Any benefit to Traditional Base vs Sweet Spot?

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Back on topic… @MI-XC has an interesting perspective, and might stop by and share a few thoughts. Here are a couple of his previous posts:

Am I wasting my time with traditional base 1?

I did traditional base MV 1, 2 and 3 after my peak in September 2018. I went from a natural regression post season FTP of 250 (high was 265) to a 287 FTP at the end. It’s starts getting taxing in TB 2, and really in TB 3. So definitely wasn’t a waste for me, but I’m on a Base-Build-Base-Build-Specialty progression.

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Sweet Spot Base or Traditional Base after long break?

Agree, this is what I’ve always been told, read and learned about. However, my n=1 experience is different. I came off of my XCO season in 2018, granted after recovering from an injury, with a 260 FTP to begin Traditional Base MV 1 (Oct 23, 2018). As expected my FTP went down, 250 (Nov 20, 2018) when I started Traditional Base MV 2. Then it started to climb back up, reaching 265 (Dec 18, 2018) beginning Traditional Base MV 3. At the end of Traditional Base 3 my FTP was 287 (Jan 15, 2019). S…