FTP - whats yours?

[Spinnekop]

Thanks.. I do feel its quite accurate, based on performance at races and TT hillclimbs. I plan on doing an FTP at someone with  a PM on a trainer to see how close it is. once i got that comparitive, I will know more or less the zone im in and can just work accordingly

Rather try doing it out on the road.  Not indoors.

Real life numbers are worth way more than what you can do in the "lab"

 

My 2c

[Frosty]

Rather try doing it out on the road. Not indoors.

Real life numbers are worth way more than what you can do in the "lab"

 

My 2c

I see your 2c, and raise it by my 2c...

 

I'd think the FTP test and the training should be on the same equipment. Be it a bike or a trainer.

[Spinnekop]

I see your 2c, and raise it by my 2c...

 

I'd think the FTP test and the training should be on the same equipment. Be it a bike or a trainer.

JIp.......

 

But then again....you don't race on the indoor trainer. 

(The tannie at the gym next to you does not count as a race)

[Frosty]

JIp.......

 

But then again....you don't race on the indoor trainer.

(The tannie at the gym next to you does not count as a race)

but if the tannie is there to kuier, then she has to climb off the watt-bike, unless she knows watt she is doing.

 

But, ja - if one has a PM on the bike then it makes sense to train on the bike.

[Bicycle Supply Chain]

That's a big gap

 

I run power on both my bikes

The variable terrain affects my pedal stroke which renders different numbers

Could that be it?

What bikes do you have.

 

My stages on my road bike gives me 30-40w more than my training mountainbike.

 

My road bike is a modern stiff carbon frame.

 

my Mountain bike is a steel 853 frame. lots of flex.

 

Mike

[madbradd]

I think I'm due for a new test..... got a TSS of 160 for yesterday's Zwift ZTR TWC which I did in a little over 90 min.

['Dale]

What bikes do you have.

 

My stages on my road bike gives me 30-40w more than my training mountainbike.

 

My road bike is a modern stiff carbon frame.

 

my Mountain bike is a steel 853 frame. lots of flex.

 

Mike

Carbon bikes

I spend about 80 percent of training time on the black

Edited July 6, 2016 by Puncheur

['Dale]

What Spidey says...

 

So many other body forces at work too when measuring performance on the bike

 

I call it 'actual performance'

[Stricker]

So..

 

The magic 5wpkg+

 

What do you guys think a person would require to achieve this?

[Eon du Plessis]

So..

 

The magic 5wpkg+

 

What do you guys think a person would require to achieve this?

Probably a good amount of structured training, with a dash of genetics?

[NotSoBigBen]

So..

 

The magic 5wpkg+

 

What do you guys think a person would require to achieve this?

 

Much more than I got or can do ....

[corriekuilder]

A pair of these sir

[Veebee]

So..

 

The magic 5wpkg+

 

What do you guys think a person would require to achieve this?

 

340w ftp / 68kg - numbers I can dream of.

A coach, a chef, a sponsor. genetics, time

[Eon du Plessis]

A pair of these sir

Are you suggesting weighted training?

[Kona Kula]

So..

 

The magic 5wpkg+

 

What do you guys think a person would require to achieve this?

You will have to be at your optimal weight for a start. Can't be carrying any extra kgs.

[usxorf]

So..

 

The magic 5wpkg+

 

What do you guys think a person would require to achieve this?

However, the strongest, most reliable correlate of FTP comes in the form of Chronic Training Load - with a near linear relationship between CTL & FTP at least up to a CTL of ~150: CTL of 50 ~= FTP of 3.5w/kg, 100 ~= 4.0, 150 ~=4.5.

 

Edit: not volume, or intensity, but CTL.

Edited July 7, 2016 by usxorf