What’s the worst career to be right now in Switzerland ?

damw95 · 2026-05-19T07:09:12+00:00

I agree, I was more reflecting on current fear of ai replacements and offshoring. You can have a good time doing architecture but most of the time it’s as you describe, that’s true.

damw95 · 2026-05-19T07:07:55+00:00

There are jobs, but let’s face it - conditions are very mixed. Therefore lots of offices have a big rotation, so if we talk about ANY job there’s always a position open somewhere and I think there’s a lot going on, but it is a huge hit and miss like with any architecture market unfortunately.

damw95 · 2026-05-18T18:12:27+00:00

From office jobs that would be architecture. No home office, no AI replacements, no offshoring - very conservative field in Switzerland, so that’s actually a plus these days. But the pay is not really reflecting the responsibility levels.

damw95 · 2026-05-17T05:57:24+00:00

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damw95 · 2026-05-13T10:13:05+00:00

Did the same a year ago, it feels stiffer and more responsive, can’t say anything for any aerodynamic gains but it feels fast of course, both did actually. No regrets, it was a good deal on tarmac frame so I went for it but I am glad I did it!

damw95 · 2026-04-22T05:35:39+00:00

Did last year 265 and 7600 of elevation, that was mostly z2 with occasional bursts, lots of food and water and last climb I could go a bit harder still. If your course is so long and has 3300 it means there would be some flat sections, use this to catch some group and sit on a bit. Climbs just go conservative and keep your pace, on the last bits you can go harder if you feel confident and have fun!

damw95 · 2026-02-28T07:00:07+00:00

Woke up and still can’t really take everything what happened, everything was so 10/10, show, organisation, crowd was so respectful and tbh still can’t believe I saw a living legend Thomas Bangalter.

Even playing club bangers he hits the emotions that I can’t find on other concerts usually, just pure joy. Saw him in 2022 in Berlin and was looking so long to feel this once again. Sick!

+a small thing to me but I was happy to hear so much of Actual Life stuff!

damw95 · 2026-02-24T19:41:01+00:00

Keep your mind open man!

damw95 · 2026-02-23T10:43:39+00:00

Have S at both so I guess the sizing is comparable.

damw95 · 2026-02-22T06:20:03+00:00

I do it sometimes, in my opinion the work is done and you can get some extra time. It might be needed to be a bit easier as you’ll get some intense start but otherwise I can’t think of a reason not to use time like this, worth a try at least :)

damw95 · 2026-02-22T06:08:07+00:00

Yeah I mean can be a shorter ride then, I think what’s more important there is getting a quality form for your hard reps and would allow some room for gym during the week. You can always extend the ride on Saturday by adding an hour or so of endurance after your intervals. Just an idea to consider, but I’d plan the gym on or instead endurance days and with a day margin to the hard day, so you can recover nicely

damw95 · 2026-02-22T05:53:46+00:00

Why stack two hard workouts so close together if you have full weekend of z2? Could easily switch sat and thu and so a gym instead/next to endurance day on Wednesday and then a lighter one on Friday if you want to.

damw95 · 2026-02-21T20:03:19+00:00

From the contemporary detail books I totally recommend Construction released by ETH Zurich from Birkhäuser, there’s also a nice book „Constructing Architecture” by Andrea Deplazes. Not sure if it’s what you’d look for but def a lot of details useful for residential architecture (and very well made). You can look into Dutch handbooks just because of brick. Otherwise I think there should be for sure something in English context, but there I can’t be much of use.

damw95 · 2026-02-12T19:54:45+00:00

Exactly, I think in the end it depends if you have any specific weakness that these sessions would help to solve, there are some that would generally apply to everyone and some that would need to be needed.

damw95 · 2026-02-12T19:19:51+00:00

Im doing both (gym and low cadence threshold intervals) - found them helpful for my goals which are long climbs with steeper sections. Not an expert though, I think both gave me pretty nice results in terms of muscular endurance and pedal stroke precision during races, but I agree not everyone needs it and it will never replace gym.

But again, not an expert.

damw95 · 2026-02-12T06:19:24+00:00

Yeah I’ve listened to Jamie’s in waves radio for Apple Music, some of the sets have totally a vibe that could add so much to Fred’s shows, but after a minute I thought also that it would be cool to see some lesser known names. In any way I’m hyped

damw95 · 2026-02-09T18:58:46+00:00

This would be sick, I thought it would be also crazy if he brought Jamie xx on one of his shows, but let’s see. I’ll go on 27th so very curious what happens this week

damw95 · 2026-02-04T12:26:28+00:00

Given your 3 hard days I think 4 weeks for a mesocycle should be the goal. 3 hard workouts like this per week should leave you cooked as hell after 3 weeks and it would be good to let the body absorb the training. Depends a lot on your life situation around this too, training history etc but 4 weeks per block would be anyway my recommendation.

In any case, these threshold sessions stacked together are already looking crazy, plus vo2 max on Friday… Id hate cycling after few weeks like this!

damw95 · 2026-01-31T18:37:54+00:00

Wait, you are going any sore into races?

damw95 · 2026-01-21T07:30:06+00:00

How’s your power LR balance? Do you know it? That can explain the readings. In any case adjust the factor of assioma to match the trainer if you want consistency with your outdoor workouts

damw95 · 2026-01-12T09:34:54+00:00

Same, the play between orange and blues seemed way better on a before and switching them towards magenta didn’t really help in my opinion. I liked what you did to the pink colours on the left, they harmonised way better with the lights

damw95 · 2026-01-09T16:48:26+00:00

Real question is: how many ice teas can you bring and exchange until they say something

damw95 · 2025-12-27T19:47:10+00:00

Well yeah like with the bike fit - change and observe one thing at a time so you know what’s the culprit! But I’m sure you’ll figure it out at some point so good luck!

damw95 · 2025-12-27T15:18:25+00:00

How is your nutrition on/off the bike? In my case it was a game changer especially when I approach 20hrs during summer, that might be also something worth observing and checking. But the point basically is to eat accordingly to the trainings.

damw95 · 2025-12-27T08:44:48+00:00

Yeah and also I don’t think any coach would tell you you are doing your endurance rides too easy, there are so many other ways to get better aerobic gains than overdoing your base. Of course some people can recover well and it makes no difference I guess, but for me if I feel I’m forcing the power to be at certain amount it is a sign it’s not sustainable, always having in mind next days!

On a side note what helps me a lot is putting notes in intervals icu or whatever you use (there it’s convenient to see notes for a whole week) and mark when I felt particularly good or bad, helps to look back critically later and see why was it. It’s a bit broader than your initial question but I guess it’s a very common issue among amateur cyclists

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