Ive seen a few posts from people who seem to be sittting a few watts short of breaking through into the hundred (ie 295, 197 etc) but seem to struggle to get past that despite great gains up to that point. Has anyone else had this? Im just wondering where there’s something, pehaps an extra mental e…

Yes mentally this screws me hard. If I try to do a ride with an average over a certain 00 mark I feel a much worse RPE. When my FTP was around any point below that, Ai could ride a short ride like 20 miles very close to that FTP, but once it went over the 00 mark, even 23 watts over it, I still fel…

[image] jamieborg: Has anyone else had this? Im just wondering where there’s something, pehaps an extra mental element to this which makes it that bit more difficult to push through… Grouping of TR users appear to happen more around w/kg then the exact FTP per se. This was discussed a few mon…

[image] jamieborg: Ive seen a few posts from people who seem to be sittting a few watts short of breaking through into the hundred (ie 295, 197 etc) but seem to struggle to get past that despite great gains up to that point. The self reported data in TR actually shows the opposite - when peop…

Thats interesting, thanks for the link. A lot of that could be explained physiologically, but im curious as to whether riders gains slow as they approach high 90s, compared to 30s or 40s for example, and if they take longer to broach a new century FTP level compared to previous gains in the leadup t…

The body knows exactly zero about the base 10 counting system. It may be in your head, but that’s the only place it can be. Mike

I definitively have had to overcome psychological mental barriers, but not for FTP near a ‘00 actually more for training over a ‘00. I noticed that when my FTP was in the 290-310 range it made Sweet Spot work around the 280-295 mark. Thus it imprinted in my brain that work over 300 was very difficul…

[image] julianoliver: It sounds silly, it’s just a number like many before it that I’ve crossed over, but moving into the next century of work really did take mental effort to overcome. Same experience with me and my current FTP of 287. My suprathreshold and then my over/under workouts would …

Yep, it sucks. I can sit at 296w in relative comfort, but as soon as i see the target tick over 300, it becomes much more mentally challenging as I think it’s not sustainable

IJust a trick I use, don’t know if it helps, but whenever able, dial up interval power above 200 or 300 or whatever your barrier if it’s within 1-2%. Sometimes just seeing and sustaining that number makes it more achievable in the future. Where I used to struggle a little at the 300W threshold durin…

[image] jamieborg: Thats interesting, thanks for the link. A lot of that could be explained physiologically, but im curious as to whether riders gains slow as they approach high 90s, compared to 30s or 40s for example, and if they take longer to broach a new century FTP level compared to previou…

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DaveWh March 31, 2019, 3:01pm 4

The self reported data in TR actually shows the opposite - when people reach the 190s or 290s, they are likely to round up their FTP to 200 or 300. This can be seen in the chart below:

Topic		Replies	Views
Low FTP, give me hope Training	61	15902	July 4, 2020
Is my FTP set too high? Training ftp	28	8776	December 17, 2020
Highest % of FTP actually ridden at? Training ftp	121	3426	December 18, 2023
Anyone start with under 100 ftp? Results	46	19694	July 27, 2023
Struggling at efforts over FTP Training	15	3903	September 9, 2019

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