New cyclist here. 19 years old. I got my first road bike about three weeks ago and have clocked up around 800km so far. I did an FTP test yesterday. It has my current FTP at 257 watts or 3.21 w/kg (since I weigh 80kg). What sort of level is this at for someone untrained with no previous cycling or e…

That’s fantastic…you can browse through these in this thread. [image] What's your untrained FTP? Training I just recrlently got back into cycling after a 3 year hiatus and my FTP is only ~195 now and that appears to be kind of low. What’s the base FTP for an untrained in…

That is about my situation when I got my first road bike at the age of 35. First FTP test a couple months later came in at 250W. At the moment at the age of 43, my off the couch FTP is about 240W (which I recently experienced as I started training again). At this level you are above average of untr…

Just ride your bike a lot and do not focus on FTP. FTP will rise automatically…

Not sure this is true. FTP will just plateau.

‘Just ride’ will work to a point, but the principle of progressive overload applies; i.e you have to do more and more (effort and volume) over time. Most people don’t have the time and/or will find it hard to push themselves enough. The naturally very gifted will still get very good JRA - most of us…

Man, you just ruined my day. I’m doing some research on chess clubs in my area at the moment.

Someone who just started, should do a lot of base training (endurance). Not a structured program which focusses on FTP

Pretty average, maybe slightly above. One thing to be aware of is that at your age, the TR ramp test is especially likely to overestimate your FTP.

Try telling that to all pro athletes who got there by starting serious training at a young age.

Great numbers for a newbie, def not just average and likely have lots of potential to get better still. For reference it took me about 3 years of unstructured riding to get to the same w/kg, but once you start training it’s just a whole other animal. All uphill from here!

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ColoradoJames January 19, 2021, 3:28am 3

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