Originally Posted by
queerpunk
You don't get fast over 1 second or 3 seconds. You get fast when you've been doing that output for 10 seconds, or 15, or 20.
If 20 seconds @ 1200 watts was racing against 3 seconds at 2200w, who would win?
A while back I spent around 2 years lifting a lot in the gym and not riding much at all, I might have commuted 2-3 times a week tops but that was it. When I decided to start training again,I jumped on a trainer with a power meter to get a baseline, and managed to put out low 2k watts for 5 seconds but my other numbers (30 second, 1 minute and five minute power) were absolute garbage. Needless to say I stunk it up on the track for c.2-3 months till the longer on-bike efforts started to make a difference and that endurance fitness came back. Can't win a race with a massive peak watts if you're half a lap back, I hate how I have to learn really obvious lessons through making long, difficult mistakes.
