Let’s have a thread to share any info on pro/elite training. I find this topic highly interesting and inspirational. I will make a start: Mathew Hayman [image] Mathew Hayman Career Analysis: Part One | TrainingPeaks Retired Pro Cyclist Mathew Hayman and his coach Kevin Poulton reflect…

Well, maybe, maybe not. We are on the Pro/Elite training thread, so I try to be careful with my takeaways and how they apply to me, average amateur. But based on other interviews with him, it seems that’s what San Millan would have you do (mostly).

[image] bbarrera: Depending on the level of fitness of an individual, and up to 55-75% of VO2max intensity, ATP synthesis (energy) is generated from fat and carbohydrates but this does not mean zone 2 (necessarily). Rough guess, FTP ~ 80% VO2max. 75% VO2max somewhere upper tempo. This is not …

Lydiard’s “best aerobic pace”?

My thoughts exactly after riding at this effort level for a couple of days (no lactate meter, just a guesstimate).

[image] eduardo23: I see, then is a good takeaway for me to actually ride slightly harder during endurance rides as long as you can recover and not compromise higher intensity work. [image] tshortt: Well, maybe, maybe not. We are on the Pro/Elite training thread, so I try to be careful wi…

Let’s please continue the discussion on San Millan’s training model here: [image] Iñigo San Millán training model Training I think it’s time to start a dedicated thread on this. This is an interesting topic, the Pro/Elite is not the proper place for this. Personally, I fi…

Sorry, bit late to the party. I’m assuming the 20min and 1 hour powers are measured at similar altitudes. The context for the numbers was below the graph in the original article, where it says 20min MMP was observed in stage 2 of the Tour of 2008 Tour of California and 60min MMP was during an ITT a…

[image] GilbertsGrapes: FTP = MLSS which has a variable time to exhaustion when ridden at continuously between 30-70 minutes depending on rider phenotype. Careful. An important discovery from studies was that depending on which definition of FTP was used, there were conflicting results. Some …

Section D used FTP20 (.95% of 20minute power), which is pretty well known to be a bad protocol at this point.

You can email the authors and discuss that. The study is peer reviewed.

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