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Perspectives #19: Adaptation, Signaling, and Performance, with Andy Coggan

Empirical Cycling Podcast

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The Matching Theory of Cycling Performance

There really is no expectation of what you should be able to do. Once you are above maximal sustainable steady state then other determinants performance come into play. While average cyclists might only be able to maintain in a one-off all out five minute effort that doesn't mean everybody has to be thereYeah I mean my wife was a a pursuiter and her p-max is rather low she's more slow twitch than I am but as a pursuit her pursuit duration power was quite high so she was in a very similar sort of range is what you're talking about mm-hmm.

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