I’ve been riding/training/racing for about 20-odd years, always with the same pattern. When i’m lazy, i go down to about 270w FTP, but never below and with some effort, i quickly come up to 300-305w and stay there, no matter what i do. (I’m about 172-175lb). i then lose motivation, skip sessions and…

Fully agree with this. Structured training, namely the consistency and progressive overload that comes with it, are absolutely paramount to seeing progress and breaking through plateaus. That said, it’s very easy to burnout as that means saying no to some fun rides with mates and generally missing a…

I too am old. Unfortunately, for us older athletes this sport is all about minimizing the decline. One thing that has not been mentioned is the importance of a super stable core to be able to push against. While I think this is important for all cyclist it’s something many don’t take into considerat…

You know that at 48, 8 hours per week, and not enough sleep you are already on the right side of the bell curve for cyclists. How much improvement do you think you have in you? Even the FTP of pros peak relatively early in their career. FTP cannot go up and up and up into infinity. What improves is…

[image] Gingerflash1975: Previously, I’ve done unstructured stuff, either entirely outside, or lots on Zwift, or Sufferfest, but always making it up on my own. In a year of doing lots of very high intensity efforts on Zwift, i got to 305, maybe a little more. That’s the strongest I’ve been. R…

[image] Plateauing or burning out like me? This graph helped me understand why Training [image]

[image] ZackeryWeimer: Endurance training is a long game – it takes a long time and a lot of consistent training to get stronger. That word again - stronger - wrong word LOL. Seems like yesterday somebody posted about lifting heavy in the gym to get “strong enough” to do a big climbing event. …

Apologies for not using the correct word – I hope the point I was trying to make was clear all the same.

I think a lot of people get confused, only reason I’m mentioning it!

[image] KorbenDallas: One thing that has not been mentioned is the importance of a super stable core to be able to push against. While I think this is important for all cyclist it’s something many don’t take into consideration as it’s hard to impossible to measure. This. Every racer wants a l…

Rad, thanks. I may be in a position to do something similar starting this fall sometime, always good to know that it’s worked for someone.

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