Do any of you ever do a 1x60’ session at 100% FTP? If so, why?

[image] TRusername: But then I saw that the 1x60’ on TR is rated as a 9.7 (which I don’t think I’ve ever seen before) and it made me second guess my plan :neutral_face:. So what? All you are doing is psyching yourself out by looking at Workout Levels. Focus on what you can do. Focus on pushin…

Doing FTP for 1h is very demanding for your body, the fact that you can do it by definition doesn’t really mean you should do it. Once you have reached level 9.7 threshold, your FTP hopefully has grown so much that that 100% is in reality a lot less than 95% even

Yeah 1 hour indoors is miserable. I’m fortunate to have a mountain about 20 minutes riding from my house which is a good 1.5-2 hour climb for me.

[image] ArHu74: Once you have reached level 9.7 threshold, your FTP hopefully has grown so much that that 100% is in reality a lot less than 95% even I do long threshold efforts within a week or two of an FTP test. My threshold hasn’t gone up in the interim. I’m not special. One hour might se…

I was wondering about this too. The first couple weeks I was doing 3x10, 4x10, 3x15, and 4x12, I would put the RPE at 7/10 for those efforts. The last couple of weeks I extended the intervals out and my most recent one was 3x20’ which felt like a 6/10. I’m guessing it’s likely my FTP increased in…

And based upon that idea: Threshold Progression Sweet Spot Progression

[image] TRusername: Do any of you ever do a 1x60’ session at 100% FTP? If so, why? Yes. Durability at FTP can be a deciding factor in many instances. Beyond that, judicious application of such workouts can be some of the best training stimuli. I should add that the first time I tried to ri…

Yes, they are kind of pointless…unless you are a TT guy. There’s a reason you don’t see these workouts anywhere at the pro level, it’s just a race type of effort.

or find yourself doing TT like efforts, like the 1.5-2 hour climb that is a 20 minute ride from @TRusername house. Even then, personally I’d spend more time doing longer and longer efforts at 80-95%. Here is an example long climb: [image] overall 7.2% average gradient 110 minutes elapsed 97 min…

[image] Brennus: Beyond that, judicious application of such workouts can be some of the best training stimuli. Yes, key word is judicious. Something as simple as 3x8-min “threshold” can generate a lot of stimulus. A week ago I did one of those workouts, with a bonus 2+ minute effort near end…

1x60' at FTP, pointless?

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mcneese.chad May 16, 2022, 4:22pm 16

And based upon that idea:

Threshold Progression
Sweet Spot Progression

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1x60' at FTP, pointless?

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