I’m doing LV plans in preparation for an attempt to achieve Super Randonneur status next summer. I have been training since January this year, First using WahooX, then TR. I completed a 200K brevet this summer.
Currently in Base III and will do a Sustained Power Build phase before starting a full plan (base, build, specialty) in December. My progression levels are SS: 3.4, Threshold: 3.3.
I’m wondering if I should Update my FTP or let progression levels…well…progress.
My big limiter is sustained efforts at sweetspot, threshold and even high tempo. If I update the FTP every 28 days my workouts will not progress far enough, fast enough for me to get long sustained effort workouts.
Sooner or later my FTP increase will level off, I am a beginner after all, and workout progression will give me longer efforts, but will I get some benefits from progressing further before updating my FTP?
I’d say update it. Always best to be training off whatever TR thinks is your current FTP. At those progression levels I wouldn’t expect much if any bump in FTP anyway unless you’ve got much higher levels in other zones and/or have been putting in some big numbers on non-TR workouts that make it think your FTP should be higher.
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Have you tried subbing any of those scheduled workouts with ones of longer duration but equal TSS?
I’d agree with @cartsman on this one – especially if you’re not looking to peak until next summer.
When it starts to get closer to your target event (depending on where your Progression Levels are at then) you could start to use AI FTP Detection every ~45 days rather than 28 in an attempt to start to get those higher-level workouts if you really wanted.
Additionally, if you have a target event plugged into your calendar that Plan Builder is referencing, it will automatically postpone FTP increases during the Specialty phase prior to your event for this same reason.
At this point though, I’d follow the plan and allow AT and AIFTPD to do its thing. 
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