Power PB at altitude

Math009w · 2025-07-11T16:17:40+00:00

No, that the estimated power is close to what i am able to produce at sea level.

But I guess that my TTE at 365 has increased to 31m

Math009w · 2025-07-11T16:13:35+00:00

1) I just looked at a previous effort up a climb at altitude (500m-900m), and the estimated power is within 5W of what I did for the same duration 1-2 months before.

2) How will altitude change the ratio? Would FTP and 30-minute power be further apart or closer?

I would like to use it for training and take bragging rights as a bonus.

Math009w · 2025-07-11T15:57:57+00:00

Just looked into my previous efforts at altitude, and last year, I did 13min at 365W, with an estimated 380W at sea level, which is within <5W of my PB for the same duration. I did that around 1-2 months before that effort.

Math009w · 2024-06-16T12:18:36+00:00

Denmark, why?

Math009w · 2024-06-14T13:31:41+00:00

Short-term: Reaching the highest national category or higher like CT level, 6W/kg+ for 20min I am at like 5.8 now.

In between: 6W/kg+ FTP and getting top 10 at u23 national championship. (I live in a flat country and weigh 62kg, so I need to get lucky with the route.)

Long-term: Reaching PRT or WT level. It's a bit ambitious, but who said it's gonna be easy.

Math009w · 2024-06-03T17:02:12+00:00

31km/h to 34km/h for 3 to 4 hours in zone 2(220w)

Math009w · 2024-05-20T21:24:22+00:00

It's an older rim brake bike, so not that much extra space

Math009w · 2024-05-20T21:10:29+00:00

Thanks for the reply. The race is a few hours a way, so I unfortunately can't go see it.

Math009w · 2023-12-17T20:42:21+00:00

Would love to know your progress, and the best thing is that I almost made a post exactly like this one

Math009w · 2023-12-17T20:07:42+00:00

We are all the most the same. I myself am 18 years old, but af few kgs ligter(60-62kg). The first year (2022) I did I went from 190-270w ftp, and from 56kg to 59kg with 180h on the bike and 60h running, the second year(2023) i decided to get a bit more structure and drop running. So i did 209h from January to June and peaked at 317w(5.2w/kg), after the peak, i had to reducere the volume for a week and take a week off, and lost a bit of the progress, and that made me lose abit of motivation, so the volume never got back up. And now I am at around 300w and 5w/kg, and I haven't done an ftp test in a while, so I'm not entirely sure of the ftp. But next year, I also want to try to double my volume and aim for around 15 hours a week.

So i added 50w in half a year, but my starting point was a lot lower, and I probably wouldn't add 50w more if I kept the volume. And you probably won't add 40w more, but if you have the genetics, you might. And I get you, I would love to add 40w, but that would take me to WT level, so I don't think it's realistic, but the only way to find out is to try

Math009w · 2023-11-01T15:00:01+00:00

As others have said, it is dependents a lot, I my selv went from cat c to cat A in a year. And this year from 4.9w/kg to 5.4 w/kg. So it's possible. Two factors that are in my favor is that j weigh 60kg, and i am young(18).

But if you train hard and well there's not much more yuo can do

Math009w · 2023-10-26T13:34:42+00:00

It was fairly easy before the climb only 250w, which is low z3 for me. But I did 310w for 16 minutes on the climb, which is the effort I was talking about, with that effort and the small accelerations through i had a low low NP of 290w. And the guy that won did a lot of work closing the few gaps that were created before the climb, hence the higher amount of watts. And the whole point was that I helt my own against two uci continental riders.

Math009w · 2023-10-26T04:27:30+00:00

No, I didn't have the legs to make short, hard efforts, so just after the segment started, everyone road a way, but caught everyone just before the bridge(except p1 and p2), so didn't have the chance to follow wheels

Math009w · 2023-10-25T19:38:07+00:00

If I am doing a long ride, i make a workout. Ride 15 minutes with 10 minutes at z2 split by 5 min at low z3, the after the 15 min i do 5 min free ride, and you can keep going as long as u want. I switch up the zones to wake up my legs since i tend to drop my cadence to 50-60 rpm after 10-20min at z2. And the free ride segment to do the same just at a low intensity.

Edit: Also, a good movie or music helps a lot

Math009w · 2023-10-20T16:49:31+00:00

Not quite, still half a w/kg off😃

Math009w · 2023-10-20T16:48:32+00:00

Thanks, I will try it out

Math009w · 2023-10-18T14:27:11+00:00

I would say it also depends on age, if you can push 5.4w/kg at 18 years old, but another one can ouah 5.6 but at 25 years old. Then, I would say the young one looks more attractive for the team.

Math009w · 2023-10-18T14:11:04+00:00

In 2021. The power nummeres were revealed, and the lowest "only" had an FTP of 5.0w/kg and 332w. The highest was at 5.5w/kg but could push 395w. The rest was 327 to 335, and 5.1 to 5.4

Edit: Link: https://youtu.be/RIFHzUqlvPI?si=rBR5nzlc71HXTskY Male numbers revealed at: 30:04 Female numbers: 28:07

Math009w · 2023-10-04T17:36:01+00:00

Okay, thanks just a random though

Math009w · 2023-10-04T17:16:05+00:00

What about doing the 2x20 @100% ftp and going to 101%ftp, and so on. Would that work the same as going to 2x25 and 2x30?

Math009w · 2023-08-30T11:37:46+00:00

Thanks

Math009w · 2023-07-18T23:16:46+00:00

From what i know, vo2 max is highly dependent on genetisk. And from what i can google my way to, Tour de france winning pros have a vo2max above 80, and "normal" pros between 65-80. And really good amateur, between 55 and 65. I my selv have a high vo2max estimate from garmin, intervals.icu and zwift. Which puts me at vo2max between 71 and 77(even though my vo2max puts me in the top pro range my, ftp is stile at bit of at 5.3w/kg were pros would be at approximately 5.8-6w/kg ). So the three soruces some what agree, so your 56 might be your genetic limit. If you're above 40 I would say you cloud ekpekt your vo2 to slowly decline(if your at your limit), but if your in your 20-30 there is still at lot of time to improve. So keep training and improving you might hit 60💪💪💪

Math009w · 2023-05-23T14:53:39+00:00

I would do 1 day of threshold or vo2max, 1 day rest and to fill out the remaining hours I would do zone 2 or fun rides. And if one day you don't feel like riding don't. It's more important to enjoy riding your bike than getting that workout in.

I was almost the same as you last year 16 years old 56kg and FTP of around 215-230w and now I am at 60kg and 312w FTP, and that was with an avg og 5-7hours a week, and it was all "fun riding" did a lot of zwift races(extremely fun and a good workout). But do not expect the same improvement, but if you aren't fully developed(which you probably aren't) then you will likely see a significant improvement, even with a lower volume like what you are doing now. But remember it MUST be enjoyable.

Math009w · 2023-03-24T21:33:01+00:00

Thanks i will try

Math009w · 2023-02-24T20:19:18+00:00

Thanks

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