I attempted Tadej Pogacar s HARDEST training session and this is what happened

For the past 4 years, Tadej Pogacar has been unstoppable, winning left, right and centre in some of the biggest races possible. The Slovenian has made winning look easy, but is that down to training or is that down to raw genetics? Well, in this video we will be seeing if the Ramsey Tram can survive a UAE training session. We will see if UAE's training is all hype or all tripe. In an episode I like to call Tadej vs The Tram. Ciao, buongiorno and hello, hello, hello you lovely people, it's your boy the Ramsey Tram and in today's session we have a big one, we will be trying to follow the UAE training session. Can we survive it? Well let's see, so let me get into it and talk you through it, come on! So in today's session we have a big one on the cards, trying to follow Tadej Pogacar's training and see if the Tram can get the better of Tadej. I couldn't find any of his power data public on Strava, but a big thanks to Brandon McNulty, his teammate who puts everything power public. So we will be going following his training, but I can imagine it's very similar as they're both coached by Inigo Samuel and the founder of the famous Zone 2, so yeah, a big one on the cards. So the session today will be starting off with two times 10 minute over-unders, I've seen UAE do a lot of these over-unders, so it's one minute on, one minute off, the one minute is above threshold, so for me it's going to aim for about 500 watts and then the off, this is the hard bit, the off is about 350, so it's just under threshold, so you've got to do that five times to make 10 minutes, two sets of that as just the warm-up really, get it going, get it going. I've noticed that because they can surge, when you see Pogacar attack, he attacks hard and then he settles into rhythm and then we will have to do about an hour of the famous Zone 2 and yeah, looking at their numbers, Zone 2 looks grippy, looks tough, always on the pedal, so aiming for about 285 watts for about an hour, an hour and 15, so it's not going to be easy, not going to be easy and then when I thought, bloody UAE couldn't make it any harder, they decided to do three times five minutes at the end of the training to just, you know, show why they're the best team in the world, so we've got to do three times five minutes at about 450 and 420 watts, so it's going to be a big day on the cards, but the tram will get out there and it will show today who's boss, come on. So team, here we are, dressed up, ready to go, if you would have watched the last video, you would have known that I am wearing a new kit, Mezzo, you just got given it, remember it's no pins, no pins, first feeling so far is the jersey feels nice, nice, but got the shorts on, the shorts got like a weird lining which makes it feel slightly tight, so I don't mind them, first impressions, I'm going to give it a solid 6, 7 out of 10, jersey feels nice, I can imagine, the race suit feels nice, but yeah, we are ready to go now, we're going to aim for about 90 to 100 hours, this is a tough session, the tram's got a take on today, come on, come on, so you're going to get out there, the efforts, as I said before, two times ten minutes, over and under, one hour zone two, three times five minutes, one hour zone two, 285 watts, so yeah, going to be a tough day, so without further ado, I'll see you on the road, we're now going to get to Suffolk, the Ramsey tram keeps on rolling. I found my brother, come on bro, come on bro, two trams, rolling along, come on, sliding, and Douglas tram keeps on rolling, oh bosh. Going to do my normal warm up of about 20, 25 minutes and then a good three, four minute opener, like normal, if you watch the channel before you'd know what I normally do and then, that'll be my warm up before I get into the efforts, but yeah, I'm nervous, but a disclaimer is, this is one of their training sessions, they do a million other things to make sure that they're level, but they are renowned for their crazy training, so I want to see how hard it is, will be tough, but the tram is ready for a challenge, come on, so I'll see you guys in a bit, going to keep on rolling, this is no match for the tram, in the gold, why gold, because winners take gold, so come on, see you in a bit, oh my god, don't even get to, you are one big pillock, oh my god that was awful, I'm dead, I'm dead, that was so bad, oh my god, oh my god, sorry for lack of speaking, I'm dead, I'm dead, this is me in the end of life, wow that was tough, that was tough, happy with that though, I'll put stats on screen and then I'll put the average power there, but oh, line by line by contemplating life, oh my god, oh my god, not good, not good, but we got it done, that's one done, one done, we're still on course to beat, today we'll not beat the tram, but wow that was tough, so now I'm going to drink, get some carbs in through drink, recover for a bit and then do the second set, well I'll probably be dead, I'll probably be dead, I'll throw my bike in the hedge, it'll be that tough, but I'm going to get it done, because the Ramsey tram keeps on rolling, come on, oh my god, no, no, no, no, oh they're awful, they're the worst things I've done in my life, UAE, why, why you want to suffer, oh, oh, oh, oh that was so bad, got it done though, come on, come on, that's all it's on, put stats on screen there, left average on the board, we did it all the time we were here before, we got the hardest bit of the session done, done and dusted, for the tram, the tram can keep on going, it keeps on rolling, might not be the quickest thing leaving the station, but it arrives back there, right when it should, good, happy with that, bit of that, happy with that, but wow that was tough, I'm sorry if you're in a car behind me and you're watching this, sorry for the, come on, I can do this, just had to move, it's all up here, so up here, so up here, so yeah, going to crack on now, descend down and then we'll start, in about 10 minutes or so we will start our, about an hour, an hour, to an hour 15 of UA Zone 2, about 285 watts, 285, 290, anywhere between 270 to 300, 270 plus, because downhills etc, so yeah, should be good, so now we're going to eat something and then get into it, so come on, Ramsey tram, keeps on rolling. We have now done half an hour into our 30 minutes into our Zone 2, one hour Zone 2, Jesus, it's very uncomfortable because bloody hell you have to concentrate, these boys are savages these UAE boys, but going alright, it's nice, it's just like, imagine you're riding at the front of the peloton, which to be honest is the only way I would go about trying to be a pro, riding at the front of the peloton, so if UAE needs someone to pull for gacha, the Ramsey tram's DM's are always open, but yeah, it's not easy, having to fuel quite a bit, staying on that 100 grams an hour grind, but the average in about 280 right now, so we're going to crack on and get this one hour Zone 2 done, so I'll speak to you guys at the end, chachow! Yes team, effort done and dusted, I know I look a bit fresh but that's because I had a problem, got a problem with the bike, I put the stats on the screen here for the one hour Zone 2, bloody my fat fingers made me laugh again, but yeah, look at this, I don't know if you can see that, but the chain is stuck on the inside of the chain catcher, and I don't have the tools to snip it and put it back around, and to be honest, my mechanical skills, I won't be able to do that, I tried to put it back on but obviously it's not going to work, so now I'm stood roadside, roadside for about half an hour or so, and then I'll have to see how the last, I should be able to still do the last efforts, it depends on how the legs feel, just got to stand there for half an hour and look pretty, so yeah, so bit of a thing, but it's not how you start, it's how you finish, so it should be good, the Ramsey tram will keep on rolling, once we get going again, this is what the pros don't show you, sat at the side of the road with oily hands, waiting for someone to come and give you a hand, ah well, ah well, that's how it is, that's what's called real life baby, so now all good, now all good, about 10 minutes away and then going to crack on and then yeah, should be able to get into those, do a little bit more riding and then get into the final efforts, crunch point, so it'll shorten the ride by maybe half an hour, so just be a 3 hour ride, but that's alright, 3 hours is still plenty to be honest, so now all good, all good, all good, and at least the sun's out, if it was raining, oh my god, I would have shot myself I think, so yeah, just going to wait here and then crack on, so I'll see you in a bit, Ramsey tram keeps on rolling, we are back on the road, come on, come on, so yeah, all good, all good, going to get back, riding, one leg's up a little bit again, and then crack on into the 3 times 5 minutes, so should be good, we adapt, improvise, overcome, come on, so next time when I see you, it's maybe after the first or second effort, so yeah, should be good hopefully, come on, Ramsey tram keeps on rolling, 2 down, what's that to do now, oh tough, tough, tough, tough, but one to go, and then we will have beaten a UAE and Taddeo Pogacar trainer, so come on, I can do it, just one final effort to go, it has been tough, you can definitely feel it, once you hit quite a bit of fatigue and quite a few efforts, you can definitely feel it but, no match for the Ramsey tram, going to keep on rolling, going to get this final effort done and then I'll speak to you guys when I'm back at home, come on, the Ramsey tram keeps on rolling, yeah, there we have it, ride done and dusted, I put the final effort on the screen, giving it full gas I was, managed to just get out, just under 500 which after 2 hours 45, happy with that, so that was good, and then, yeah I put the ride on the screen, managed to get it done, Taddeo Pogacar, eat my socks boy, UAE training session completed, come on, come on, can feel it now, feel it now, it was tough, gee whiz that was tough but, glad to have got it done, boom, the tram takes on Taddeo Pogacar, completed it mate, so now I'm going to go inside, have some lunch, have a shower and then I'll speak to you guys in a bit, so ciao. Yes team so here we are, it is now a few hours later, I managed to get my breath back, I've had lunch, I've had a shower, I feel a bit better now but my legs can feel it, it was a tough day trying Taddeo Pogacar's training session but we got it, Ramsey tram 1, Taddeo Pogacar 0, come on, if he wants a rematch, send me a message and we can make that happen, you know but in all seriousness, it is quite cool to see how the pros train, obviously this is one of a million sessions that they do but it is a tough session, I know that makes them strong because I've listened to podcasts etc where they say it's a really beneficial session but it did take a lot out of me but it's good because tomorrow we have a rest day but yeah we got it done and also it is just over one week till the first race back for the tram so hopefully we can use this in the race and show them that the UAE training is the best or maybe it isn't, maybe it will come, the truth will come out but it's been the end of the video, as we're recording this we are on 990 subscribers, so close to that big 1000 so if you are new around here please go ahead hit the like button and hit the subscribe button, to get to 1000 is such a big milestone for the tram and it would mean such a big thing and make the channel be able to grow levels upon levels but yeah, it's been you