Part 2 of our conversation about cycling training!
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00:26 I don’t hate sweet spot, I hate the overprescription of it
1:33 When would Tom Bell Prescribe Sweet Spot? what is Sweet Spot training good for?
Over unders
Overly structured BLOCKS (?)
Working the systems versus just arbitrary blocks
4:00 Crit training; don’t get too specific
4:35 Athletes enjoy sweet spot
4:51 LISTEN TO THIS
5:40 Muscle Fiber types
6:35 can you polarize too much? Crossing over and using all muscle fiber types (this is why is prescribe TEMPO riding!)
Training the in between fibers.
8:20 Tempo vs Sweet Spot
8:50 Sweet Spot for consistent pressure on the pedals
9:53 Looking at Lactate Threshold
12:40 VO2Max work; don’t slide down to Sweet Spot
14:30 Sweet Spot final notes. Not for FTP increases
Well rested for VO2Max
15:43 Sweet Spot is overly fatiguing but hard to see when you’re always riding at Sweet Spot
17:30 Sweet Spot for Long Climbs on big gran fondos
21:05 When the RPE goes up, that doesn’t mean GO HARDER!
22:32 The Marketing of VLaMax
23:00 Hyperfocused on one metric
the availability of the metric for us not in a lab
25:00 How does Tom Bell utilize VLaMax, if at all?
27:00 Practical value from VLaMax
Measuring lactate ACCUMULATION vs PRODUCTION
The method to testing: Vo2max test
33:53 The method Lactate threshold testing and variables that affect the results
Very protocol specific. Diet affects lactate.
34:48 MOXY Device SmO2
I love how brits pronounce Capillaries
35:50 Wrapping it up, VLaMax and how to utilize metrics in the real world! Step away from the algorithm!
37:35 Putting metrics before the performance…Tom drops some knowledge here!!!!
42:00 Final Thoughts!