You are thinking of this backwards. You don’t work TOWARDS being able to do 20-30 minutes at FTP. Your FTP is what you can presently do for that long (more like 40-70).
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Thanks for your detailed response. I normally do the entire SS/Threshold WO at gear ratio of 50x17 and Endurance at 50x13.
Is a 50 your small, or only, chainring? I believe it’s generally better to use the small chaining in ERG mode.
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Caro:
Thanks for your detailed response that was aligned with my understanding of the inner workings of TR. Appreciate you looking into my past WO history and (thus) making a measured judgement.
You are correct about my Ochiltree WO experience. It was when I was recovering from about 2 weeks of severe illness. I just took a chance with it not knowing of its inherent complexity (TSS:91 and IF: 0.95) at a time when I was at FTP of ~ 142. I still remember the struggle and the fact that it flagged and downgraded me. And I was happy about it. However, this Ochiltree experience helped me a lot!!
Thanks for giving me the post WO survey web link. I now understand how to answer the survey much better. In hindsight, I believe I answered it correctly by calling it “hard” because, if required, I could have done another cycle for another 10-15 minutes.
Thanks again!!
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50 is my large chainring.
I take short break (30-45 seconds) during the longer Recovery periods … and not during 30 seconds short Recovery period.
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If you can’t do 20m of uninterrupted work at your ftp then your ftp is too high. 30m would be the lower end of what most would consider ftp.
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Thanks. I’ll let TR decide based on what Caro said.
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In that case, you might want to try your small chainring, combined with one of the larger cogs, and see if that helps with the issues at lower wattage.
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Thanks! That was an advice I received from a TR coach. I follow it at times when doing very challenging WOs.
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Welcome 
Glad I could be of help!