bruce Posted June 5, 2007 Posted June 5, 2007 Bruce - Please give some more detail on the meaning of L4' date=' L5, L6 - thanks[/quote'] L4 = steady state threshold power i.e. power sutainable for 60 minutesL5 = power at VO2Max and is your upper aerobic limit, sustainable for around 4 to 8 minutesL6 = anaerobic power - sustainable for around 1 minute. This is theory of course....not so sure how this would work for me in practice Not theory at all. Every person has a maximum sustainable power for 60 minutes, 5 minutes and 1 minute. Ride as hard as you can for each of those durations and you have your L4, L5, L6 levels. For each person the ratio's between these levels will be a bit different, which is why there are sprinters, hill climbers, time-trial riders etc.
Marius Posted June 6, 2007 Posted June 6, 2007 I want have to do some training on the IDT tonight if the rain is going to carry on... So I noticed the other day I can't sustain the same levels of Power on the IDT, is there a % I can subtract from my normal levels to get IDT levels?? Thx!<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Guest Michelle Posted June 6, 2007 Posted June 6, 2007 Marius: Do a FTP test on the indoor trainer as well...
Marius Posted June 6, 2007 Posted June 6, 2007 15% sounds like the easy way out for me I don't want to kill myself doing a FTP test after a week of no cycling thx for the advice!
Guest Michelle Posted June 6, 2007 Posted June 6, 2007 I'm planning on doing another FTP test on the indoor trainer at the beginning of July... I'm hoping the result is higher this time around
Dr. Seuss Posted June 6, 2007 Posted June 6, 2007 Alternatively' date=' subtract 15% [/quote'] more realistically subtract 20%!
Marius Posted June 6, 2007 Posted June 6, 2007 20%....let me first try 15%!! is it really that sucky?!?!
Dr. Seuss Posted June 6, 2007 Posted June 6, 2007 marius - have you actually ever tried your L4 2x20's on the idt? or the 6min L5's for that matter? both using your road FTP? bruce is of the opinion that it is a mental thing, but somehow i disagree!
Marius Posted June 6, 2007 Posted June 6, 2007 No, I have not, I find doing them on the Road to be painfull enough for me, can't imagen doing them at the same Levels on the IDT, that's just crazy...think Bruce might be smoking something
Wonder Woman Posted June 6, 2007 Posted June 6, 2007 Hey Michelle, looks like you need to join Snapshot, Mrs Crux and I in the Suikerbosrand reserve for a while. I expect to see you there next weekend!! You should come join us for some rides, they good fun!!!
ajay Posted June 6, 2007 Posted June 6, 2007 A big discussion around the indoor vs outdoor subject can be found here:http://www.cyclingforums.com/t343971.html
Guest Michelle Posted June 6, 2007 Posted June 6, 2007 Definitely Wonder Woman... you might have to wait for me at the top of all the hills though... Snapshot knows all about that from the last time we went
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