# Headache after ramp test **URL:** \ **Category:** Training\ **Created:** [June 2, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/headache-after-ramp-test/16672 "2019-06-02T21:42:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![martinheadon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/martinheadon/32/7705_2.png) [@martinheadon](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/martinheadon)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 7:55am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/headache-after-ramp-test/16672/3 "2019-06-03T07:55:43Z")
Hey, if you think that’s a headache, try reading the “Best FTP test - ramp or 20 min?” thread… > [@Best FTP test - ramp or 20 min?](https://www.trainerroad.com/forumt/best-ftp-test-ramp-or-20-min/16402): > > I’m about to test my FTP for the second time after several weeks of training and i’m wondering whether to do the ramp again or the 20 min test. The reason I ask is that a much more experienced friend of mine has been training for lots of years did a ramp test after a period of training that he felt should’ve increased his FTP and he’d stayed the same. However, he did a sprint tri and used the bike section to go flat out and measure his FTP and it had gone up. His view is that he has a harder tim… --- _[View the full topic](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/headache-after-ramp-test/16672)._