TSS and training hours???

frenchyge

I don't think TSS in itself is going to put any of the top coaches out of work, as there's still as much art to coaching as there is science. For those of us that are self-coached, I think TSS allows us to graduate from finger-paints and elevate our 'art' to a higher level.

acoggan

I'm not at liberty to share that information, but I can tell you that 1) a few are, 2) some of their riders are getting their best ever results at the international level, and perhaps most importantly of all, 3) they (the coaches) really appreciate what the tool enables them to do.



Clearly you need to reread my previous post as well as the pezcyclingnews article by Frank Overton, because that's precisely the sort of situation in which the use of TSS can be very helpful (right, beerco? ).

acoggan

Have you considered using TRIMP?

RapDaddyo

The problem is that you are observing the proverbial "tip of the iceberg." As an avid cyclist, instrument pilot and with some technical background (mainly information technology), I became immediately fascinated by the opportunities of power data. It didn't take me long to figure out that training is all about increasing one's sustainable power (other than track sprint specialists) and racing is all about managing one's sustainable power. That's because that's all we have control of. Actually, compared with flying an instrument approach to minimums with a 30 knot crosswind and gusts to 50 knots, it's a piece of cake. So, I stepped back from currently available data and began asking myself the question, "What would I like to know and when do I want to know it?" That basic question has led me down an interesting path and has borne fruit, only a very small fraction of which is reflected in my posts here.

SolarEnergy

This, Hamish, I don't give a d... Especially in cycling, Oh my! Most of these guys are probably way behind schedule in term of methodology of training. When I need some advice about the best dope to use for endurance enhancing, I will consider looking at what these guys do.

No offence of course.


Power or no Power, it takes at least a year before ending up with decent mid term planning for an athlete I don't know. So I will just take the "wonderful tool" part of your statement, the rest is implicit to planning.


Funny you ask this question. Because during lunch time, I tried to booth my old computer to find my old (home made) forumla, and my o/s seems to be all messed up. My pc doesn't want to booth. And I don't really care, because I was planning on switching to TRIMP. Oh yes, most definitely.

Dini77

You're right, i don't really know if i've been doing it exactly right. I should have mentioned that most of the L4-L5 and sprint intervals i have been doing are on either a velodrome or trainer so measuring the efficacy of my training has been somewhat easier. I'd assumed that this approach coupled with lab tests provided an equivalent method to using a PM up till now (that and the fact that getting one to/in Australia is quite expensive ) - but there's obviously a hell of a lot i don't know on using a PM and what it can do. This will change soon enough...

acoggan

It sounds like your situation is a lot like mine was before I got an on-bike powermeter. Based on that, I predict that you'll still obtain significant benefits, although not necessarily as large as those who are completely new to training in such a structured manner.

Dini77

Thanks Andy - i'm looking forward to joining the PM club!

beerco

Understatement of the day. Put it this way, looking at my data for 2004 was like finally seeing the puppet masters instead of the shadows. .