I realize that the ideal is living high and training low (LHTL). I live in Monument Colorado (around 7300 feet of elevation) so best I can do here is sleep on the second floor and train in my basement.
Cannot realistically LHTL but will obviously still train. When riding outside during the weekend I may get to to 6300 feet at colorado springs (will not be a lot of that in the next few months as I am a wimp in the cold). Any other adjustments I should do or should I just not worry about it?
Take a ramp test to adjust your FTP to the higher altitude, eat more, hydrate more, sleep more, recover better, and try higher cadences.
Same boat as you!
Well my FTP is set for my altitude (been here for 5 years now so pretty adjusted to it) Thanks for all the tips. Thinking it’s fairly ideal to live in high altitude and as mentioned I can’t realistically go to lower alt.
Admittedly this is also a bit of a vanity question on my part. I can’t really go out and train low and during these times of excessive indoor training/racing (ex. zwift). I’d like to think that I (at 7300 ft) would be performing “better” against my sea level counterparts given the same altitude.
I’ve read somewhere that at acclimatized cyclist could lose up to 10% watts at my altitude and (again vanity) that would put me at my dream 4+ watts per kg :). Ultimately that does not stop the need to keep working out and improving but we need some good news every now and then.