OK, whatever. I probably should have been more specific about what has and hasn't changed. What hadn't changed were the training rides for STP and RAMROD. If anything, those training rides were a little shorter and we rode them at a slightly lower intensity than usual simply because we couldn't ride them any harder. I'm curious about whether that lowering of intensity was because we didn't do intervals or because our overall volume was higher. We were getting some Strava PRs for the tandem though. What changed were the VT1 work, the supplements, the volume, and the heavy weights.

My "not an idiot" remark is because if one is faster climbing for sure one's power to weight ratio is better. There isn't another explanation. My question is why or perhaps some ranking for what changes did what.