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 individual?

Seems quite high to me, for three years no cycling. Everyone’s untrained FTP will vary to their physiology and noncycling activity. You should have no expectations of a particular number, just go with it, retest in six weeks and see how it’s moved :+1:. Probably quite a lot if you were testing muc…

Same situatuon, but after 12 years of life without any sport. FTP off the couch - 201 W (3.1 W/kg thanks to my metabolism and unchanged weight since high-school - I am 34 btw). So currently I have only ideal race weight but no power to propel the bike :wink:

Have a look at this graph. More by weight than by conditioning but it might give you an idea. I think there is one in there by age too. [image] The Bell curve of cylists - how fast are the average TR users? Training I just saw this thread and I can shed some li…

I have trained for over a year and i am only at 183… :rofl:

Good God. Your untrained FTP is higher than my FTP after doing SSB MV1+2, first few months on TR still need lots of training after three knee surgeries to left knee. When I started I was at 134, currently at 171. Have a long way to go… :flushed: 49 years young :blush:

I’m 27 years of age and i used to ride my bike a lot (no power meter) in high school so i got a good base i suppose. You are making good progress that’s what it’s all about :stuck_out_tongue:

Untrained though is different definitionally for every individual. I trained hard and raced in 2012-2014 then was basically off the bike until late last year. My first FTP test to get back into cycling was 208 and 2 weeks later was 229. Was I really untrained? I had thousands of miles in my legs…

You’re absolutely right, I have never trained. It is definitely a very fun process, painful at times, but very fun. Watching myself progress is really cool. I am feeling way stronger and see the difference in power and speed, I love the training and the whole process.

Don’t know and hope I’ll never find out.

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Have a look at this graph. More by weight than by conditioning but it might give you an idea. I think there is one in there by age too.

Topic		Replies	Views
Untrained FTP for a New Cyclist Training	77	5964	January 22, 2021
Anyone start with under 100 ftp? Results	46	19769	July 27, 2023
Rate of FTP increase Training ftp	37	46229	July 12, 2019
8 Months using TR and FTP trending down. HELP! Training	44	3654	June 28, 2021
FTP over 50 years Training	113	60431	December 23, 2025

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