synthetic wrote:
On the flats its the watts that matter, and I dont have any climbing events on the radar. So anyone have success with this for improving performance at crits/time trials? I need to be doing at least 20-30w more to hang with the groups I am trying to go with.
We saw recently an excellent case of a pro cyclist changing his weight/racer profile : Jonas Abrahamsen
At 183cm (6 feets) :
initially 60kg, climber
now 78kg, rouleur / puncheur, lead-out, ....
Apparantly the change took a year, motivated by his willingness to be more adapted to most races.
My understanding is that the change was possible because he was possibly in RED-S, and changing his nutrition to something "normal" + some more intensive (including strengh/sprint) training bring him naturally to more muscles (all fiber types). Apparantly it works as he is playing a role in most races he take part in. Sure his FTP boosted with weight increase. Sprint power also. Endurance apparantly still there also.
IMHO, your capacity to gain FTP (and several hour endurance) by gaining weight is very much depending on your current physical state. If your muscle mass is constrained by nutrition (RED-S, not enought proteines, ...) or training (not adapted to develop properly your muscle mass), then you can expect a gain changing these. If it is constrained by cardiovascular, then... you need to train more (and in an adapted way, with proper nutrition, of course).
Plus, FTP (probably not far from your CP), is not the only performance factor, What about your fiber type repartition ?
Message special pour Eltito : maintenant que nous avons un champion du monde Francais nous pourrions demander que certains threads soient en francais ;-)