructor may log instrument time when conducting instrument flight instruction in actual instrument flight conditions.
FAR 61.57 (c) Instrument Experience
Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, no person may act as pilot in command under IFR or in weather conditions less than the minimums prescribed for VFR, unless within the preceding 6 calendar months, that person has:
(insert currency requirements here)