The more I listen to FasCat (which isn’t much) the more I appreciate TrainerRoad.
~“This plan is for those who can only train 8-10 hours a week.”
~“That day will be a short workout, so only 60-90 minutes.”
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As an LV type, that’s what I like about it.
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I haven’t listened to fascat much but I’ve listened to plenty of other podcasts and 8-10 hours is often viewed as sort of the lower end.
I certainly get it for many where being fast is higher up on the priority list.
For me as I get older I for sure need more yoga/stretching and strength work to make sure my body can handle being on the bike. So I need to add at minimum a 2-3 hours of off bike work per week.
That’s okay. I just adjust my expectations as I only ride longer when I have big events.
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Posting a thread or a reply with power in absolute value only, without weight, is misleading.
It will not help experts to give an appropriate support.
Also and mainly
I need to know if you do 350W at 70 or 90 kg
I need to know if I’m being envious for a good reason
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Is that 350w for 30 seconds or 30 minutes?
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FTP is the power you can hold forNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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In relation to descending/handling; bottom bracket height doesn’t matter nearly as much as headtube angle, steering angle, fork offset, or pretty much any other geometry variable. It’s just the easiest to understand.
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Although I’m not such a big fan of their podcast anymore (has become too commercial and lacks focus IMO), I would also categorise 10 hours pw with “only” I’m afraid. The same goes for 90 mins workouts.
Don’t get me wrong during winter 10 hours is my average week but I’m fully aware is really nothing spectacular.
I’d appreciate Trainerroad more however if they offered the flexibility to have plans that go beyond 10 hours when outdoor riding allows it.
Very old debate…but 10 hours pw cannot be classified as high volume.
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Bar tape should be wrapped from the top down not the bottom up.
And group rides generally suck.
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Wait, what!?
So your hands constantly fold up the edges of the tape and pull it apart 
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8-10hrs in a solo ride 
8-10hrs on the trainer 
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People ride the trainer for 8-10 hours? 
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Nobody in their right mind. A few years ago I was training for unbound and had scheduled back to back 6 hour rides on the weekend but there were thunderstorms all weekend. Did both days on trainer. My coach prescribed each hour to be 50 minutes of riding and a 10 minute break just to make it more tolerable.
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I think that is a weekly total. 
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Hey! I resemble that remark! 
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I’ve been unhinged for years, might as well get some extra volume out of it.
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Proof that simple is better. Look at the crazy complicated things we have now. I turn half that shit off, and the other half I ignore.
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I think researchers will eventually find that hair on legs will actually make the rider faster, just like the dimples on a golf ball. They create turbulence around the ball/leg that makes them slipperier in the wind that now flows easier around them. Try to find a dimpleless gold ball. It works!
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I tried it once. It took a week to calm down the chaffed skin. Wearing underwear during that time was so painful too. Yeah, if you have no feeling in that area, why stop at one pair, but HOLY CRAP THAT STUNG FOR FAR TOO LONG!!
Mudguards are overrated. They exist solely for the purpose of enabling grumpy old men to go around being grumpy about other people’s lack of mudguards. 
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