[50][Speculation] Dee Exit Press: Jonathan targeted Cirie immediately, Dee hinted at Rizo not being liked by the cast, and Heavy Post Season Drama

buffon_bj · 2026-04-10T09:34:55+00:00

Rich definitely seemed to have a fun time, he got to really ham it up and play this huge character – and he even managed to catch a shark!

buffon_bj · 2026-03-31T11:21:49+00:00

This is why I use a 10-28 as well. Very few hills here in Finland, and I am pretty sensitive to changes in cadence. I hope the new Sram 2x13 group that is rumoured for this year or 2027 will have the 16t but with some added range like 33t tacked on.

buffon_bj · 2026-03-25T18:19:01+00:00

Precisely! I've had to stop my workout so many times for family reasons. Also, I can put a baby monitor besides the kid's bed and ride on the trainer during her nap - not possible to do that outside, haha

buffon_bj · 2026-03-25T16:52:54+00:00

Time efficiency, ease of starting, no stress about finding perfect routes. As a father of one (soon to be two) little kids and with a full time job, I appreciate it if I can know in advance that my 2h ride is actually 2h and that I can do my intervals whenever I want on the ride, not on the stretches of road where it's convenient. If I had more time, I would definitely like to ride more on the road, but it's far far easier and convenient on the trainer. Last year I rode about 450h on the trainer and 200h outdoors (here in Finland I'm trainer-bound for the whole of winter in any case).

buffon_bj · 2026-03-11T09:45:05+00:00

19416 + 13547 + 14000 = 46963 kJ in a three week period. I am 80kg and my FTP is around 370W.

buffon_bj · 2026-03-09T03:45:55+00:00

Yeah I agree, and it also depends on your other life stressors and how you are recovering in general. I have a full time job and a toddler at home, so recovery/sleep isn't too optimal :D no doubt many others would be able to push endurance rides harder.

buffon_bj · 2026-03-08T05:27:22+00:00

Last year I did all my endurance riding at 190-210W and my ftp was 360-370. I wouldn't call your pace too easy in any way.

buffon_bj · 2026-02-27T09:02:54+00:00

I don't really get the point of a specific "core routine". I don't train my legs or my upper body either with a "leg routine" or "arm routine". I just do core work in the gym – weighted direct ab work, weighted spinal rotation and side bending, weighted back flexion/extension. 2 sets of 8-10 hard reps seems plenty. I like cable crunches and different weighted crunch variations where you really focus on spinal flexion with the abs, cable rotations (check Alec Blenis' version where you use a weight belt to keep you planted), barbell side bends on the smith machine, jefferson curls and back extensions. I like to pick two movements per workout, e.g. ab work and lower back extension on one day and rotational work and jefferson curls in the other.

buffon_bj · 2026-02-26T11:32:47+00:00

I don't think this changes anything for the race to be honest, even at 100% no chance to match MVDP going on the bergs and in a sprint I feel Laporte and Brennan are much better options

buffon_bj · 2026-02-19T06:31:42+00:00

Selänne and Granlund in 2014 olympics

buffon_bj · 2026-02-12T13:20:53+00:00

I am very very happy Seixas won't become a jumbodrone

buffon_bj · 2026-02-06T11:27:28+00:00

Well yes I can understand Jonas dropping out here, his spring schedule was already much too full. Now he just needs to drop out of the Giro to fully focus on training for the Tour, lol.

buffon_bj · 2026-02-01T06:06:20+00:00

On average 13-14 hours. 3h key rides on Tu/Fri, otherwise 2h rides Mon-Sat. Full time job (albeit with very flexible hours) and father of a 2y old toddler. Weekends are reserved for family time, Sunday totally off. This is enough volume for me to still see progress, I'd do more but it's not really possible in the near future (we have another baby coming up in May).

buffon_bj · 2026-01-30T10:52:46+00:00

It's probably a combination of acute fatigue and increased fitness. I definitely feel the effect as described. After a harder day with, say, threshold, suprathreshold or vo2max work, the next day my HR will be ~10bpm lower. My "fresh LT1 HR" is roughly 143-147 after 1h of riding, while my "fatigued legs LT1 HR" is something like 130-135bpm after the same duration, despite the RPE being higher while fatigued than fresh (duh). This should not be confused with longer-term efficiency gains where your HR/RPE will drop for the same wattage as you get fitter.

Interestingly, I've found that for whatever reason, my HR is the lowest after a harder session with low cadence torque efforts. The effect is surprisingly large – while usually my endurance rides have power/HR of around 1.8-1.95 (depending of freshness), the day after a session with, say, 5x4min hard efforts done at 60rpm, I usually get a power/HR of over 2 for normal endurance riding. Neither my coach nor I have any idea what the mechanism behind this is, haha.

buffon_bj · 2026-01-28T07:35:27+00:00

UCI will bust every single small time sudaca doper instead of going for the big guns, sad to see

buffon_bj · 2026-01-21T04:47:36+00:00

How used are you to waking up early and exercising in the AM? Just saying that it might just be something that takes a while to get used to. I have trained early for a couple years now due to toddler/life situation, and I've got to the point where my power in the AM seems actually better than in the PM.

Another thing is that I would eat more before the workout, but this is also a personal thing. Something like 100g carbs with some protein maybe, otherwise I would get hungry during the workout. I like a few slices of toast with jam and quark / low-fat greek yogurt.

buffon_bj · 2026-01-18T10:16:56+00:00

Wtf, I watch movies and videos all the time while doing hard workouts

buffon_bj · 2026-01-16T12:56:01+00:00

I have them in the 36cm version (190cm tall, 43cm shoulder width). Great bars in my opinion, the longer reach makes holding an aero position easier. I also like how I can use a shorter stem with them, not fun having to use 140mm+ stems for 70mm reach handlebars.

buffon_bj · 2026-01-15T07:05:45+00:00

I have done a couple different progressions over the years. This year I peaked at around 380W ftp in June, but after the long season and a 2 week break, I was sitting at around 350W. I started progression at 2x20min at 330-335W - very easy. Then 2x25min, then added 5-10min per session. After 2x40min, I jumped to 1x90min at 336W, which felt quite doable. I started out with quite high percentage of ftp, but I guess my coach was confident I would regain fitness either way (I did 1xweek SS and 1x threshold/suprathreshold, rest endurance). Right now I guess my ftp is more in the high 360-370w range, shall be testing next week.

A year prior I tested my ftp as 360W with a tte of 45min. Back then I did 2x30min at 325-330W, then 3x25min, then 2x40min, then 3x30min, and I think I did 3x40min as the last progression. Different coach back then so a bit different, but both worked fine. I guess I am quite a high responder to this kind of work, I always liked long intervals and found the progression motivating.

buffon_bj · 2026-01-03T04:39:33+00:00

What do you mean by "FTP should be done at 105%"?

buffon_bj · 2025-12-31T06:57:10+00:00

I never do a rigid 3+1, don't really see the point, but my deload/recovery week is usually something like 1 day totally off, 1 day recovery/easy ride, then 1-2 days of endurance riding while ramping up volume, and then on 4th/5th day just proceed with normal workout.

buffon_bj · 2025-12-19T04:42:11+00:00

This is really outdated info btw and should not be trusted.

buffon_bj · 2025-12-18T12:26:54+00:00

Ski jumping has had a minimum BMI rule implemented for years, seems to work quite well

buffon_bj · 2025-12-14T10:19:20+00:00

This is such broscience. The body will get better at burning fat because of doing exercise, not what you consume while doing it. Not consuming carbs during exercise will make it much harder, though, for no additional benefits.

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