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FTP - Functional Threshold Power....how big is yours!!
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Thanks for this. When would be a good time to test, as I would assume the closer to Barcelona would be better as this value would be changing all the time as your getting fitter (hopefully!) throughout the season, or are you continously testing, going on long rides using this figure and sussing how you feel?
Test now presuming your not coming off a heavy week. There should be no real need to retest but this is where the long bikes comes into play and listening to the body. If you are starting to feel like steady effort is easy then you may need to retest.
Alternatively get someone to buy you a power meter for your birthday/Xmas
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Miles Embarrassed Ubiquity wrote: »Test now presuming your not coming off a heavy week. There should be no real need to retest but this is where the long bikes comes into play and listening to the body. If you are starting to feel like steady effort is easy then you may need to retest.
Alternatively get someone to buy you a power meter for your birthday/Xmas
In trained individuals LTHR won't change over time I believe.0 -
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http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=3869944;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread
I wasnt going to write it but sometimes the stuff comes into your hand ..... ;-) maybe it should have gone to which powermeter to buy
I guess at the end of the day you might understand why darren smith and brett sutton manage to produce top results without power .....
a good coach with a brain is most likely as effective and a 'powermeter, for all 3 diciplines
and in a way sutton uses the same argument rapp makes about tss for powermeter saying that powermeter are unless for triathlon. after you did a hard swim session from which you are tired etc etc.
Sometimes he is right in my mind, sometimes I dont agree ( but I understand why he says so) as it can be a great tool for some.
All Iam trying to say is powermeter are fine and defo better than Hr but they are not the magic clue to make you a good athlete. and use them wisely if you love reading the numbers but never shut off your brain dodnt be a slave of them.
do you really need them some v few yes , most not . you can learn in other ways.
I hope it helps those a bit who feel they have to buy a powermeter
and gives those who have one. ideas to use them wiser and dodnt be to fixed on the numbers.0 -
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Jaysus you wouldn't want to be sensitive about your weight around here. How much weight did you lose Tunney?:eek:BetterThanHoyte wrote: »More interested in how much he's put on since!!!
For the first few years in triathlon I raced at 12st, with a goal of getting to 11st 6.
2007 I'd have creeped under 11st 6
2008 I went to 10st 4 and ran like I never ran before. Not too robust though.
2009 10st 8, still ran well but much more robust
2010 10st 8, still going well
2011 12st 4 for IM DE
2012 Presently 11st 100 -
peter kern wrote: »http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=3869944;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread
I wasnt going to write it but sometimes the stuff comes into your hand ..... ;-) maybe it should have gone to which powermeter to buy
I guess at the end of the day you might understand why darren smith and brett sutton manage to produce top results without power .....
a good coach with a brain is most likely as effective and a 'powermeter, for all 3 diciplines
and in a way sutton uses the same argument rapp makes about tss for powermeter saying that powermeter are unless for triathlon. after you did a hard swim session from which you are tired etc etc.
Sometimes he is right in my mind, sometimes I dont agree ( but I understand why he says so) as it can be a great tool for some.
All Iam trying to say is powermeter are fine and defo better than Hr but they are not the magic clue to make you a good athlete. and use them wisely if you love reading the numbers but never shut off your brain dodnt be a slave of them.
do you really need them some v few yes , most not . you can learn in other ways.
I hope it helps those a bit who feel they have to buy a powermeter
and gives those who have one. ideas to use them wiser and dodnt be to fixed on the numbers.
I would agree where. TSS ATL/CTL are not fantasic - not just because of the swimming and running but also because of life. A ATL/CTL/TSB of XYZ means one thing when all you do is ride. XYZ when you are doing an 80 hour work week with 3 kids and a wife is a completely different thing.
Most people feel they HAVE to have a HR monitor. Most of these people don't know how to use them.
Power meters are going that way.
So too are coaches. A good coach used well is excellent. Lots of case of good (or bad) coaches gotten just because everyone else is doing it when its not always appropriate.0 -
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