Hello. I registered for Trainer Road today and my first order of business was to take the FTP test. I went all out and scored 138, which I learned is quite low for someone like myself who is 34, in solid shape and fairly experienced on the bike. Did I screw this up?

I was also in the same boat, I thought I was pretty fit, I was riding MTB most Sunday’s and going to the gym 2-3 times a week. My first FTP test was 147W, 14 months later after TR’s structured training (still riding MTB and going to the gym) I’m currently around 230W. :sunglasses:

It is what it is. Just a number on a particular scale with a particular trainer. I would look on the positive side and expect some big improvements in the next few months if you train consistently. In comparison, I would expect that most of us would struggle to do do 10 pull ups right now, but aft…

Hi Slightly confused as to why you are calibrating through Rouvy and TR. My understanding is that you only use one ie Rouvy. I have a hammer and I may be wrong but that is my understanding. Thanks Chris

Trainer Road calibration makes my Hammer unusable (even with Powermatch) , I recommend Rouvy.

Hi That is my findings. I calibrate through Rouvy and the just pair with TR and away I go. What is powermatch. Thanks for the reply. Chris

[image] How does powermatch work? Equipment Here goes from a former control systems engineer (I used to design much more complex control systems that had to work in much more critical environments): Here’s the simplest control system: You feed a desired input (the reques…

LOL I did ask. Straight over the top of my head. I suppose the the question I should have asked is should I just leave it off with my hammer when in erg mode. Thanks

[image] swiper: I did the 20-minute test with a CycleOps smart trainer. Is this your test? https://www.trainerroad.com/career/rautullo/rides/56528213-20-minute-ftp-test First observation is that on the whole it looks fairly legit. It looks like you were in manual mode and not erg mode, and …

Eh you cant really overcook the warmup on a 20 minute test in-fact the efforts should be done at max effort as they also serve the function of reducing anaerobic contribution to ftp. Otherwise rest of advise was spot on.

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