FTP and Annual training hours: Share your numbers

Related, Alan Couzens ideas on the relationship between volume and performance.

https://www.alancouzens.com/blog/volume-vs-intensity.php

https://www.alancouzens.com/blog/volume_vs_intensity2.html

https://alancouzens.com/blog/vol_int_responder.html

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In the first article he has managed to diss 50% of the TR users
ā€œSimilarly we also see relatively unfit athletes - folks with FTPs of 3w/kgā€

His FTP model is way off for me. He has my 56 CTL indicating 3.75 w/kg and an FTP of 299. It is 3:01 and 240
Not bothering with the next two articles

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Off for me as well, but within his range ā€“ my CTL is 100 right now, FTP 4.5 w/kg.

Just wonderingā€¦is there a diminishing returns cut-off point to hours/TSS and gains in FTP (or other power curve #s)?

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Out of curiosity I ran my stats through the model. Didnā€™t read the article, but:

36 CTL, 68.4KG.

Estimated: 3.61 W/kg, 247 FTP
Actual: 3.71 W/kg, 254 FTP

Not too far off. As I tried to scale up though based on where Iā€™ve been at in the past, it progressively got less and less accurate.

Seems there is:

You can see the power of this sort of model to explain non linear relationships, e.g. the relationship of ā€˜diminishing returnsā€™ between more work & the performance gain that it bringsā€¦

Increase the volume from 40-60hrs per month and you get ~0.5 w/kg. Increase it by another 20 to 80hrs per month and you only get an additional 0.2 w/kg, i.e. the relationship between work & performance is non-linear.

and

Most athletes significantly underestimate the benefit of volume on performance and significantly over-estimate the value of intensity on performance.

:point_up:Might be useful for the 80/20 crowd.

20% of athletes are ā€˜intensity respondersā€™;
20% of athletes are ā€˜volume respondersā€™;
30% of athletes are ā€˜average respondersā€™;
30% of athletes are ā€˜low respondersā€™.

Looked at the paper for a bitā€¦kinda ran some numbersā€¦and his thesis on V:I:P is pretty much reflected in how TR design a complete Base:Build:Specialty phase. In other words, doing TR will most likely make you a faster cyclist. :+1:

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