Were you able to hold 263W for 20m or was 263W the FTP estimate and you held 276-277W?
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Nice 
Very interesting how everyoneâs body responds differently. I found in Base, I had no problem and my FTP rose. In Build, I struggled (failed 1-2 workouts and generally felt much harder for all workouts), and my FTP stagnated. It wasnât until I took some time to ride endurance that FTP started to rise back up.
Yea I think some of that is A. Because youâre carrying fatigue from SSB, and B. Because build is more TSS per week. Whatever works for ya
Did it again today at 295W for the middle 15min section, got to 35:42, with an average of 294W again. Now, my question is, how is this a better test than the first one if Iâm getting the same watts? Is it just the length?
Also, some thoughts. Again, found this way harder than the ramp test. Both physically and, probably more so, mentally. I find the shorter length of the ramp test so much easier.
My other thought, or finding really, is that with this most recent test, I didnât set a single power PR. 20min power was 11W lower for this test, 30min and 36min were both 2W lower for this test. Is that normal? Same power meter (Assioma Duo) used for outdoor and indoor rides.
Either way, I think Iâm going to try 295W moving forward just because I like round numbers, so 6W lower than what the ramp test gave me.
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To add, getting fitter is a simple concept but not always easy in practice. Do progressively more work over a specified time period. If youâre ever at a point where you start to fail workouts, the mind games start as we try to figure out why it happened. But a failure means typically workload was not met, and thus progressive overload will probably not happen for that micro cycle but may still be there for the macro cycle. This is why it is almost always better to err on the side of too easy as yiu can slowly ratchet up the training load.
The refusal of some here to see that if the metric to set your workouts isnât based on your actual abilities then the goals of the prescribed workouts have then changed is just holding yourself back.
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