I’m a 68 year old male that usually ride around 4000 to 5000 miles a year with most of the miles being pleasure riding. I recently purchased Garmin Vector pedals and would like to know what is a realistic FTP for my age. I keep hearing about FTP’s of 300 watts and don’t think this is realistic for …

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I’ll be 55 this year and have an ftp of 210. I’ve not done any real structured training yet so am looking forward to trying out TR. I have a 65 mile sportive in 16 weeks time so hoping my ftp will increase over this time period. I weight 86kg so not a great watts/kg at the moment.

I can give you my N=1. I raced on and off from my early 40’s through to my mid 50’s. In the latter part of that I had a Computrainer, and then an SRM. I ended up with an FTP around 230 watts, just over 3 watts/kg. I stopped riding altogether from 2011 to 2018. My last ramp test- today, is 186, …

I started a separate thread for over 60 cyclists using TR if you’d like to participate. [image] Who's over 60 y/o and using TR? Training I’m 67 and using TR for the third year and more dedicated than ever to see how much improvement I can make. I haven’t raced as such, ot…

I am now 70. After starting Trainer Road 5 years ago I made some great improvements in FTP and I was racing at the time. I saw better times with racing. About 3 years ago, I had to transition to a recumbent bike because of neck pain from a herniated disc in my neck and arthritis of the neck. Initial…

I have just taken up cycling again after 55 years and have been out on a total of about five 30km rides over the past six weeks. Initially I was hitting 120 watts average. I have just done a 39 km ride at an average of 140w. I am 73 yrs old and weigh 73 kg so am just under 2w/kg. How does this fit…

David, interesting comment from you about your widow maker. I had to have a stent fitted to my LAD about 8/10 years ago. Because I was fairly fit it did not show up on initial tests but my LAD was 85% blocked and I was rowing, skiing and climbing at up to 2500m altitude just before (1 month) my sten…

At six weeks in, I think it’s a bit premature to worry about watts and FTP. Just ride consistently. Don’t take months off the bike in the winter. Lifting weights also helps greatly for us old geezers. You can get progressively faster year after year for years by just riding consistently. The structu…

Realistic FTP for 68 year old male

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I started a separate thread for over 60 cyclists using TR if you’d like to participate.

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Realistic FTP for 68 year old male

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