It's been two decades since I last trained under a coach, and in that time, exercise science has moved on dramatically. Sweetspot training, now a staple of many riders' plans, was barely talked about back then. But it's not just training methods that have evolved - the science around how we measure training load, tailor our nutrition, and optimise recovery has exploded, offering riders more tools and data than ever before.
Over the years, I've experimented with plenty of approaches, but I keep coming back to what works best for me - and, as it turns out, it's not far off the routine my coach gave me two decades ago.
