New HR Record: 204. I find this sus cause I think my Wahoo sensor isn’t accurate but it did feel that hard by the end
Not bad for my first block of training back on the bike after a year or so. About 17w away from my personal PR of 267 but that was on a different, hub based power meter vs the Tacx Neo I have now. I think the Neo is harder than the other setup.
This was my first block under AT. I’m a believer now. Every workout felt right for the selection. My compliance was around 85% which is so much better than before. The hard days were very hard under POL tho (basically planned my entire week around my 4x16 threshold workout). I do think that those threshold efforts made it possible for me to really hold on during the ramp test.
Um…I think that’s a cumulative “score”? I don’t know, not really sure how it works. I just signed up cuz I was getting VERY annoyed at the AT pop-up thingy showing every time I logged into my calendar.
Ok…the 9.9 was Velika - 2x40min threshold. Guh. Only me and 1 other guy, but he did it 100%. Lol.
Yeah, and its also one of the issues with TrainerRoad in my opinion, its so focused on ramp test every few weeks, and if you’re not seeing improvements then you question yourself. Improvements take time after you have gotten the first gains. Keep at it and you’ll get stronger
Took 3 weeks off training in August (sit bone problem and vacation), followed by 3 weeks of suboptimal training (very high rest heart rate - had a nerve infection). Finally feeling good again, but FTP dropped, Anyway, it’s a starting point for further training! Am aiming at taking a 60 minute test at the end of the next training block. That will be a first.
I started using TR in DEC’18 with an FTP of 261 watts. Training fairly consistent I gradually raised this to ~300 watts in the summer of 2020. Being on a plateau and asking for advice on this forum, I changed my plans from MID to LOW volume which resulted in an FTP increase of 15.8 % or 368 watts. Finally reaching my goal of being over 4 watts/kg (4.25 watt/kg).
If I am able to go back to my weight of 2 years ago, I have an outlook of going to 5 watt/kg, which is would be a giant, personal success.
I followed the low volume program quite strictly and added some longer rides (outside) myself, but never more than one a week… I also added some easy runs as I want to prepare myself to go into triatlons but skipped these if I didn’t fell properly recovered.
I am now changing to the low volume, half-distance triatlon plan, so I am curious to see if I will lose any FTP gains doing so
Went from 356 to 358 after SSB1HV. First time doing High Volume, was easier than expected. A bit disappointed, although I know I can’t expect real big gains anymore (all time high is 361).
Going to swap the thursday workouts from sweetspot to over unders for SSB2 because I like them and hope they will give better results.
The progression in the new plans feels good, even though I think it never really challenged me. Looking forward to the build phase as that used to totally destroy me and not really do anything for my fitness. New plans + AT will hopefully fix that.
210 Watts March 12, 2020
224 Watts May 11, 2020
232 Watts October 7, 2020
266 Watts November 16, 2020
294 Watts June 15, 2021
302 Watts January 19, 2021
313 Watts February 16, 2021
302 Watts July 19, 2021
311 Watts August 17, 2021
320 Watts September 21, 2021
Pretty happy with my progress over the past year. Had a few issues that have interrupted training, such as a broken rib from a nasty crash and some COVID-related fatigue but overall I am thrilled that TrainerRoad has helped me improve my overall fitness! Starting to acknowledge that I might need to change my training if I want to bust over the 330 mark and beyond.
Does anyone know if there is a correlation between threshold progression level within AT and the FTP improvements seen on the test?
For example if you get to 5 progression level for threshold then you can expect a 2% increase - numbers completely made up btw.
Similarly is there a progression level that might indicate a decrease?
Anyway, it’s a starting point for further training! Am aiming at taking a 60 minute test at the end of the next training block. That will be a first.