he clearly define zone 2 so many times. its just before lactate starts quickly rising in the blood stream or at the fatmax (determined with indirect calorimetry)
Wow. Hearing the speculations about SM departure from UAE due to blaming his methodology for Pogi shortcomings and Almeida stagnation.
I don’t have an opinion on that, but this now closes the circle. We went from this is a training model worth discussing to this might actually be a bad way to train.
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Don’t we do that with all ways of training? It is the way of the cyclist 
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When did this happen?
Perhaps @oldandfast could link the original source of the rumors. If there is any source, that is.
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Pog’s new coach certainly knows how to get him to peak for early spring races. Let’s see how he does at the Giro and Tour.
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This always seemed like the most likely explanation to me when I read that he was moving on although of course is still speculation.
On the one hand, I’m not sure he can shoulder much of the blame for Pogacar not winning the last two TdF (if anything, aside from the emergence of Vingegaard, I’d put it down to the day-to-day management of the team).
But on the other hand, I think his title was “director of performance” and whilst I am sure he is a world class researcher, it always seemed like a bit of a stretch that he could ever cover all the areas that title would imply.
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Pogi shortcomings lmfao
Dude won 2 TdF and is killing it in one-day races. But because Jonas is better on long, steep, altitude climbs he has shortcomings.
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Johan said on Armstrong’s podcast a couple of weeks ago about this change. It’s the same coach as Yates.
Besides his performances, I noticed that he is skinnier, and Joahn also said that the goal is 63kg for the tour and that he is at 65kg now.
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I very much hesitate to say this given how extreme the likes of Jonas are to mere mortals, but I never thought Pogacar looked to be quite at an optimal body fat % from a GC perspective.
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Me too, but the guy was flying anyway, who am I to say that he’s a bit heavy 
Pogacar changed coaches before this season. He’s new coach is Javier Sola.
Pogacar gave an interview yesterday after his win in Tour of Catalonia where he alluded that he’s in a much better shape than last year. He said that he’s feeling much better on a bike and that he’s enjoying
training again. He also said that he’s head is now “refreshed” and that cycling is not just about numbers,
but also that you have to feel good.
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That is great! 
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Well ISM might not be coaching Poc but he still appears to be involved somehow with UAE.https://twitter.com/doctorinigo/status/1774467710358884431?t=0umj6NTSNQrUTobWPXqFqQ&s=19
Might just be a friendly encounter. He works for a basque team, so probably lives there as well. If a rider comes by for the tour of basque then they might meet up.
Some apparent insider on the cyclingnews forum claims about ISM training Poga: I gave you what "Inigo san Millan famous “zone 2” means, which is 5.0-5.5 w/kg. There is actually much more interesting ISM stuff posted there.
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Him being Tadej’s trainer was always irrelevant to the bigger discussion. Either the method has validity, or it doesn’t. Science says no. He says yes because real world experience. Science doesn’t car3 about anecdotes. It thrives on proving them wrong.
Yes, that is also where I train my Z2. Doesn’t everyone?..
yes, for me its called 30-second all-out interval training
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