For several months I've been using the Monod/CP spreadsheet as one of my inputs in determining FTP and quantifying changes in my profile. I'd always used the same format for the process: 2 tests (5 & 20 minute), same time frame (within the same week), same weight, same location (all tests done on trainer, etc).
More recently though after some thinking about my power at various levels and how I seem to respond to certain training & rides, I decided to redo the tests and add a 3rd one. Specifically a 3 minute one. My rationale was that the 5 minute test is not the best indicator of anaerobic/AWC ability.
After performing the 3 tests, but keeping all other details the same (test protocol, etc), it seems monod is giving me some new information.
My AWC from these tests appears to be > 200. That seems a bit high especially in light of comments by Dr. Coggan that women in general have lower anaerobic capacity than men, even when lean mass differences are accounted for (this was in the book).
The obvious question you might have (or at least the ones I can think of) are whether the tests were performed/paced well and truly 100%. All I can say is 'yes', I believe they were and even if I tinker with monod and give myself an extra few watts on the 20 minute test (which I'm not sure I could have actually done!), AWC is still > 200.
The corollary to this is that this latest test then shows a decrease in CP to correspond with the increase in AWC - as compared to past tests. If I remove the 3 minute test, then AWC seems to be a fairly average 90ish.
I've pondered whether this is due to altitude and how it affects aerobic abilities more so than anaerobic ones, allowing for the possibility that relatively (not absolutely) speaking, AWC is now contributing more energy to the total required for an effort, than it did when I lived at sea level.
I know that AWC as defined by Dr. Coggan is simply resistance to supra-threshold exercise, not KJ's, etc.
For those of you who use Monod/CP frequently:
what's your AWC?
CP?
Does 200+ seem unusually high for a woman?
If you do have a relatively high AWC, have you altered or changed your training approach for developing FTP/sustainable power for longer events (e.g., RR's, crits, etc)?
EDIT: wanted to add that R^2 for the 3 tests was 0.997 which I think is quite high, suggesting the numbers fit the line well...
More recently though after some thinking about my power at various levels and how I seem to respond to certain training & rides, I decided to redo the tests and add a 3rd one. Specifically a 3 minute one. My rationale was that the 5 minute test is not the best indicator of anaerobic/AWC ability.
After performing the 3 tests, but keeping all other details the same (test protocol, etc), it seems monod is giving me some new information.
My AWC from these tests appears to be > 200. That seems a bit high especially in light of comments by Dr. Coggan that women in general have lower anaerobic capacity than men, even when lean mass differences are accounted for (this was in the book).
The obvious question you might have (or at least the ones I can think of) are whether the tests were performed/paced well and truly 100%. All I can say is 'yes', I believe they were and even if I tinker with monod and give myself an extra few watts on the 20 minute test (which I'm not sure I could have actually done!), AWC is still > 200.
The corollary to this is that this latest test then shows a decrease in CP to correspond with the increase in AWC - as compared to past tests. If I remove the 3 minute test, then AWC seems to be a fairly average 90ish.
I've pondered whether this is due to altitude and how it affects aerobic abilities more so than anaerobic ones, allowing for the possibility that relatively (not absolutely) speaking, AWC is now contributing more energy to the total required for an effort, than it did when I lived at sea level.
I know that AWC as defined by Dr. Coggan is simply resistance to supra-threshold exercise, not KJ's, etc.
For those of you who use Monod/CP frequently:
what's your AWC?
CP?
Does 200+ seem unusually high for a woman?
If you do have a relatively high AWC, have you altered or changed your training approach for developing FTP/sustainable power for longer events (e.g., RR's, crits, etc)?
EDIT: wanted to add that R^2 for the 3 tests was 0.997 which I think is quite high, suggesting the numbers fit the line well...