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I am not sure that is true. Just today, I saw an example where 2 users (I see along with one other) see very different training plans even when looking at the same one (POL 6 Week Base, High Vol).
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These differences appear to be the result of the different Progression Levels each of us has as of right now. So it seems that TR is “customizing” the presentation of the ‘default’ training plans based upon our current PL’s
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This is all very new to me, and not confirmed by TR as of yet, so we could be wrong. But if true, what you are seeing in your example is a direct result of your current PL’s, and may not represent what others will see.
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Regardless of that above, what is setting on your plan at any point is not concrete. The whole point is that AT may well adjust your future workouts up or down, as your experience and report on your workouts. There may be a planned progression assigned, but your actual progress will alter that up or down.
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So don’t assume that a projected plan will be that same way, because I’d bet it changes over time. TR said to think of it like a weather report. The ride for tomorrow is well set and known, but the one 2 weeks out is a guess and likely to change more than once until you get there.
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Why? Meaning, what is the ultimate purpose in that change?
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You can certainly skip any test and just keep moving forward, but as above, the ‘why’ would seem worthwhile to determine.
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Again, why?
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You are potentially undermining the core programming that exists within the AT universe. FTP is used as an anchor, not a goal.
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If you set an FTP that is some hope/wish/goal that is higher than your actual FTP, you will be experiencing workouts that are too hard, making presumably poor survey results (Hard, Very Hard All Out) far more than you would if you were following a plan based upon a proper FTP.
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That is a recipe for disaster IMO, even if you ignore AT. That goal FTP concept just doesn’t work if you use FTP for any aspect of defining your workouts. Sure, AT might eventually adjust your workouts to somehow align, but I think it would be far from ideal with lots of wasted time and inappropriate efforts. AKA bad training.
ETA: So much of the above reads to me like “What happens if I don’t follow the instructions?” type of comments. I just don’t get it. I can see it a bit if we start discussing the potential for FTP measurement errors, but that is a WHOLE different discussion to a point, and not what is being mentioned above.
Not sure what it is supposed to achieve with that divergence vs doing it the intended way?