Am I the only one who has 3w/kg ftp as a distant dreams. I listen to the podcast read the forum and all seems to be 3 4 5 w/ kg. I’m an IM triathlete at 200lb and 241 ftp … I feel week

Everyone starts somewhere. Also are you testing on a road bike or tt bike? Ramp test or 20 min or 30 min test? Indoor or outdoor? Road bike most people tend to push more power there. You said you’re a triathlete. If you’re doing the ramp test in a tt position on the trainer it’s a whole lot hard…

241 watts is still pretty phat and very strong on the flats, and you’re also already 2.7 watts per kg so 90% of the way to 3!

Take a look at the distribution by age and gender: [image] The Bell curve of cylists - how fast are the average TR users? Training Moar data!!! It seems like people want to see what’s “TR Average” and compare themselves to that. I’ve broken everything down a lot more. W…

Just to add a bit more info I train on a watt bike. I have one A race IM/year I’ve raced IM since 2006 I used to be 20st

Don’t worry about others, FTP is inversely related with someone’s likeliness to mention it on the internet. I believe you’re sitting fairly close to the bell curves middle. Also especially as an IM athlete W/cda can be much more important than w/kg. You are pushing serious watts. On a flat course a…

[image] WildWill: Am I the only one who has 3w/kg ftp as a distant dreams. I listen to the podcast read the forum and all seems to be 3 4 5 w/ kg. I’m an IM triathlete at 200lb and 241 ftp … I feel week Out of interest, what sort of time do you do the IM bike section in, on what type of bik…

Hi I struggle on the bike, on average I would say I’m about 6:30(ish) for the IM Bike. with a best of 6:10

I hit 3 w/kg after my first year of riding. So 4 w/kg is next up. Distant dreams are what you would like to accomplish. Realistic or not. My dream is to hit 5w/kg on my tt bike and have a shot a nationals in the Netherlands. But this is very far away:joy::joy:

Not sure where in your training your are, but if you’re not training for a specific event at the moment consider more time on the bike and less swim / run.

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Take a look at the distribution by age and gender:

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Going from 4w/kg to 5w/kg Training	43	12531	December 21, 2022
What's your untrained FTP? Training ftp	105	51922	January 13, 2025
Any other non-FTP,-increasers out there? Training triathlon	32	3084	February 6, 2022
Going from 189 FTP to 220 as a beginner Training	25	18464	July 30, 2019
Stuck and confused (low W/kg; 52 YO) Training	22	3100	November 25, 2020

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