As a new structured athlete, SPB HV is no joke

[WindWarrior]

I thought sports science was pretty clear, increase volume and if you can absorb the training you’ll increase endurance performance.

I’ve posted my results showing a clear linkage between volume and performance, latest is here:

2022 Year In Review

Hit my time goal: [image] Volume seems to work, peak FTP by year versus hours: [image] Trained harder in 2017, and a lot more injuries and unplanned time off. Going easier in 2022 delivered more consistency with a small tradeoff in hours to basically reach same fitness: [image] however I didn’t train threshold power in 2022 so peak 1-hour power PR is still 2017. Climbing similar to hours: [image] I’ve sliced and diced my data a bunch of ways, those comparisons were the ones that stoo…

More endurance, fewer intervals, got faster. Last 90 days I’ve set some all-time PRs at sixty yrs old, after pushing volume above 9 hours/week in mid November to the end of December:

Going back over the last year I also have some power PRs from 2-5 seconds.

Volume works. After that big block of hours, not having any issues with threshold, over-unders, or vo2max workouts. They seem easy compared to when I was training “harder” at 5-7 hours/week and barely able to do vo2 work at TR power targets.