Here’s my situation; began using TR at the end of September and started with a 242W FTP from the ramp test. Went through SSB LV 1 in October and November and, following a break for a vacation and getting sick, did another ramp test at the beginning of December before starting SSB LV 2 - tested at 2…

What devices are you using for power? It sounds like it could be a bunch of conflating factors given the sickness and the large change in number.

Here’s a thread that may be useful… [image] Is my FTP set too high? Training I’m new to trainer road and just started this week with a ramp test. My FTP was set at 240 and I set about my first weeks training. First workout I struggled but put that down to training at a ne…

[image] nforrest: Thanks but that user’s issue and mine aren’t the same; I used the same bike, tire, trainer, garage, music, etc. for all of the efforts and made sure to do a spin down calibration before each of them. Thanks but that user’s issue and mine aren’t the same; I used the same bike…

[image] nforrest: It’s a Kurt Kinetic Road Machine Smart control. It’s a Kurt Kinetic Road Machine Smart control.

Sorry for the odd formatting in my replies - it didn’t look like I was replying to the replies so I redid them and now it looks like I’m replying to myself…

Did you have the same tire pressure/warmup/calibration setup between the two tests?

I do. I only have 1 bike that will go on the trainer and I’ve only ever used 1 tire with it - a Continental Home Trainer tire. I also air up the tire to the same 95psi before each workout. The drum/tire interface pressure is a little tough to quantify (it’s just a knob you turn by hand) but I try to…

There is a good post on the blog about what to do about odd tests and if you think FTP is set too high. Spoiler alert; retest or manually decrease to manageable number. I would suggest you just retest and see if it was an oddball occurrence.

That seems like a pretty sane approach. A question though; what if I’m able to (somehow) do really well on the ramp test but then cannot function on workouts crafted around that power level? Perhaps go to the 8 or 20 minute FTP test instead of the ramp test?

How fatigued where you going into the ramp test vs Mills +1? I had a situation a few years ago where I rested very well prior to the 20 minute FTP test and saw a nice jump in my FTP. But, I couldn’t manage the workouts. As a triathlete, I always seem a bit fatigued. I couldn’t do over-unders at …

50W Jump in FTP - what to do

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pwandoff January 9, 2019, 10:16pm 3

Here’s a thread that may be useful…

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50W Jump in FTP - what to do

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