Post by chamoniards on Mar 28, 2009 15:14:52 GMT
I know this post will have limited appeal but there may be few interested in this. Stop reading now if you find power meters boring.
I recently did an FTP test at home on my turbo which consisted of a 20 minutes session riding as hard as I could for that period. By subtracting 5% from the average power you can deduce your FTP (1 hour maximum mean power). It resulted in an estimated FTP of 346 watts. This is the basic FTP test that is in Allen and Coggan's book 'Training and Racing with a Power Meter'.
The weekend after I raced and recorded a 1 hour mean maximum power of 340 watts which goes to show how good a testing method this is as it was only 6 watts below my tested FTP.
Knowing where my FTP is allows me to accurately calculate my training zones on cycling peaks.
Here's the test graph:
And here's a selection from the race graph:
I recently did an FTP test at home on my turbo which consisted of a 20 minutes session riding as hard as I could for that period. By subtracting 5% from the average power you can deduce your FTP (1 hour maximum mean power). It resulted in an estimated FTP of 346 watts. This is the basic FTP test that is in Allen and Coggan's book 'Training and Racing with a Power Meter'.
The weekend after I raced and recorded a 1 hour mean maximum power of 340 watts which goes to show how good a testing method this is as it was only 6 watts below my tested FTP.
Knowing where my FTP is allows me to accurately calculate my training zones on cycling peaks.
Here's the test graph:
And here's a selection from the race graph: