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Originally Posted by taricha  Not sure how much of that conventional wisdom is true, or what part of it if any applies to cycling. |
Not sure neither. Our swim team (like most top level organizations) used to invest lots of money and time and expectations on altitude training camps. No one in the tent before. Just travel get up there and train.
We can't claim to be the best team in the country, but we have put athletes on the national team for every single edition of the Olympics (at least from 1988 up 'til now), World Championship as well as other events of secondary importance (pan am, pan pac, commonwealth etc). Our best results I believe in 2005 with a second place on 4x100 free (before the Aussies and South Africans), not to mention several victories on marathon swims (world cup events and others).
I am no longer working for this organization, but I believe that they still invest this money effort and expectation.
09-15.-2009
Re: Altitude and FTP 
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