Well, just realize that Rick’s article does in fact criticize the tr implementation of the ramp test, and suggests doing something that you criticized me for saying.
In practice, i was doing exactly as he suggested, finding that for me, 72% was better based on a 60 minute effort. Btw, longer efforts aren’t as hard as people seem to think if you just go at it knowing that you can back off by like 10 watts for five minutes or so if things start going off-track, then finish the test if that’s the best you can do or start bringing the effort back up.
Also if you read the context, the 72-77 results came from population with individuals who specifically were training for sustained power and thus generally have a higher % of map for mlss. Looking at the physiological testing data from the nike breaking 2 project, we don’t try to say that most individuals can utilize 90% of vo2max at mlss like those elite marathoners can.
