Originally Posted by
JeffOYB
Racing is racing. I can suffer no problem. Hammering is hammering.
I want the fastest way to increase power, specifically. By any means necessary. Weights, stairs, anything. Uphill jams out of the saddle in the biggest gear.
Is the idea that 2 short races will increase power in the shortest time?
Like, I know that I can do 10 efforts of 1 minute at a far higher power intensity than I could over 20 mins. So there's that. If I want power, shouldn't I train it?
If you want to know the physiology behind training, then read any of the training books, they cover it well. I recommend Joe Friel's Training Bible 5th edition. If you think that all racing is racing and that all hammering is hammering, and that power is power then there's nothing really I'm going to say that is going to help you.