I’m going to retest my shorter powers as I think my rear wheel was slipping, last summer my peak power was around 1100W iirc. My ftp w/kg is no good on the hills!!!
Power/Weight Thread
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Soldato
Username - Marvt74
Age - 31
Height - 6ft 3ins
Weight - 108kg
CP (20min) - 179 CP W/KG - 1.65
Gear - Elite Direto and Zwift Short FTP test.
First time attempting the ftp test. Think I could do better but I did a bit of riding yesterday and my legs were tired. My legs still seem to be building up for cycling and today was only my 4th session. My legs were aching during even the warmup!
What confused me was that my avg wattage during the 20 minute section was 191w so why is my ftp only 179?
Age - 31
Height - 6ft 3ins
Weight - 108kg
CP (20min) - 179 CP W/KG - 1.65
Gear - Elite Direto and Zwift Short FTP test.
First time attempting the ftp test. Think I could do better but I did a bit of riding yesterday and my legs were tired. My legs still seem to be building up for cycling and today was only my 4th session. My legs were aching during even the warmup!
What confused me was that my avg wattage during the 20 minute section was 191w so why is my ftp only 179?
Soldato
FTP is 95% value of your max 20min power.
Soldato
Ah ok, that explains that then.
Definitely a lot of room for improvement. I know being a fat ******* s always going to hit my w/kg in Zwift, but i think i should definitely be able to get closer to a 200w FTP fairly soon.
Definitely a lot of room for improvement. I know being a fat ******* s always going to hit my w/kg in Zwift, but i think i should definitely be able to get closer to a 200w FTP fairly soon.
You’ll get there in no time buddy, just keep going!
Soldato
So far, I've only done one Zwift short FTP test, but I get regular updates of my estimated FTP from Zwift/StravaCrickles by climbing Watopia to the radio tower via either route, as this currently takes me well over 20mins.
But currently, Strava reckons my FTP is 283W, based on strong rides in early Feb up the mountain before I toned things back a lot. Zwift and Crickles still reckon ~266W. Given how my training was reduced so much until recently, I'm going to ignore Strava's high figure. I also put on a bit of weight, SAD carb cravings and not enough exercise!
Age 44
Height 178cm
Weight 77.5Kg
FTP (estimated) 266
W/Kg 3.43
But currently, Strava reckons my FTP is 283W, based on strong rides in early Feb up the mountain before I toned things back a lot. Zwift and Crickles still reckon ~266W. Given how my training was reduced so much until recently, I'm going to ignore Strava's high figure. I also put on a bit of weight, SAD carb cravings and not enough exercise!
Age 44
Height 178cm
Weight 77.5Kg
FTP (estimated) 266
W/Kg 3.43
Managed to edge up 1min power and ftp over the last few weeks:
Username - merlin
Age - 46
Height - 5ft 8in
Weight - 69.9KG
FTP (60min) - 232 FTP W/KG - 3.32
CP (20min) - 258W CP W/KG - 3.68
5min - 314W
1min - 430W
5sec - 918W
1sec - 1018w
Gear - 4iiii
Username - merlin
Age - 46
Height - 5ft 8in
Weight - 69.9KG
FTP (60min) - 232 FTP W/KG - 3.32
CP (20min) - 258W CP W/KG - 3.68
5min - 314W
1min - 430W
5sec - 918W
1sec - 1018w
Gear - 4iiii
Soldato
That's not strictly true. Firstly it's shouldn't be a 20 mins max effort but one with a 5 min clearing effort (max) then 5 min rest then 20 mins. And secondly for most people FTP is more than likely going to be somewhere in the region of 92 or 93%. Not trying to be pedantic but I think a lot of people forget this and it's probably not going do any favours when actullac training with those zones.
I managed to average 228 watts for 75 minutes at the weekend on a 20k trip up one of the only 2 mountains in the area, average of about 5% - https://www.strava.com/activities/1493609401/segments/37247563587
Haven't done an ftp test for a while but i would imagine its fair to say it will be a bit higher than that, or am i kidding myself...
Haven't done an ftp test for a while but i would imagine its fair to say it will be a bit higher than that, or am i kidding myself...
I've been doing some sprint work in prep for dipping my toes into track league this year, small improvements:
Username - merlin
Age - 46
Height - 5ft 8in
Weight - 69.9KG
FTP (60min) - 232 FTP W/KG - 3.32
CP (20min) - 258W CP W/KG - 3.68
5min - 314W
1min - 430W
5sec - 980W
1sec - 1026w
Gear - 4iiii
I'm now trying to get my weight down to low-69-kilo range, it's not easy!!
Username - merlin
Age - 46
Height - 5ft 8in
Weight - 69.9KG
FTP (60min) - 232 FTP W/KG - 3.32
CP (20min) - 258W CP W/KG - 3.68
5min - 314W
1min - 430W
5sec - 980W
1sec - 1026w
Gear - 4iiii
I'm now trying to get my weight down to low-69-kilo range, it's not easy!!
BennyC said:
Update as turning 29 looms this weekend & having returned from a solid sunny block in April... Bolded any changes, will target 5,1,5s,1s power in the coming weeks.
Age - 29
Height - 5ft 10in
Weight - 79KG
FTP (60min) - 302w FTP W/KG - 3.82
CP (20min) - 318w CP W/KG - 4.02
5min - 383w
1min - 502w
5sec - 1,024w
1sec - 1,134w
Gear - Powertap P1/KickR
Couple of Power PBs for me in the last 2 weeks. 25 miles @ 268W and 10 miles at 291W, jumps of almost 20W in each! All in the TT position!
Username - SoliD
Age - 32
Height - 5ft 9in
Weight - 67.5KG
FTP (60min) - 268w FTP W/KG - 3.80
CP (20min) - 293w CP W/KG - 3.97
5min - 315w
1min - 362w
5sec -
1sec -
Username - SoliD
Age - 32
Height - 5ft 9in
Weight - 67.5KG
FTP (60min) - 268w FTP W/KG - 3.80
CP (20min) - 293w CP W/KG - 3.97
5min - 315w
1min - 362w
5sec -
1sec -
Still some 33seconds off my course PB and 40 off my 10 PB! So still need a good night! Both of those times came off 263/265W averages! So really shows the difference low pressure and good wind makes!
Soldato
Time to update, hopefully more to come this year. New 20min and 1 min pb.
Username - Thomas. PLease.
Age - 30
Height - 5ft 10in
Weight - 84KG
FTP (60min) - 351w FTP W/KG - 4.17
CP (20min) - 370w CP W/KG - 4.40
5min - 450w
1min - 742w
5sec - 1372w
1sec - 1421w
Gear - Power2Max with Garmin Edge 810.
Info - FTP info all taken from race or TT data.
Username - Thomas. PLease.
Age - 30
Height - 5ft 10in
Weight - 84KG
FTP (60min) - 351w FTP W/KG - 4.17
CP (20min) - 370w CP W/KG - 4.40
5min - 450w
1min - 742w
5sec - 1372w
1sec - 1421w
Gear - Power2Max with Garmin Edge 810.
Info - FTP info all taken from race or TT data.
Username - DanF
Age - 40
Height - 6ft
Weight - 71KG
CP (20min) - 281w CP W/KG - 3.95
Gear - Tacx Neo
Info - TrainerRoad ftp ramp test, failed on the 385w step. Was feeling a bit fatiuged from audax 2 days before so will try again next week
Age - 40
Height - 6ft
Weight - 71KG
CP (20min) - 281w CP W/KG - 3.95
Gear - Tacx Neo
Info - TrainerRoad ftp ramp test, failed on the 385w step. Was feeling a bit fatiuged from audax 2 days before so will try again next week
Username - merlin
Age - 46
Height - 5ft 8in
Weight - 69.9KG
FTP (60min) - 232 FTP W/KG - 3.32
CP (20min) - 258W CP W/KG - 3.68
5min - 314W
1min - 471W
5sec - 1080W
1sec - 1172w
Gear - 4iiii
Lots of track work lately has brought up my 1s 5s 1min power.
Age - 46
Height - 5ft 8in
Weight - 69.9KG
FTP (60min) - 232 FTP W/KG - 3.32
CP (20min) - 258W CP W/KG - 3.68
5min - 314W
1min - 471W
5sec - 1080W
1sec - 1172w
Gear - 4iiii
Lots of track work lately has brought up my 1s 5s 1min power.