tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453235308085904844.post8360685496872309139..comments2024-01-01T07:45:11.977+00:00Comments on Maryka's Little Project: FTP and the 25-mile TT benchmarkmarykahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818973141469893210noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453235308085904844.post-45988412765746874782010-04-28T09:06:06.219+01:002010-04-28T09:06:06.219+01:00Andy,
Sorry, bad wording on my part. I understan...Andy,<br /><br />Sorry, bad wording on my part. I understand the definition of FTP. I can and have held ~235 watts NP (my estimated FTP) in tough group rides and races where I was in a break working together solidly.<br /><br />My point was that on any given day, how many people can actually ride a TT and put out their FTP at a VI of 1.01. Had I been completed rested, motivated, a gun to my head, etc. I probably could have! But I just wondered how useful a 25-mile TT is for determining an FTP versus other methods. <br /><br />One of the proofs that your FTP has improved is an IF of over 1.05 for a one-hour ride under "good testing conditions" i.e., a breakaway or the like. So which one trumps the other -- the higher number in a race or the lower number in a TT?<br /><br />Since FTP is the magical number by which all other training zones are calculated, and since I don't train tons of steady state at FTP, I wonder if my 25 mile TT is in fact a good indicator of what I really can do for an hour. I'd hate to be setting my training zones too low, and getting inflated TSS values from an strictly-defined FTP (25 mile TT AP) that's actually not a good representation of my fitness. That's what I was saying.marykahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16818973141469893210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453235308085904844.post-79238191439482328142010-04-27T22:27:10.511+01:002010-04-27T22:27:10.511+01:00Hey Maryka, I'm glad your excellent blog is up...Hey Maryka, I'm glad your excellent blog is up an running again. Congrats on your marriage to Jim... Oops ya got busted for not giving Dr Andy "FTP" Coggan his props! lol.. nevermind its all good :-)Ade Merckxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14585175196506964287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453235308085904844.post-26570125820075131662010-04-27T21:15:41.455+01:002010-04-27T21:15:41.455+01:00I think you mean the power you can sustain for an ...I think you mean the power you can sustain for an hour, because the 45 minute and 90 minute people aren't... but I think you mostly misunderstood the question.<br /><br />What is the FTP? Is it what you actually did on a particular day when riding a 25 mile TT, even though you weren't fully rested, had bad conditions, were uncomfortable. Or is it what you would do on a good day, when you weren't fatigued from recent training, weren't uncomfortable on the strange bike etc.<br /><br />So the question is - do you set your FTP to a 25mile TT effort, even though it likely wasn't the best you could do, both from how you felt, and suggested other data from ways of testing.Jim Leyhttp://jibbering.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453235308085904844.post-85426271694248386082010-04-26T17:14:52.367+01:002010-04-26T17:14:52.367+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Andrew R. Coggan, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07152375621226680227noreply@blogger.com