Like I mentioned before, I started the year out of shape due to sickness and other time off. Accordingly, I lowered my FTP in CP from last season's 270 to 245.
For the first few weeks of this season, I did tempo and 3x20 on, 5 off rides and never felt good enough to increase the target powers much. My best 3x20 was 255 ave and a lot of times it would be a chore to get over 250. I figured 3x20 power was close to FTP so I upped my FTP to 250 in CP.
In the 3rd and 4th days of my recent rest period, I did 5 and 20 min tests and did 340 and 295.
If I use 0.95*20 min power, I get an FTP of 280. If I stuck to my previous training-is-testing approach, I'm still at 250. Now if FTP cannot be much less than 95% of 20 min power, 280 is the more correct FTP, right?
For the first few weeks of this season, I did tempo and 3x20 on, 5 off rides and never felt good enough to increase the target powers much. My best 3x20 was 255 ave and a lot of times it would be a chore to get over 250. I figured 3x20 power was close to FTP so I upped my FTP to 250 in CP.
In the 3rd and 4th days of my recent rest period, I did 5 and 20 min tests and did 340 and 295.
If I use 0.95*20 min power, I get an FTP of 280. If I stuck to my previous training-is-testing approach, I'm still at 250. Now if FTP cannot be much less than 95% of 20 min power, 280 is the more correct FTP, right?