Seems there is:
You can see the power of this sort of model to explain non linear relationships, e.g. the relationship of ‘diminishing returns’ between more work & the performance gain that it brings…
Increase the volume from 40-60hrs per month and you get ~0.5 w/kg. Increase it by another 20 to 80hrs per month and you only get an additional 0.2 w/kg, i.e. the relationship between work & performance is non-linear.
and
Most athletes significantly underestimate the benefit of volume on performance and significantly over-estimate the value of intensity on performance.
Might be useful for the 80/20 crowd.
20% of athletes are ‘intensity responders’;
20% of athletes are ‘volume responders’;
30% of athletes are ‘average responders’;
30% of athletes are ‘low responders’.
Looked at the paper for a bit…kinda ran some numbers…and his thesis on V:I:P is pretty much reflected in how TR design a complete Base:Build:Specialty phase. In other words, doing TR will most likely make you a faster cyclist. 