I recently watched a lecture from the WKO education YouTube channel where they discuss an approach to interval training called “power duration targeting” which bases the interval length and target power on each athlete’s Power duration curve. The method for deriving the interval target power for a …

[image] Brycycle: The method for deriving the interval target power for a given duration involved taking a specific duration of interval, and instead of attempting to stay within the classic Coggan power ranges the athletes would target 90-95% the power duration curve for that duration and seaso…

I’m still new to understanding training methodologies and intervals are something my research has guided me towards. There is this three part series on Youtube from Stephen Seiler who goes on to explain the effectiveness of Vo2max intervals for different work:rest ratios and describes the benefit of…

[image] Brycycle: Am I correct to interpret that these intervals are more effective as they reduce RPE and maintain a lower average La-1(mmol*l-1) over the same work duration as a max-effort sustained block of work allowing the athlete to accumulate more time around Vo2max? It is not simple a…

It never is… Thanks! I’ll take a look. Perhaps one day we will know for each athlete which training stimulus increases their fitness most effectively Do you know of any analytical approaches to determine which training prescriptions will be most effective for an athlete to increase their fitness?…

[image] Brycycle: Do you know of any analytical approaches to determine which training prescriptions will be most effective for an athlete to increase their fitness? For now my understanding is that it is a lot of guess and check work. Basically it is. When you listen to X number of different…

I agree with a lot of the above. Z2/aerobic threshold is the basis of all my riding since I discovered Seiler. 80/20, 90/10, whatever ratio - it works. I did the WKO style extensive / intensive for my build this year and got good gains. I did a little bit of SST / threshold as my extensive and got …

[image] jarsson: if you focus too much on details you will loose broader view. If you are WT rider every detail matter. If you are amateur - not so much (example - 30/15. 40/20 or 15/15? Who cares - just do them and choose whatever you like) That is a really well put together list but this po…

One thing that has stood out to me is that ‘all intervals work’. I think Tim Cusick said it in one of his videos. Does it matter that much if you collect minutes doing 2 minute, 3 minute, 4 minute, or 5 minute intervals> They may bias anaerobic or aerobic but you can change that with the rest inter…

[image] AJS914: Does it matter that much if you collect minutes doing 2 minute, 3 minute, 4 minute, or 5 minute intervals It might, esp if you are doing VO2max intervals; as shown in the graph: [image] A 2.5min interval might be the minimum to shoot for if you want to create any substantia…

Granted, you should detail the workouts to the desired outcome but I still think that people get caught up in tiny details that don’t move the needle more than a small percentage either way. One can also use shorter intervals for VO2max by having short rest periods.

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Captain_Doughnutman August 21, 2021, 3:19pm 11

It might, esp if you are doing VO2max intervals; as shown in the graph:

A 2.5min interval might be the minimum to shoot for if you want to create any substantial adaptations.

Follow the physiology for the best results.

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