I have a long term goal to try and pass that line but, after catching a winter bug and being set back a month, I am looking to get re-inspired. I’m curious if for most athletes that break that line it was an “easy” thing or a multi year process of slow but steady progression. As someone who came to…

Yup - once we reach a certain level, we immediately look to the next one!

Whilst I know that no two riders are the same, I do ride regularly with two legit 4.8/9 w/kg guys who are year on year at the pointy end of Haute Route events. I see what they have to put in to achieve these levels and my head simply spins. Nothing but respect for those amateurs who can plan and com…

IMO some may be overvaluing 5 w/kg; its not the end all be all. I’d much rather have a legitimate sprint, great 1 minute power, or just a solid FTP. Those things are probably more effective to win races. For me, I have to go all in on 5 w/kg (and am still 15w off at race weight). That’s great …

[image] Mw1692: do sweetspot most days from January (3x12 building to 3x30’) through winter with periodic recovery as required - 8 h/week What percent of FTP do you ride your 3x12 or 3x30 workouts?

were you doing a lot of short power for crit racing? This year I focused on short power part of the curve and it has killed my fatigue resistance. Which is in-line with what some top level gurus like sebastian weber would preach. At 69 ml/kg/min at your age, you have a very good aerobic capacity, pe…

[image] Stringwise: What percent of FTP do you ride your 3x12 or 3x30 workouts? Given sweet spot is a pretty narrow band it’ll be somewhere around 91-93%.

Good insight however, over the years I’ve done a lot of everything and it doesn’t seem to matter. I always end up with similar power duration curves from year to year. I think it’s more to do with the nature of my job and how I have larger than normal blocks of days off to train but, longer than n…

Good question…generally on the lower side about 85%, I’ll even drop it to tempo if I’m not quite feeling it…the key thing for me is the consistency and in January (after a good break) I obviously drop my FTP starting again at around 230w. Lastly those 3x30’ are done outdoors (have a 12k climb on my …

[image] furiousferret: IMO some may be overvaluing 5 w/kg; its not the end all be all. I’d much rather have a legitimate sprint, great 1 minute power, or just a solid FTP. Those things are probably more effective to win races. Its probably a 5:1 ratio or flat races to climbing races, and I’d…

yeah, I’m currently reading Jan Olbrecht’s The science of winning and he makes it sound like for some individuals, the training adaptions that lower anaerobic contribution and/or convert fast-twitch over to oxidative fast-twitch eventually revert back to normal once that stimulus is gone. Giving a b…

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Given sweet spot is a pretty narrow band it’ll be somewhere around 91-93%.

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