Recent content by larryg45

In time hrumpole. Rome was not built in a day and neither will your ftp. Based on your posts you have been progressing along very very well. Keep up the hard work and the time will come when your no longer getting dropped.

Nice work.

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Thanks Hrumpole. I guess as the workout went along and i dropped my cadence ,it just shows i have more work to do. Our instructor told us that the idea was to keep up constant power(same cadence) and to tax our aerobic system as you said. Maybe it's just me but i found that workout very...

Guys, It's sort of interesting the workouts we do compared to your normal 2x20, 1x30 etc. Here is an example of one of the workouts we do; 40 minutes no break [email protected]% [email protected]% [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]% [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] We never do the standard 2x20 but...

Hi Guys, Here is an update. On 11/15/11 took my first 30 minute threshold test came in @220w.Worked out for a little over two months and tested [email protected] Both test were on the Computrainer and were flat courses. So i got about 7%improvement.I'm going to keep pluggin away, but raising...

Hrumpole That is some pretty impressive improvement! Sure hope i'm as fortunate to get that kind of improvement. Keep up the good work And as Curfew says update your progress to help inspire others.

Curfew Thanks for those kind words. I think if my friends notice a difference in my riding i'm going to tell them i'm a gifted athlete. I will post my progress as the winter progresses. Thanks again.

Hi Curfew Thanks for the info. i'm going to look into that. Your numbers are way better than mine since my 220w on 11/15 was only for 30 minutes. Since i have been training on the computrainer i have definitely improved but i have a long..... way to go. They have us doing some 30second...

Well i sure was inspired by the thread. I had always rode with my buddies and never did any structured training. Had no idea what a power meter was or even how to go about determining my threshold. Your inspiration, Rapdaddyo advice and many others on this forum inspired me to change the...