Different body types and what power profile to train for

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I was looking at my power profile and TRs Power Phenotype. It has me as a climber profile. I know these are mostly for fun, but it got me thinking….

My body type is definitely not what you’d think of as a climber. I’m a good 15kg over what a dialed in climber might be carrying at my height for race weight. But I’m pretty lean….sub 15%, last DEXA was 13% BF. Not interested in going extreme and cutting to line 6%. Juice isn’t worth the squeeze.

But my BMI is like 26.

I’m curious if I should be targeting other areas of my power curve shorter burstier efforts. See what those look like. Can you “tune” or bias TR to train those areas?

Also wondering if I should just go all in and put another 3-5kg of muscle on this coming winter. It’d be pretty easy to do for me.

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My height means I’ll never be a “climber.”

My BMI fluctuates between 24-mid and 25 mid. I fluctuate between a “roluer/allrounder” and “time trialist” in the the various power profile identifiers…. I’m a time trialist if I’m fit, and an allrounder if I’m fat and out of shape. I’m always willing to work harder on VO2/Anaerobic to try to change that, but in reality, some of it is built in at 40+ years of age with the same genes.

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Key thing to realize is these “phenotypes” are based on your Power Duration Curve.

If you looked at me you’d think I’m a climber - 5’9” 145ish - but depending on the training I’m doing / group rides (and therefore what my power duration curve looks like) WKO5 will call me a sprinter (not), puncheur, climber, or allrounder.

I wouldn’t put much stock in the classification. Train the power duration that you find fun / motivating/ need for your event

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