I'm interested in people's experiences with slowly decreasing CTL (while still training) resulting in increasing fitness, at least in the sub 1-hour effort range.
Unfortunately I've lost a lot of my old data, but this seemed to happen for me last year. In the fall my FTP consistently, though slightly, rose while I was training less volume. My CTL fell nearly 20 points during this time.
I'm sort of hoping for a repeat of this in the fall, what does everyone here think about the effects of training less but still with plenty of intensity?
At some level, it seems to make sense, as it's basically like a longer, more spread out taper (with similar, but less drastic, results).
Unfortunately I've lost a lot of my old data, but this seemed to happen for me last year. In the fall my FTP consistently, though slightly, rose while I was training less volume. My CTL fell nearly 20 points during this time.
I'm sort of hoping for a repeat of this in the fall, what does everyone here think about the effects of training less but still with plenty of intensity?
At some level, it seems to make sense, as it's basically like a longer, more spread out taper (with similar, but less drastic, results).