What are the implications of turning off the AI FTP detection setting. I’ve had it on since Jan and I’ve seen my score go from 180 to 240 with a predicted increase to 250 during this block of training. I have been struggling with this block though and just missed my first workout and it dropped me to no improvement. Frankly, I’m tired of watching this number and just want to train without seeing it, but I also want the system to adapt if I’m making improvements. Is turning it off simply hiding it visually in the system?
Prediction or Detection?
You can turn of Prediction by tapping the prediction in your calendar, and turning it off.
Although, they may have fixed most of the issues - mine hasn’t fluctuated at all this week.
If you manually set your FTP it will automatically turn off the FTP Prediction, you will still however get your plan adaptations, depending on how much of a difference there is between your manual FTP and a TR detected FTP can affect some of the recommendations, for example if it is quite a bit lower you will probably get longer sweetspot intervals recommended, if it is much higher, I imagine you’ll get shorter intervals recommended. When I tried TR again my original detection was a bit off (in my opinion) so I manually set mine and my plan adapted just fine, incidentally, the FTP detection got more in line with what I felt it was as I continued to use the system.
I highly recommend turning off AIFTP prediction. It’s just too distracting and causes a lot of people anxiety and frustration. I think AIFTP Detection on the other hand is very good. People are using the terms or features interchangeably and they aren’t.
Thank you for the tip!
The only downside I see is that the final Predicted value (right before the end of a block) matches Detected value. Since many, me among them, have reported a drop in Detected FTP after a block of build, you’d see this and wonder what went wrong?
the initial promise of FTP prediction, Was that you could see how variables (adding volume, moving a workout, adding a race, not hitting power targets, going above targets) will affect detected FTP at the end of the block. Then you could learn and avoid or accept those “mistakes”. But it doesn’t do this. It gives no guidance on why your FTP dropped whether that was after one workout or after 4 weeks of build.
I sti think it’s worth it in planning you next month, but yes focus on the basics after that not the prediction.