Daniel Thomas said:
my question is why is my mates cardio response under the same relative training load so different? This isn't a one-off effect, its systematic and repeatable..........
That's a good question, and judging by the responses and (more importantly) lack of responses that you've gotten so far, I'd guess that's a question that most of the posters here have not heard before. So, from our perspective, it could quite possibly be a one-off effect, and I don't think we're being dismissive or condescending to ask that in your analysis of the power and HR files you've controlled for the quite commonly seen variations that would definitely cause this phenomenon (namely hydration levels, cooling, cadence, improperly guess-timated FTP, power measuring methods used, type of trainer, etc.).
Daniel Thomas said:
I'm still a bit mystified, given all the apparent knowledge on here, that nobody knows or cares about this massively different physiological response in two individuals.
I don't see that you've responded to my last post asking about the cadences used. Let's assume that someone here is interested in what you're seeing and wants to take the time to help you figure it out. Instead of insulting you further with all the questioning, shall we cut to the chase and see if you're willing to post the 2 (or more) power files in question so that we can actually look at the data and see if we can find the cause that you're looking for? You can either zip and attach the files to a post, or take a screen shot of the power/hr/cadence/speed graph, save it to a jpg file, post it to tinypic.com and post the links here.
Personally, without seeing the data in question, I'm plum out of ideas. It's an interesting puzzle ('puzzle' because, like rmur17, it's unlike anything that I've seen, which also, like rmur17, gives me skepticism about Friel's analysis) but based on your reaction to previous inquiries for more information, not one that I'd be interesting in diving into without being given the 'whole picture.'
Daniel Thomas said:
Congratulations. Can I be nosey and ask whether you win races with that kind of FTP?
You can always nose around on some of the other threads.
http://www.cyclingforums.com/showpost.php?p=3649065&postcount=41 (see item #8)