Posted by Frank Day (63.201.228.13) on February 02, 2004 at 20:51:13:
In Reply to: Re: Possible Improvements posted by Shane Lavell on February 02, 2004 at 19:23:26:
: : My question is this: What improvements in performance can an athlete gain with steady trainning (an endurance athlete in their mid 20's)? What I am getting at is what is possible in the way of performance improvement? What kind of watt improvements can be made year to year in a well trained, elite level cyclist?
It depends. The better the cyclist, the smaller the gains he or she can "expect". It doesn't have so much to do with age as ability. Lance or Jan probably don't "expect" any gains. They are riding their butts off just trying to maintain.