Having race calendar changes, changed my program towards moving from Build1 back to Base3 (Longer intervals, more time in Z2/3 less Z2/1) for a month, and I have to say my old body behaves exactly the way research as per the linky below suggests.
Normally I can bump my FTP up by 5 to 8 watts every monthly FTP session from about halfway through base up to the racing season. The above change had me about 10watts down on FTP last night (Cycleops 420 Pro). So, back to what works, careful very high HIT (Z4/5) maximum twice a week with short durations and more LSD (Z1/Z2). Who knows perhaps last night was just a bad night?
Way back long time ago I had a Doctor Will Davis (Passed away since) who was an Electrophysiologist as well as a Hematologist, he was booked out about 3 months always, analysed detailed blood tests, did X-Rays of my heart and lungs, put me on a treadmill and used a compass to measure amplitudes on my EKG.
After that he use to say this as an example:
"I go first"
"You are training harder and have more work stress than the last visit"
" You get up between 5:00AM and 5:30AM most mornings and when you wake, you are out of bed immediately. The last time I saw you, you use to lie in bed about 30 minutes after waking."
"You go to bed most evenings around 9:00PM and when you get to bed you are pretty tired. You fall asleep fast and sleep well though."
"In your cycling, you are doing a lot of high intensity short sessions, but seem to run out of calcium much faster than last time. NOTHING works your heart and muscular adaption as well as taking heart rate way up on a short interval, resting until it comes down to about 60% and then repeating the cycle. So, you are doing well, but we seem to have a nutrition problem here, may have to look at some prescription grade neutraceuticals. Now over to you...."
" What did I miss and now it is your turn to talk?...."
Perhaps Dr. Will Davis back in the 80's knew back then what the link below suggests 20 years later, he use to be dead accurate with his analysis?
Not an easy read, but the summary correlates very well with personal experience.
http://www.sportsci.org/2009/ss.htm
Normally I can bump my FTP up by 5 to 8 watts every monthly FTP session from about halfway through base up to the racing season. The above change had me about 10watts down on FTP last night (Cycleops 420 Pro). So, back to what works, careful very high HIT (Z4/5) maximum twice a week with short durations and more LSD (Z1/Z2). Who knows perhaps last night was just a bad night?
Way back long time ago I had a Doctor Will Davis (Passed away since) who was an Electrophysiologist as well as a Hematologist, he was booked out about 3 months always, analysed detailed blood tests, did X-Rays of my heart and lungs, put me on a treadmill and used a compass to measure amplitudes on my EKG.
After that he use to say this as an example:
"I go first"
"You are training harder and have more work stress than the last visit"
" You get up between 5:00AM and 5:30AM most mornings and when you wake, you are out of bed immediately. The last time I saw you, you use to lie in bed about 30 minutes after waking."
"You go to bed most evenings around 9:00PM and when you get to bed you are pretty tired. You fall asleep fast and sleep well though."
"In your cycling, you are doing a lot of high intensity short sessions, but seem to run out of calcium much faster than last time. NOTHING works your heart and muscular adaption as well as taking heart rate way up on a short interval, resting until it comes down to about 60% and then repeating the cycle. So, you are doing well, but we seem to have a nutrition problem here, may have to look at some prescription grade neutraceuticals. Now over to you...."
" What did I miss and now it is your turn to talk?...."
Perhaps Dr. Will Davis back in the 80's knew back then what the link below suggests 20 years later, he use to be dead accurate with his analysis?
Not an easy read, but the summary correlates very well with personal experience.
http://www.sportsci.org/2009/ss.htm