This has never happened before. I have been following a plan for almost a year now. and also been using Trainerroad for years. I have never had my ftp drop from one month to the next when following a plan. It was only 2 watts but was somewhat surprised. Any thoughts?

Would need more info but 2w (imo) is noise. Have you been consistent with completion of workouts? Has your volume been steady or increasing? I assume this is ai ftp and not a ramp test or long form ftp test.

Here we go again… @Muskiecast At some point, we all plateau based on the volume/load we can contribute to training.

Yes this is ai ftp. very consistent and have completed the workouts. I went from sustained power build to an olympic triathlon plan. There has been a few yellow days. I have been following all the adaptions.

I would probably ask tr support to take a look as the data we have here leads to basically just speculation. It could be that you are plateauing as @AJS914 said, it could be the workouts you are doing are not enough to push your abilities or they are the wrong ones to increase your ftp but are work…

I think he’s referencing a big thread from a couple weeks ago about AI FTP reducing after successfully completing all prescribed workouts [image] FTP Decreasing Despite Completing all Workouts Training Hi team, Just wanted to see what’s the consensus on here about my iss…

[image] Muskiecast: Where we going? Hopefully not off the rails like the last topic with a similar title.

[image] Twowkg: Would need more info but 2w (imo) is noise. This [image] AJS914: At some point, we all plateau based on the volume/load we can contribute to training. And this. Actually, unless you are still in your 20’s, the plateau will eventually turn downward as we age if we don’…

Ok thanks, i get that. I guess since this ai is somwhat new was wondering if there were flaws people may have encountered. Thanks for the input.

Whether or not this is normal depends on the type of training, certainly in the offseason and during certain kinds of blocks it may be not possible to express your true peak. For this reason FTP is such an annoying metric because it’s loosely defined. As an example : If you go do a 3 week camp in m…

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I think he’s referencing a big thread from a couple weeks ago about AI FTP reducing after successfully completing all prescribed workouts

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