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[Gabriele Gallo, PhD @knowledgeiswatt]

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Training intensity zones do NOT divide training adaptations into separate categories.

Zone 2 does not increase only mitochondrial density and 1st threshold, just as Zone 5 does not only increase cardiac stroke volume and VO2max.

Here’s what you need to understand. 🧵

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@knowledgeiswatt A great thread! Leaning that training is about accumulating as much stimulus as possible while still balancing stress and fatigue allows you to really improve as a coach.

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@coachjorgem @MVAitor I really do think there’s a huge gap missing in the research here. For most athletes it should be simple. Test X grams that’s appropriate for output then ask can I tolerate it and does performance improve, stay the same or decrease

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@andrewwoodroffe No problems at all. It’s definitely a confronting site for us even though we are more used to it. Fire like this had been a part of our land’s history well before European settlers. Better education could be a key step here as one fire was lit by a road side work grinding.

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@andrewwoodroffe It’s not to say we shouldn’t be addressing climate issues, it’s just looking at the magnitude of effect. If we really want to tackle the human contribution to climate change, we need to find ways to reduce emissions in the large manufacturing countries.

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@andrewwoodroffe As an Aussie that has grown up with bush fires as normal life, I’d argue there are other factors that have a bigger impact here. Forrest management and people following total fire bans are big ones. In that region of Europe there’s introduction of eucalyptus trees.

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@DickTelford Going to be extra busy at high altitude training locations in 2029

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@JeroenSwart @Pelotrain Thanks for this. By heavier athletes I was more referring to 90kg+. So for a 100kg rider we would be looking to work towards 100Nm of torque? I just know in say strength sports we don’t see a 1:1 ratio of improvement to weight as the athlete gets heavier.

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When it comes to torque training targets for athletes are generally given in Nm/kg. My question is so these targets be the same for heavier individuals or does there become a point where these targets change? @Pelotrain @JeroenSwart

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@Alan_Couzens There are numerous world class coaches who don’t have one. I don’t consider myself WC but I don’t have one. With my situation I wouldn’t get through a degree yet my knowledge level is higher than many that do, does that mean I should give up?

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@GavinAtkinsUK It’s really surprising to hear how many only know of and use the TrainingPeaks web app and push being data driven coaches

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I find it really interesting the amount of coaches who talk about coaching with data etc and have never heard of tools such as Golden Cheetah or WKO4/WKO5.

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@GavinAtkinsUK Welcome to the world of coaching in Australia

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@nickowen5 @Roadman_Podcast Yeah I mean FRC has been around since WKO4 which came out around 2013/2014? And then the broader W’ concept it was born out of been around even longer.

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@MavicDronePilot @nickowen5 I’m not going to say only easy Ks in base doesn’t work because it does work but there are plenty of other approaches that have produce equal or better results. Good coaches pick the right and appropriate approach for the individual in front of them.

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@MavicDronePilot @nickowen5 The approach of adding in SOME thres or speed work early in the marathon build is common. Ever heard of some coach called Canova? He seems to produce ok results and the speed work is early in the build for his athletes. Granted they are elite but many have applied it to amateurs.

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@andrewwoodroffe I think Brett makes a point which many think of the wrong way around. When I look at AG athletes looking to step up to pro that are already training in the range of pro hours, I ask where there performance gain going to come from to close the gap? I don’t think enough ask that.

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@DelyArnaud @JeroenSwart I can’t give you a number, I coach the individual and not a preconceived volume. I know in Aus there are a number of AGers that doing 17-24h a week with a poor ROI & continual health or injury concerns. It’s as much the volume as it is the athlete going straight to high volume.