Thanks, I heard Coach Chad talk about aerobic capacity. My highest aerobic capacity was in 2016-2017, and 2020+ when I averaged around 7-8 hours/week with a lot of endurance work and some HIIT.
Sprint PRs:
All from the seasons I was doing “a lot” (7-8 hours/week) of consistent endurance riding.
Anaerobic PRs:
All from the seasons I was doing “a lot” (7-8 hours/week) of consistent endurance riding.
VO2max PRs:
All from the seasons I was doing “a lot” (7-8 hours/week) of consistent endurance riding.
All of that I think reinforces Coach Chad’s high-level comments before the “long slow distance or you can do sweet spot training” comment. I’m doing a lot of endurance plus some hard intervals, not long slow distance. But my ftp is a high % of vo2max so sweet spot training doesn’t help move the that needle, and I’m better off focusing on vo2max.
Back to the 1-min effort, here is what I did last week:
I paced the first set of intervals based on my 2022 power curve. Repeatable. So I used that to pace the all-out 1-minute effort to kick off the second set.
All of those HURT, a lot. Took a LONG time to recover from the second set, I was outside and it was a 2 hour workout with some sweet spot later in the ride 
The other 1-min 538W average power PR from a group ride in 2016, similar time scale:
That one topped out at 1055 for 3-seconds before dropping into high 380s at the end. To Coach Chad’s point about peaking and holding on for dear life 
Convinced I could go out now and maybe hit 550+ on a fresh 1-min attempt.
re: W/kg well its not going to be impressive as I weigh 90-93kg. However I did those efforts on pancake flat ground, never tried a 1-min max effort on a hill.
All you podcast hosts are a lot younger, except Coach Chad, so beat the newly minted sexagenarian (sixty something) on a raw power basis because you likely already beat me on a W/kg basis.
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Oh and I should note that this is from 10/4/2022. I’ve only gotten stronger with TR. 
