Is it possible to get some sort of training status chart?
Example:
Those are not related.
Fitness is representing volume & intensity (with an emphasis on volume) not performance.
A recreational rider doing 20+ hours a week, can have a fitness level very close to an elite, but that doesn’t mean that they have similar performance.
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Maybe we have to put in some more data and use a different way to calculate to get a more accurate outcome and call it training status?
Because you are wrongly interpreting the ‘Fitness’ meaning.
I know that it is very confusing and the term Fitness was not the best choice. But actually it is what is called CTL (Chronic Training Load) in the PMC chart from TrainingPeaks. Unfortunately, the terms CTL, ATL, TSB are trademarked and here on Intervals they are called Fitness, Fatigue and Form.
One is a view on your longer term load (CTL - Fitness), the second one on your shorter term load (ATL - Fatigue) and the third is a balance of the other two (TSB - Form).
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Confusing… 
I have changed it to training status chart.
What is your intake on getting some sort of general training status chart?
Comparing performance levels can be done with the W/Kg tables on the Power page.
It’s not the absolute truth from individual to individual, but if you combine that with VO2max values, you will clearly identify the different performance levels. When it comes to race performance, you also need to take technical and strategical skills into account. And nutritional and,…
The W/kg performance charts are also called ‘Power Profiling’
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You can use the Coggan Male chart on the power page to see the left side of your requested chart. It’s listed, here, as Hero down to Noob, and is not related to training status in any way. Rather it shows where you fit on the hierarchy of most powerful to least powerful for the data that is available, and isn’t influenced by the volume you’ve done, or haven’t done. With the right amount of training (8-12 hours per week), I can be as competitive as who is on 12-18 hours, in a +/- 3 hour road race.
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Thanks guys, very useful!