Not 18yrs old, 18yr pro… as in a professional for 18yrs (Mathew Hayman). I too read it wrong the first time. 
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fair enough. Must put my reading glasses on! I have a friend who does no structured training but has an FTP of 375W and weighs 92kg. At 275W and 61.2Kg he can drop me at will on the flats.
Not sure how widespread this application of HIIT is actually but still worth sharing. Prep for Giro?
“HIIT C” sounds like Spencer +2, except doing it twice.
Which suggests that either
(a) “<90% MAP” is not generally at 120% FTP, or
(b) this workout is designed for a ridiculously punchy rider.
EDIT: it occurs to me that MAP might equal your final minute power in the TR ramp test, but someone would need to confirm that.
OK, so TR ramp test seems to be pretty close to those protocols. And they place FTP at .75 of “MAP”.
Which makes 90% of MAP = 120% of FTP.
So that’s 12x3min at 120%. Ouch.
MAP (final completed stage + percentage of uncompleted stage)
The is no standard protocol for MAP. As we all know the outcome of s graded test depends strongly on step size and length. In the absence of knowledge of the exact protocol one can only speculate what 90% MAP actually means.
However, in my opinion it does not matter. It is clear what energy system is targeted (I have the HIIT book in front of me) and what the purpose of this session is.
The TrainingPeaks screenshots in this article are deeply frustrating. The instructions keep getting truncated before the juicy bit of info. “Ride 4x8min @ […more]”.
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I couldn’t find the example you are referring to. However, while many of the workouts you can see “most” of the details, you would really need a coaches account to see the full details or at least a screenshot day by day instead of month at a glance where some of the details are indeed truncated.
I provided the article just as a followup to the original post. However, what I find more valuable from Training Peaks regarding athlete details, is when they provide the actual power file for an event. Here’s Kate Courtney’s 2018 XCO MTB World Championship win for example:
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I think in general map should be roughly your 6 minute best power, as in a traditional ramp the steps are longer and smaller increments than tr’s ramp test. 120% of ftp should be relatively close to map.
But for most workouts in can be guessed from the header and/or main text what he did.
And I find the overall picture actually more interesting, especially his indoor week.
100% agree
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Haven’t listened to the last FT podcasts, simply because I got bored of it. However, this one was really, really interesting. The first part is a tough listen but afterwards really good. Lots of information on pro/elite training. I’m actually quite impressed by Bora’s performance this spring. While Sagan seems to have disappeared, the overall performance across the team is quite impressive. And I know for a fact that they really train according to what Weber and Lorang are saying … by the way, Sagan not so much. I used to race with Bora’s team manager as a Junior. An honest and nice guy, I really admire what he has built up in recent years And perhaps they don’t need a Sagan in the future.
Really loved Weber’s responses to Trevor’s usual attempts to highlight the “superiority” of his belief-system, e.g. only polarized with only low intensity as key ingredient. Love to see the research Weber mentions, seems to look into the scientific basis of SST (and why it makes sense for certain, often time limited, athletes).
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If you are in Brussels Weber is teaching a class.
@Nate_Pearson should send @chad for the deep dive on metabolism.
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+1.
Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott), coming back from a year-long viral illness, admitted that he could barely ride 2 hours in November…and now, 7 months later, he’s back winning Grand Tour mountain stages.
Wonder what training he did? 
p.s. – I love when he crosses the line you can hear him scream – even over the noise of the crowd!
Happy dude!
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Trainer Road - SSB1, SSB2, General Build, Rolling Road Race. All Low Volume. 
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Yeah, but he substituted a long Zone 2 ride on the weekend. 
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