What are your unpopular cycling opinions?

[WindWarrior]

Step 1 is understanding the fundamentals of what drives improvements in performance, step 2 is collecting data, and step 3 is doing experiments over appropriate timeframes and having a good analysis tool.

@JoeX

IMO we want to understand how much training we are doing in order to support established training principles;

1. Progressive overload
2. Consistency
3. Planning training for those first two
4. And avoid over training/injury.

To me, that means you must have a metric beyond time, there has to be elements of attributes of the training to be an effective measure

Cart before the horse. My interpretation of the last 100 years of endurance science differs from yours. And I have multi-year data that I believe appears to prove my understanding is correct.

FWIW I agree with this guy:

5 Power Boosting Principles From 18 Years of Cycling Science | Wattkg.com

and world-class coaches that share that view, like this one: Is Adaptive Training Gaslighting Me? - #5 by WindWarrior