- I am guessing this is a typo/wrong word and should be “FTP”?
Thanks for the confirmation. Overall, my point (not directly stated) was that us long time AT users had seen PL DROPS along with FTP DROPS in the past as a result of using AT. That has clearly changed over time and works as you clarify above.
But I was unware that change had taken place, not to mention when it actually happened since we had all seen it go the “wrong way” more than once in the early days of AT. I am glad to see the change and thing it is far more logical now than it was in the initial release days/months.
As a frequent donator, your supposition doesn’t match my reality or the parallel info that Chad and has covered in podcasts (not to mention other sources) WRT to blood donations and fitness.
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FOR ME at least, there is a very tangible drop in my performance and abilities following my whole blood donations. I’ve documented it in the related thread here long ago, and still feel that evaluation holds true with each week of training that follows all my donations since then.
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Each time I donate, I apply a 6-7% FTP reduction and proceed to train with that. Watching my RPE, HR and overall experience has shown that the reduction is quite close for me at least. If I left my FTP alone and trained with that after a donation, I can pretty much guarantee it would feel like too much.
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Based on the prevailing studies and my own experience, I am 3 weeks out at minimum to get back to normal and might be closer to 6 weeks. Plenty of that depends on all the same factors as regular training, but added in with the fact that my body is rebuilding from the WB donation.
I may try your suggestion next time (leave FTP alone and shorter workouts), but I am honestly a bit skeptical based upon more than a few years handling this situation. Might be worth getting Chad to hit on another shallow dive WRT blood donations to dust off the discussion?