FREE REPORT · FOR CYCLISTS 35+ STILL CHASING WATTS
THE MASTERS CYCLINGTRAINING REPORT 2026
The 2026 reference for training after 40. What actually declines, what doesn’t, and the training that holds up — built from 1,400+ conversations with World Tour coaches and the peer-reviewed evidence behind them.
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FOUR FINDINGS, STRAIGHT FROM THE REPORT
THE THINGS YOU’VE BEEN GETTING WRONG
0.5%
VO2MAX DECLINE PER YEAR
If you train. Closer to 1% per year if you don't. Compounded over twenty years that's the difference between still racing at 60 and not.
72 HOURS
BETWEEN HARD SESSIONS AFTER 40
Recovery capacity isn't broken at 45 — it's longer. Programming the gap is where masters athletes either keep gaining or accumulate fatigue until something gives.
1.6–2.2 G/KG
PROTEIN PER DAY, FOUR FEEDINGS
Older athletes show anabolic resistance and need 40–50% more protein per meal than younger athletes to hit the same muscle protein synthesis response.
+43 WATTS
NIALL, 41 — FTP GAIN IN 16 WEEKS
Six years stuck at 218 watts. Audit showed 55% of his time in the grey zone. Fewer total hours, better distribution. First real movement in six years.