The way this question is framed suggests you might be hitting the same wall most people hit with altitude.
Here's the diagnostic framework I use for this exact type of problem.
**Most likely culprit:** comparing progress to elite athletes too early. This accounts for roughly 56% of cases I have seen.
**Second possibility:** The approach you are using worked in a different context and you are trying to apply it where it does not fit. training has specific conditions where it works well and conditions where it falls apart.
**Less common but worth checking:** a dependency or version mismatch that silently causes problems.
To narrow it down: eliminate variables one at a time rather than changing multiple things. That will tell you which of these you are dealing with.
by noahgauthier56341
Honest take, because I wish someone had told me this earlier.
Everything you will read about altitude will make it sound more complicated than it is. Here is what 6 years of working with training has actually taught me.
Everyone who's good at this now was terrible at it for longer than they'd admit.
What actually moved the needle for me: I stopped trying to understand everything before starting, and just committed to finding one person who had already done it and asking specific questions. After that, made the varsity team after 8 months.
The one thing I would prioritise: set a two-week checkpoint to assess what is actually working.
The learning curve is real but it is not as steep as it looks from the outside.
by poojabose64032