Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone else has this issue or better yet knows how I can overcome it. My FTP is 285, over the past 6 months that’s increased from 235ish. Due to the weather mostly all my ride have been indoors bar the last month. Ive been following the high volume half triathlon p…

[image] Fletch: My FTP is 285, over the past 6 months that’s increased from 235ish. Due to the weather mostly all my ride have been indoors bar the last month. Ive been following the high volume half triathlon plan. I’ve rarely missed a workout or bailed from one, and have consistently trained …

Also check and double check your power meters are reading the same. I thought I had the same problem for over a year, but turns out that my head unit outside was reading combined power from my assioma duos and my trainerroad app was only reading the left power. I have about a 5-10% imbalance in fav…

I find outdoors I’ve not got the same focus over the long on power over a long term and the cognitive load takes it toll. Inside my AI FTP is 261w but the most I’ve done outside this year is 245w NP for 77mins. I have smashed my FTP very occasionally outside but I just cant get into the same zone …

I have similarly struggled, outdoor rides at the same power as indoors always seem a little higher RPE. That’s regardless of erg or resistance mode, and I have also confirmed both my trainer and power meter are within a few watts of each other. I can only presume the extra cognitive load and the s…

So all that said, i am just aware of the gap and train accepting that. There’s a range for all power zones isn’t there and you don’t have to be rammed right up at the top of the zone every ride.

Couple of things come to mind. First, unless you are doing your workouts immediately after a long swim like you would in a Tri, it’s had to compare power output in a workout vs. expected output in a 70.3. Second, are you using your tri bike on the trainer, or do you do your workouts on a road bike…

@Fletch a couple simple questions: how warm was it during the bike portion of the 70.3 tri? sunny or overcast? course terrain: absolutely no hills except for bridges? flat? hilly? for your indoor rides on the trainer, what temperature is it inside? what is your longest endurance/zone2 ride on the …

I tested the power between my cycleops hammer and stages left arm recently. I have two bikes with stages left arm. Benchmarking to the trainer set at 200w on ERG with same gearing and cadence, one stages reads 183w on average and the other reads 192w on average. So that’s roughly 8% and 4% differe…

thanks for all the comments! the @mcneese.chad tread was very helpful. I’ll try and work through the suggestions from all the comments. I train pretty much exclusively on my Tri bike, the same I used on race day my PM is wahoo single arm power, all rides are powermated, I try and calibrate after …

Can’t produce indoor power outside!

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mcneese.chad May 22, 2023, 10:12pm 9

Many of these points were already covered above, but this other recent post is worth a look as well:

Indoor vs. outdoor performance levels

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Can’t produce indoor power outside!

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