Current edition is available in 7 languages and has sold almost 100k copies, but is now almost 8 y old. What would people want/expect to see in a 3rd edition?
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Re: TRWPM 3rd edition? [Andrew Coggan]
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Re: TRWPM 3rd edition? [Andrew Coggan]
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I'd be waaaay more interested in seeing the next edition of TRWPM be 85% Stryd and 15% about a bike PM, at most
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Re: TRWPM 3rd edition? [Andrew Coggan]
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I think the key here is in understanding the profile/ user type of the 10k buyers so far. I own it, and I'm just a guy with a bike and a power meter. I'm sure many buyers are coaches/ personal trainers or academics who be looking for something different to me.
I find the book has great content but it is heavy going. I don't refer to it anywhere near as much as I should do (though I just opened it again to reply to the thread). I probably missed out by not signing up for WKO+, but that software looks like a science course I don't have the time to dedicate to performing that kind of analysis. If suppose if I was serious about this I'd hire a coach, and I would expect them to use WK0+ along with them understanding the content of your book. However, there probably aren't 10k coaches buying the book.
So what would I want from a 3rd edition? Since I probably haven't used 70pc of the content of the current version, I don't think that making it even more cutting edge would change things for me. Instead, I'd like the book to be paired with an entertaining software based training program, to give me a virtual coach (rather than feeling like I need a coach to understand all of this, when it is just a hobby for me). Maybe partner up with a platform that offers an entertaining user experience, like Strava or Sufferfest, but take it one step further. Combine the entertainment aspect with your analytical rigor, taking real time performance data to vary the program where necessary. Update my FTP or power profile and power targets based on performance, have a training program that updates when it can tell that I'm struggling to keep up (rather than a screen telling me what a great job i did when I completely failed to hold the interval). Basically I'd like the moon on a stick please. But I would pay for that.
Other than that, the obvious updates are info on pedal based power systems, trainers with their own power numbers, L/R power analysis, training with TrainerRoad/ Strava/ modern training apps etc. But, for me, the closer you can get to automating a virtual coach the better.
I find the book has great content but it is heavy going. I don't refer to it anywhere near as much as I should do (though I just opened it again to reply to the thread). I probably missed out by not signing up for WKO+, but that software looks like a science course I don't have the time to dedicate to performing that kind of analysis. If suppose if I was serious about this I'd hire a coach, and I would expect them to use WK0+ along with them understanding the content of your book. However, there probably aren't 10k coaches buying the book.
So what would I want from a 3rd edition? Since I probably haven't used 70pc of the content of the current version, I don't think that making it even more cutting edge would change things for me. Instead, I'd like the book to be paired with an entertaining software based training program, to give me a virtual coach (rather than feeling like I need a coach to understand all of this, when it is just a hobby for me). Maybe partner up with a platform that offers an entertaining user experience, like Strava or Sufferfest, but take it one step further. Combine the entertainment aspect with your analytical rigor, taking real time performance data to vary the program where necessary. Update my FTP or power profile and power targets based on performance, have a training program that updates when it can tell that I'm struggling to keep up (rather than a screen telling me what a great job i did when I completely failed to hold the interval). Basically I'd like the moon on a stick please. But I would pay for that.
Other than that, the obvious updates are info on pedal based power systems, trainers with their own power numbers, L/R power analysis, training with TrainerRoad/ Strava/ modern training apps etc. But, for me, the closer you can get to automating a virtual coach the better.
Re: TRWPM 3rd edition? [Andrew Coggan]
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Re: TRWPM 3rd edition? [Andrew Coggan]
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Andrew Coggan wrote:
Current edition is available in 7 languages and has sold almost 100k copies, but is now almost 8 y old. What would people want/expect to see in a 3rd edition?A chapter on Polarized training.
Re: TRWPM 3rd edition? [Andrew Coggan]
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A chapter on 4dp ;-)
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Re: TRWPM 3rd edition? [Andrew Coggan]
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Your name first!
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Re: TRWPM 3rd edition? [Andrew Coggan]
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Foreword by Trev. That would be cool.
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Foreword by Trev. That would be cool.I was just gonna say to get Mark L to write it.
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