Had my ramp test yesterday to start Sustain Power Build High Volume, after SSB 1 & 2 high volume completed a week ago and then a weeks Alpine skiing last week.
Been feeling a bit below par with a cold and tired since the skiing but thought I would give it a shot. The result was my FTP dropping from ~350 to ~270 W. This didn’t surprise me as even the 50 % ftp was feeling unusually difficult so the writing was on the wall early on. Needless to say, I’m not going to adopt my new FTP but will probably wait a few days before trying again!
This was the first time I’ve felt the test was unrepresentative, even as someone who is a primarily a time trialler and usually struggles to complete intervals above 110 % VO2 max, the results from the 20 min tests have been comparable to the results from the ramp test.