Ramp test and 10-min Power

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Hi Coaches, especially Coach Chad :slight_smile:

I was wondering if there is a scientific reason why I get a 10-min Power PB every time I have a successful Ramp test (with a new FTP). As far as I recall, the Ramp test is used to measure the VO2 Power and somewhat an assessment/estimation of actual FTP, so I can understand it can have a correlation with 5-min Power somehow, but I don’t get why it can be related to a longer Power duration.

P.s: This happened to me the past three times I did a successful Ramp test, so chances are it is random?

Cheers,

  • Amir
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Have you done any other 10min Power efforts? I suspect it’s just because you haven’t pushed yourself specifically over the 10min timeframe.

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Yup, relative to performance within the related Season(s), so keep that in mind. Depending on how you handle seasons, it’s possible to trip those PR’s more or less frequently.

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