Stats: 37m, 5’11 152lb cat 3 road racer. Ftp 266 (3.86w/kg). Divorced father of a 3 and 5 year old and a full-time job 40-50hr a week. I’ve been training/racing for 5 years now, and this is my 3rd season on trainer road. When I started training with power my ftp was 250 and over the course of 4 y…

Seems like you’re pretty lean. How consistent is your training? You mention 6-8 hours a week but is that 52 weeks a year? Might need a bump in volume, or more intensity, more sleep, etc. Its tough to say exactly but as a crit racer you don’t need a huge ftp. Check your training history and see if y…

Are you been challenge by the WOs? Maybe there is something wrong with your trainer or power meter. If you feel its too easy to complete… maybe just add a few watts to the ftp and try training with that and see what happens.

Yeah if I got any more lean my family might commit me to an institution. I ride year round, but fall is my off season where I do maintanence and race cross for fun. No real structure from Sept-Nov. Sleep could definitely be improved upon, I rarely get 8 hours, usually more like 7, but it’s hard to …

just some quick thoughts: 1-- Bump in volume. Have you been doing the same volume for your 3 years with TR? 2-- Reduction in volume. Did you see your biggest FTP bump during your divorce because you spent less time on the bike? Might be getting diminishing returns after 4 or 5 or 6 hours per week,…

Are you this lean year round? If you’ve been consistent with training, then I’d maybe look at eating more and making the hard rides harder. I could do with losing a few lbs, but I make my biggest gains when I’m well fed. Do you always use the ramp test? Have you compared against a 20 minute test or…

[image] Freeman: Are you this lean year round? If you’ve been consistent with training, then I’d maybe look at eating more and making the hard rides harder. I could do with losing a few lbs, but I make my biggest gains when I’m well fed. Yeah I’m 6ft 155lb, and I have days where, if I’m not p…

can you share your trainerroad profile? then we can see your training history etc.

6-8 hours is plenty adequate to lift from where you are now to an FTP north of 300. Out of interest can you show your zone distribution for this year and last?

Just my 2c. What does your protein intake and sleep look like during a build cycle? I think lots of people don’t focus enough on the recovery and rest.

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Why won't my ftp increase?

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d_diston May 20, 2020, 1:28pm 16

My guess is your tapped out at FTP and need to raise VO2 Max > then you’ll be able to raise FTP again. Fractional Utilization.

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Why won't my ftp increase?

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