Poll: What's your Functional Threshold power?

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Hey RD, looks like our power as well as our cadence is similar:

FTP: 325w (recently averaged 310w for 100 min.)
Age: 38
Wt: 76 kg
Yrs racing: 1 (only 2 races)
Results: 28th, 26th out of ~50 :oCool, and I plan to be at your weight by the time things get serious later this spring.:D

ft 370
ft hr- 180
max power- 1450
vo2- 80
kg- 67
years racing- 4
won 5 p,1,2 races in 05
21 year old

Not sure if it is my threshold, I imagine my threshold is a little higher. Today I did 52.5 minutes (was supposed to be 50) in zone 3. Here is what I came up with.

30 minute average - 295
My weight is 75.5 kilos.
30 years old

I am planning on doing my first road race (cat 5) in February. I'm hoping to not be embarassed.

ft 370
ft hr- 180
max power- 1450
vo2- 80
kg- 67
years racing- 4
won 5 p,1,2 races in 05
21 year old
damn, 5.5w/kg for an hour and you can finish 'em off with a burst at 22w/kg. sounds pretty solid. which 5 races did you win?

FTP: doing 2x20's at approximately 300 currently. could go harder. i want to get it back up to 310 or 315 by april. i'm an all rounder, repitition of effort and recovery seem to be strong points.
MASS: 72kg.
AGE: 26
Years Racing: going onto 4th, which will be 2nd year as 2.
best result, win as 3. haven't done anything but early season podium and a few top 10's as a 2.

also, i'm really surprised by cat 4's with FTP's close to mid-300's.

Don't know how to work out my FT, would have to go and re-read AC's training stuff....

Last 2 x 20min I did on the trainer at work:

Power: 230-240w
Age: 33
Time Training: 6mths (cycling training, was reasonably fit when I started riding again)

That was after 5weeks no exercise and heavy smoking :rolleyes:

Would like to get it up to 300w by late April for a local 24hr XC MTB race. Dunno if that's a realistic goal, but I'll try.

age 49

years cyling ~35
years of structured training 5
years racing 5
mass = 80kg
height = 194 cm
PB FTP is 345 watts (estimated based on 93% of 30 min TT)
best result, 2 nd place in a hill climb TT
4th place in the 35+ Whitcomb hill rr

FT= 325 watts
Weight= 64 kilos
12 MP= 360 watts
No sprint
Cat 3- shooting at 2



Greg Van Wagner

Here are some revised FTPs for my riders using the Dmax method of analysing the lactate curve from a ramped test with 3min intervals and 30watts increases...

To compare within the age group...\

FTP: 290watts (Happy whoawhoa?)
Age: 15
Mass: 64kg
Best races: No 1 ranked U17 in Region
Years in Sport: 2

FTP: 240watts
Age: 15 (rider aboves twin brother)
Mass: 63.5kg
Best races: No 2 ranked U17 in Region
Years in Sport: 2

FTP: 245watts
Age: 16
Mass: 56kg (156cm tall)
Best races: Top 3 rank in NZ U17 pursuit and top 10 in Road
Years in Sport: 6
Note rider: rider tested after a bad NZ winter full of flu's and was overtrained with far too much interval training before I took over his coaching.

FTP: 190watts
Age: 14 Female
Mass: 58kg
Best races: 2nd Nats U15 TT, 3rd Nats U15 RR, 2nd Nats U17 IP.
Years in Sport 2

FTP: 200watts
Age: 14
Mass: 56kg
Best Races: 10th Nats U15 TT
Years in Sport: 1

FTP: 220watts
Age 34 (me)
Mass: 86kg (dropped 10kg in 2 months)
Years in Sport: 21 (back to cycling in May 2005 after 5 year break)
Best races: Former Regional Champ and Rep, World Ranked in Sport Aerobics and now can dominate cat 5 and is competitive in cat 4 races.

FTP: 225watts
Age: 45
Mass: 75kg (Father of twins above)
Years in Sport: 2
Best races: Top Cat 5 rider in Canterbury in recent series

FYI

Hamish Ferguson
Cycling Coach

Here are some revised FTPs for my riders using the Dmax method of analysing the lactate curve from a ramped test with 3min intervals and 30watts increases...

To compare within the age group...\

FTP: 290watts (Happy whoawhoa?)

Hah! I'm older than him though. :(

Thanks for sharing that info Fergie.

Hah! I'm older than him though. :(

Thanks for sharing that info Fergie.

And he is two months stronger from November when he did the test after doing a big endurance block before he started back at school.

Hamish Ferguson
Cycling Coach

Master B -age 51 -65 kg - HR 184 - LT HR 162 - 650 Annual Hours -Build 1 - Cycling and racing 3 years , favorite w/o Tempo /LT- - Test:2/7/LT 3x 20'=R5' Watts 312 - 322 - 320 -FTP 318 -- Test:2/8/CP6:413 - CP12:364- CP30:348 - CP60:316 - CP90:294 - (4.89 Kg/W):p

So I posted earlier on this thread, saying it was 300w, I was wrong. Turns out I am 320, measured LT at a lab test... But, today, I rode a 30 minute, 13 mile, 3 man break (winning move) in a 1/2/3 race and ended up with normalized power of 336w, and I sat in for a lap... that works out to be ~4.6w/kg. 26yrs cat 2.

Don't know how to work out my FT, would have to go and re-read AC's training stuff....
Try this link if you havent already. http://www.cyclingpeakssoftware.com/threshold.html

Current FTP 250 watts
Weight 75kg
Age 39

Best results 56th UK National 10 mile time trial championship.

2005 SB 10 mile 20:47 25 mile 55:18.

Current FTP 250 watts
Weight 75kg
Age 39

Best results 56th UK National 10 mile time trial championship.

2005 SB 10 mile 20:47 25 mile 55:18.

What was your power during those TTs? I would imagine it must of been much higher than 250, more like 350+

but then again, don't all you Brits do your TTs with 18wheelers constantly passing you? :D

What was your power during those TTs? I would imagine it must of been much higher than 250, more like 350+

but then again, don't all you Brits do your TTs with 18wheelers constantly passing you? :D

I have no idea I have only had a powertap since Christmas :D

I normally arrange 20 Eddie Stobbart's to come by when I'm TTing. ;) http://www.eddiestobart.co.uk/

Ok I'll jump in...


Max power achieved for 20 min = about 330 watts
So FTP as 95% (correct me if I'm wrong) of 330 = 313 watts
18 y.o.
female
have been training but not racing... yet

Ok I'll jump in...


Max power achieved for 20 min = about 330 watts
So FTP as 95% (correct me if I'm wrong) of 330 = 313 watts
18 y.o.
female
have been training but not racing... yet

with that FTP you will probably win every TT that you ever enter....

with that FTP you will probably win every TT that you ever enter....

Well, maybe I should add my weight: 165 lbs. (Yes, yes, I know... it's going down:rolleyes: )