Getting off plan a bit with this one, today’s scheduled workout was supposed to be an endurance workout. But I did two endurance rides this week, one of which was on a rest day this week, after my first planned workout was really too easy. Today I wanted something different and so, using the “train …

If you are turning up any workout by 25% then you need to do a ramp test and get a more accurate FTP against which to base your workouts.

No need to tell me. I was just pointing out something you seemed to have missed when telling OP that PL 3.1 workouts should feel easy.

Sorry, thought I was replying to the OP.

I would 99% agree with you but with the caveat that some folk have phenomenal short term power and find a power based VO2max work out easy but they would struggle or find their FTP just right on other longer term workouts in other zones.

[image] kevistraining: If you can add 25% intensity to a vo2 max workout and find it that easy then I’d be tempted to think that you have your FTP set far too low. :point_up: Nailed it! Re-test, or enable AI FTP Detection !

Did a ramp test about 2 weeks ago, started at what I guess was default of 185, and made it through 16 steps, stopping at around 275. On that final step, my heart rate was 185. Would love to do ai FTP detection, but everytime I try it says that I too recently did a ramp test.

I did! Happy to help. You asked me if ‘surely you should be at or very near [emptying the tank] for VO2max during a VO2max session?’ If you’re adding that much intensity to a VO2 Max workout, and its not difficult, the benchmark for your efforts per zone (FTP being that benchmark we use) is likey t…

[image] teddorosheff: Would love to do ai FTP detection, but everytime I try it says that I too recently did a ramp test. Delete the most recent entry in your FTP history on the TR website then you can get past the 2 week rule. Dont tell anyone I told you.

There’s currently a 14 day enforced “gap” between AI FTP “tests”, if you want to run aiFTP then delete your most recent FTP test or tests that are within that 14 day period.

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Re-test, or enable AI FTP Detection!

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