Glad you enjoyed it!

Yes. I am doing this with myself. My 2nd vo2 test vid will likely be next week.

Building it today.

@@Mapdec Fantastic !

Maybe. I have done podcast on this last year. Search for the self coached cyclist on Spotify etc.

So rhe answer's EPO then?

I would usually test when there is evidence that the rate of progress has slowed despite effort. Find out what the next limiter is and work to overcome it.

@@Mapdec OK, so that's a completely fair way of thinking about it, but in your experience what amount of time does that typically translate to (accepting that there may be a fair range across different individuals)?

@@Mapdec I realise I never saw a reply to this. The "question behind the question" was "given that I'm in London and you're in Kendal, how viable (or not) is it to contemplate a periodic trip to Kendal for the next retest?"

@@timhall7771 if you follow a periodised training plan, allowing for adequate recovery and check in regularly with a coach, you probably only need to test every 24 months to keep seeing steady improvement without a test trigging a change of plan. That said, regular testing and feedback is the best way to ensure a training plan is as effective and targeted as possible.

I’m not using it personally right now, but I still use it to help coach.

..............needs to set up in London !!!

Cycling can be whatever you want it to be. Sometimes it’s nice to cruise and enjoy, sometimes you’re motivated to improve. The process of improving oneself is very exhilarating when you’re in the mindset for it.

@Mapdec Agree. I'm back racing after a 20 year break, and doing okay - using power meters, HRM, etc but I feel the sense of fun and freedom of cycling is getting lost with all the focus on data at least among my group of bike friends.

As someone who tries to race but I also teach spin , we now have bikes in class that measure power and people can do ftp test and log into there bikes with an app and all this is loaded up. The understanding from people new to power training was slow at first but now there all love these metrics as it beats being randomly thrashed by a les mills style level and rpm based classes. We have many more people now take up the class as a beginner as they know they can build up there fitness and work at their own level in the class , which they can’t with the les mills style

Oh. The business model no longer works 😥

@@Mapdec Can you elaborate ? And is there an alternative ? My friend in the Middle East has just bought about 8 Yahoo kickers for his shop but they are not operating anywhere near the capacity I think they should be at.

@@aljaliah6868 it’s a long story. Most of it is in this podcast. Compatibility, software, Zwift etc.