Not sure what's 'sobering' about those numbers. We're talking about not just a professional, but one of the top professional cyclists. Do you get sobered if your golf game doesn't match Tiger Woods or your basketball game isn't on par with Michael Jordan in his prime? These guys are at the very tip of the iceberg in terms of sports ability. They're supposed to blow the average athlete out of the water.GONE4ARIDE said:...but they're sobering nonetheless.
GONE4ARIDE said:I have a document my coach gave to me last year which shows the following figures for LA:
LT wattage = 483 watts
LT HR= 178 bpm
Watts/kg at LT = 6.75
I have no idea how dated these figures are, but they're sobering nonetheless.
GONE4ARIDE said:I have a document my coach gave to me last year which shows the following figures for LA:
LT wattage = 483 watts
LT HR= 178 bpm
Watts/kg at LT = 6.75
I have no idea how dated these figures are, but they're sobering nonetheless.
This all looks strange to me. The progression above would be amazing in itself, but turning that into 483, in a guy who'd trained massively for many many years to get to 416? Also, why did his V02max drop 10% between 93 and 96?Bailsibub said:Here are some of Lance's earlier numbers. These are from a seminar given by Carmichael years ago.
Lance Armstrong's Physical Development
Year LT power (watts) VO2max
1993 342 78.9
1994 364 74.2
1995 381 73.8
1996 403 72.2
1997 263 64.1
1999 416 77.1
lanierb said:This all looks strange to me. The progression above would be amazing in itself, but turning that into 483, in a guy who'd trained massively for many many years to get to 416? Also, why did his V02max drop 10% between 93 and 96?
lanierb said:This all looks strange to me. Also, why did his V02max drop 10% between 93 and 96?
Yeah there's no way he won the worlds on FTP=340.Bailsibub said:It looked strange to me, too. Seems like the numbers should be higher...especially for '93 when he won the worlds. But then again, Lance's LT and his FTP could be significantly different.
lanierb said:Yeah there's no way he won the worlds on FTP=340.
swampy1970 said:I think they were higher than that. During the Dauphine Libre in 2003 he was reportedly averaging 495 watts on the final climbs (~40 minutes long) after many hours in the saddle and several hard days of racing...
... now, that's sobering.
lanierb said:Yeah there's no way he won the worlds on FTP=340.
lanierb said:Yeah there's no way he won the worlds on FTP=340.
Put on weight?lanierb said:Also, why did his V02max drop 10% between 93 and 96?
Oupss, I got corrected by Dr. Coggan on this recently. I'd like to share this knowledge with you.tonyzackery said:Is LT power the same as FTP? Could be in some people. Probably not in most people. The answer inexorably is "it depends"...LT is usually arbitrarily set at 4mmol. Some people can ride for much longer than an hour at 4mmol.
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