39-49 Years old and 4+ W/KG - how hard is it to get there and maintain at that age?

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I’m 41 and 4w/kg on ~5 a week (LV + some additional outdoor, or longer workouts or occasionally an additional workout. Just started TR this year, I guess 4.2-4.3 should be doable on this volume/tss (~300).

But, some are more gifted then others, never really saw myself like that, and still not sure, but here’s a good read on the subject:

10,000 miles in 3 years. Totally flat power

you can look at that in different ways… much over would be difficult, but what about just 4w/kg…? I wonder if I’m more gifted than I give myself credit for (41 y/o, 4w/kg on ~5 hours a week, 4 hours structured). Garmin VO2Max calculations is ~62 (which is pretty high), and I might have some muscle nuclei and mitochondria from 25 years ago… But I assume less gifted could achieve the same on a MV plan

I’m pretty sure I could get to 5 on high volume, but hv doesn’t fit into my live (or maybe I just don’t want it right now, maybe when I’m sure I hit a plateau on current volume ;))