Page 9 - Poll: What's your Functional Threshold power?

20-04.-2006, 11:44 AM

#121

JohnMeyers

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Re: Poll: What's your Functional Threshold power?

Quote:

Originally Posted by rmur17

well I think even Nate is closer to 50min than 45. I'd suggest he find a 50k TT to ride

Seriously, I suspect AC would say the P-D curve is flat enough from 50-65min that the error introduced by using either end of that range isn't important. After all, our PM's are roughly +/- 2% inaccurate ... that's another reason why I always round my FT off to the nearest 5W.

I'd recommend keeping one's approach to determining FT as consistent as possible over time. That way fitness changes are more clearly distinguishable from 'noise'.

rmur

I recently did a 2x20 workout with avg power numbers being 343 and 336. I think I may have paced the second one a touch slow, I was able to push 400 watts for the last minute of the 2nd interval. I took 5 minutes rest between intervals.

What do you think my FT is? 340ish? I weigh 77kg.

23-04.-2006, 06:51 PM	#122
sugaken Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 162	Re: Poll: What's your Functional Threshold power? Multiple tests (MAP test, 2x20min TT tests, Critical Power curve; no 1h TT done yet) indicate that my FT Power is around 240 watts. My mass is currently 66-67kg which makes my FT-power-to-weight ratio around 3.6 W/kg. I'm trying to increase my FT power as well as loosing some excess body fat to achieve 4 W/kg by the end of August when I will be riding a race that's the most important to me.

25-04.-2006, 12:51 PM	#123
jack.hutchinson Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1	Re: Poll: What's your Functional Threshold power? FTP:285+ age: 58 result: won last couple of 55+ RRs on solo breaks; Mt Washington hillclimb age group record. years cycling: 7 racing Weight 71kg

25-04.-2006, 11:15 PM

#124

rmur17

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Re: Poll: What's your Functional Threshold power?

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnMeyers

Sounds about right to me. Unless you really hammered that workout and it's an outlier ...

rmur

26-04.-2006, 05:05 AM	#125
gonzalovilaseca Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 27	Re: Poll: What's your Functional Threshold power? FTP: 310w Age:29 Weight: 68kg I hope to reach 330w for my peak.

26-04.-2006, 06:01 AM	#126
netscriber Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 294	Re: Poll: What's your Functional Threshold power? Well, whats the point of this post if we cannot compare these numbers and have a forum winner? So instead of whining, I created a list. Dont mean to take over Yzfrr . I have excluded people without weight and the list is sorted by the highest w/kg. It'd be great if from now on everyone just appended the list . ID FT Wt. W/Kg ========================================= musher 340 64 5.31 BullGod 365 70 5.21 Camoscio 315 62 5.08 gvanwagner 325 64 5.08 musher 318 65 4.89 whoawhoa 290 62 4.68 gonzalovilaseca 310 68 4.56 zaskar 280 63 4.44 joule 266 60 4.43 bikeguy 315 72 4.38 rouleur 315 72 4.38 Thorman 340 78 4.36 dshep27283 345 80 4.31 postal_bag 325 76 4.28 peterpen 275 65 4.23 Lazy Llama 274 65 4.22 mattv2099 314 75 4.19 Stanette 313 75 4.17 yzfrr11 310 75 4.13 Spunout 280 68 4.12 RapDaddyo 325 80 4.06 jack.hutchinson 285 71 4.01 cube 290 73 3.97 Old Junker 250 63 3.97 jbvcoaching 300 76 3.95 velomanct 310 79 3.92 BlueJersey 230 60 3.83 robkit 280 75 3.73 sugaken 240 66 3.64 amartinez 242 67 3.61 woodgab 321 89 3.61 Hookyrider 284 80 3.55 bigbevans 250 75 3.33 Krazyderek 260 78 3.33 AndROOb 232 71 3.27 pledac 235 72 3.26 spomanski 310 96 3.23 beerco 220 78 2.82 the holster 180 67 2.69 Last edited by netscriber : 26-04.-2006 at 06:08 AM.

26-04.-2006, 07:54 AM	#127
JohnMeyers Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 74	Re: Poll: What's your Functional Threshold power? musher 340 64 5.31 BullGod 365 70 5.21 Camoscio 315 62 5.08 gvanwagner 325 64 5.08 musher 318 65 4.89 whoawhoa 290 62 4.68 gonzalovilaseca 310 68 4.56 zaskar 280 63 4.44 joule 266 60 4.43 JohnMeyers 340 4.41 bikeguy 315 72 4.38 rouleur 315 72 4.38 Thorman 340 78 4.36 dshep27283 345 80 4.31 postal_bag 325 76 4.28 peterpen 275 65 4.23 Lazy Llama 274 65 4.22 mattv2099 314 75 4.19 Stanette 313 75 4.17 yzfrr11 310 75 4.13 Spunout 280 68 4.12 RapDaddyo 325 80 4.06 jack.hutchinson 285 71 4.01 cube 290 73 3.97 Old Junker 250 63 3.97 jbvcoaching 300 76 3.95 velomanct 310 79 3.92 BlueJersey 230 60 3.83 robkit 280 75 3.73 sugaken 240 66 3.64 amartinez 242 67 3.61 woodgab 321 89 3.61 Hookyrider 284 80 3.55 bigbevans 250 75 3.33 Krazyderek 260 78 3.33 AndROOb 232 71 3.27 pledac 235 72 3.26 spomanski 310 96 3.23 beerco 220 78 2.82 the holster 180 67 2.69

27-04.-2006, 01:34 AM	#128
acoggan Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,542	Re: Poll: What's your Functional Threshold power? BullGod 365 70 5.21 Camoscio 315 62 5.08 gvanwagner 325 64 5.08 musher 318 65 4.89 whoawhoa 290 62 4.68 gonzalovilaseca 310 68 4.56 acoggan 300 67 4.48 zaskar 280 63 4.44 joule 266 60 4.43 JohnMeyers 340 4.41 bikeguy 315 72 4.38 rouleur 315 72 4.38 Thorman 340 78 4.36 dshep27283 345 80 4.31 postal_bag 325 76 4.28 peterpen 275 65 4.23 Lazy Llama 274 65 4.22 mattv2099 314 75 4.19 Stanette 313 75 4.17 yzfrr11 310 75 4.13 Spunout 280 68 4.12 RapDaddyo 325 80 4.06 jack.hutchinson 285 71 4.01 cube 290 73 3.97 Old Junker 250 63 3.97 jbvcoaching 300 76 3.95 velomanct 310 79 3.92 BlueJersey 230 60 3.83 robkit 280 75 3.73 sugaken 240 66 3.64 amartinez 242 67 3.61 woodgab 321 89 3.61 Hookyrider 284 80 3.55 bigbevans 250 75 3.33 Krazyderek 260 78 3.33 AndROOb 232 71 3.27 pledac 235 72 3.26 spomanski 310 96 3.23 beerco 220 78 2.82 the holster 180 67 2.69

03-05.-2006, 03:27 AM	#129
otb4evr Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 320	Re: Poll: What's your Functional Threshold power? musher 340 64 5.31 BullGod 365 70 5.21 Camoscio 315 62 5.08 gvanwagner 325 64 5.08 musher 318 65 4.89 whoawhoa 290 62 4.68 gonzalovilaseca 310 68 4.56 zaskar 280 63 4.44 joule 266 60 4.43 JohnMeyers 340 4.41 bikeguy 315 72 4.38 rouleur 315 72 4.38 Thorman 340 78 4.36 dshep27283 345 80 4.31 postal_bag 325 76 4.28 peterpen 275 65 4.23 Lazy Llama 274 65 4.22 mattv2099 314 75 4.19 Stanette 313 75 4.17 yzfrr11 310 75 4.13 Spunout 280 68 4.12 RapDaddyo 325 80 4.06 jack.hutchinson 285 71 4.01 cube 290 73 3.97 Old Junker 250 63 3.97 jbvcoaching 300 76 3.95 velomanct 310 79 3.92 BlueJersey 230 60 3.83 otb4evr 375 98 3.83 robkit 280 75 3.73 sugaken 240 66 3.64 amartinez 242 67 3.61 woodgab 321 89 3.61 Hookyrider 284 80 3.55 bigbevans 250 75 3.33 Krazyderek 260 78 3.33 AndROOb 232 71 3.27 pledac 235 72 3.26 spomanski 310 96 3.23 beerco 220 78 2.82 the holster 180 67 2.69

03-05.-2006, 04:52 AM	#130
bigbevans Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 59	Re: Poll: What's your Functional Threshold power? OK this is all very interesting, but we really need some reality numbers to go with this. So if people can add some 10(16km) and 25 mile (40 km)times as well. I'll start ID FT Wt. W/Kg 10m(16km) 25m(40km) ========================================= musher 340 64 5.31 BullGod 365 70 5.21 Camoscio 315 62 5.08 gvanwagner 325 64 5.08 musher 318 65 4.89 whoawhoa 290 62 4.68 gonzalovilaseca 310 68 4.56 zaskar 280 63 4.44 joule 266 60 4.43 bikeguy 315 72 4.38 rouleur 315 72 4.38 Thorman 340 78 4.36 dshep27283 345 80 4.31 postal_bag 325 76 4.28 peterpen 275 65 4.23 Lazy Llama 274 65 4.22 mattv2099 314 75 4.19 Stanette 313 75 4.17 yzfrr11 310 75 4.13 Spunout 280 68 4.12 RapDaddyo 325 80 4.06 jack.hutchinson 285 71 4.01 cube 290 73 3.97 Old Junker 250 63 3.97 jbvcoaching 300 76 3.95 velomanct 310 79 3.92 BlueJersey 230 60 3.83 robkit 280 75 3.73 sugaken 240 66 3.64 amartinez 242 67 3.61 woodgab 321 89 3.61 Hookyrider 284 80 3.55 bigbevans 250 75 3.33 22:41 59:55 Krazyderek 260 78 3.33 AndROOb 232 71 3.27 pledac 235 72 3.26 spomanski 310 96 3.23 beerco 220 78 2.82 the holster 180 67 2.69

03-05.-2006, 04:57 AM	#131
PSUcycling Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: northern, mexico - texas Posts: 170	Re: Poll: What's your Functional Threshold power? OK this is all very interesting, but we really need some reality numbers to go with this. So if people can add some 10(16km) and 25 mile (40 km)times as well. I'll start ID FT Wt. W/Kg 10m(16km) 25m(40km) ========================================= musher 340 64 5.31 BullGod 365 70 5.21 Camoscio 315 62 5.08 gvanwagner 325 64 5.08 musher 318 65 4.89 whoawhoa 290 62 4.68 gonzalovilaseca 310 68 4.56 PSUCycling 305 68 4.48 zaskar 280 63 4.44 joule 266 60 4.43 bikeguy 315 72 4.38 rouleur 315 72 4.38 Thorman 340 78 4.36 dshep27283 345 80 4.31 postal_bag 325 76 4.28 peterpen 275 65 4.23 Lazy Llama 274 65 4.22 mattv2099 314 75 4.19 Stanette 313 75 4.17 yzfrr11 310 75 4.13 Spunout 280 68 4.12 RapDaddyo 325 80 4.06 jack.hutchinson 285 71 4.01 cube 290 73 3.97 Old Junker 250 63 3.97 jbvcoaching 300 76 3.95 velomanct 310 79 3.92 BlueJersey 230 60 3.83 robkit 280 75 3.73 sugaken 240 66 3.64 amartinez 242 67 3.61 woodgab 321 89 3.61 Hookyrider 284 80 3.55 bigbevans 250 75 3.33 22:41 59:55 Krazyderek 260 78 3.33 AndROOb 232 71 3.27 pledac 235 72 3.26 spomanski 310 96 3.23 beerco 220 78 2.82 the holster 180 67 2.69 __________________ Chann McRae Cycling Coach Velossimo Racing Team Racing Blog john@cmcoaching.com Last edited by PSUcycling : 03-05.-2006 at 05:05 AM.

03-05.-2006, 05:14 AM	#132
jbvcoaching Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 202	Re: Poll: What's your Functional Threshold power? ID FT Wt. W/Kg 10m(16km) 25m(40km) ========================================= musher 340 64 5.31 BullGod 365 70 5.21 Camoscio 315 62 5.08 gvanwagner 325 64 5.08 musher 318 65 4.89 whoawhoa 290 62 4.68 gonzalovilaseca 310 68 4.56 PSUCycling 305 68 4.48 zaskar 280 63 4.44 joule 266 60 4.43 bikeguy 315 72 4.38 rouleur 315 72 4.38 Thorman 340 78 4.36 dshep27283 345 80 4.31 postal_bag 325 76 4.28 peterpen 275 65 4.23 Lazy Llama 274 65 4.22 mattv2099 314 75 4.19 Stanette 313 75 4.17 yzfrr11 310 75 4.13 Spunout 280 68 4.12 RapDaddyo 325 80 4.06 jbvcoaching 310 77 4.03 21:10 52:17 jack.hutchinson 285 71 4.01 cube 290 73 3.97 Old Junker 250 63 3.97 velomanct 310 79 3.92 BlueJersey 230 60 3.83 robkit 280 75 3.73 sugaken 240 66 3.64 amartinez 242 67 3.61 woodgab 321 89 3.61 Hookyrider 284 80 3.55 bigbevans 250 75 3.33 22:41 59:55 Krazyderek 260 78 3.33 AndROOb 232 71 3.27 pledac 235 72 3.26 spomanski 310 96 3.23 beerco 220 78 2.82 the holster 180 67 2.69

03-05.-2006, 08:31 AM	#133
bikeguy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Jyvaskyla, Finland Posts: 665	Re: Poll: What's your Functional Threshold power? ID FT Wt. W/Kg 10m(16km) 25m(40km) ========================================= musher 340 64 5.31 BullGod 365 70 5.21 Camoscio 315 62 5.08 gvanwagner 325 64 5.08 musher 318 65 4.89 whoawhoa 290 62 4.68 gonzalovilaseca 310 68 4.56 PSUCycling 305 68 4.48 zaskar 280 63 4.44 joule 266 60 4.43 bikeguy 315 72 4.38 5 km rolling TT, 7:15; standard, no aero bars, after 90k rouleur 315 72 4.38 Thorman 340 78 4.36 dshep27283 345 80 4.31 postal_bag 325 76 4.28 peterpen 275 65 4.23 Lazy Llama 274 65 4.22 mattv2099 314 75 4.19 Stanette 313 75 4.17 yzfrr11 310 75 4.13 Spunout 280 68 4.12 RapDaddyo 325 80 4.06 jbvcoaching 310 77 4.03 21:10 52:17 jack.hutchinson 285 71 4.01 cube 290 73 3.97 Old Junker 250 63 3.97 velomanct 310 79 3.92 BlueJersey 230 60 3.83 robkit 280 75 3.73 sugaken 240 66 3.64 amartinez 242 67 3.61 woodgab 321 89 3.61 Hookyrider 284 80 3.55 bigbevans 250 75 3.33 22:41 59:55 Krazyderek 260 78 3.33 AndROOb 232 71 3.27 pledac 235 72 3.26 spomanski 310 96 3.23 beerco 220 78 2.82 the holster 180 67 2.69

03-05.-2006, 03:30 PM	#134
pledac Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: French Alps Posts: 13	Re: Poll: What's your Functional Threshold power? ID FT Wt. W/Kg 10m(16km) 25m(40km) ========================================= musher 340 64 5.31 BullGod 365 70 5.21 Camoscio 315 62 5.08 gvanwagner 325 64 5.08 musher 318 65 4.89 whoawhoa 290 62 4.68 gonzalovilaseca 310 68 4.56 PSUCycling 305 68 4.48 zaskar 280 63 4.44 joule 266 60 4.43 bikeguy 315 72 4.38 5 km rolling TT, 7:15; standard, no aero bars, after 90k rouleur 315 72 4.38 Thorman 340 78 4.36 dshep27283 345 80 4.31 postal_bag 325 76 4.28 peterpen 275 65 4.23 Lazy Llama 274 65 4.22 mattv2099 314 75 4.19 Stanette 313 75 4.17 yzfrr11 310 75 4.13 Spunout 280 68 4.12 RapDaddyo 325 80 4.06 pledac 280 69 4.06 jbvcoaching 310 77 4.03 21:10 52:17 jack.hutchinson 285 71 4.01 cube 290 73 3.97 Old Junker 250 63 3.97 velomanct 310 79 3.92 BlueJersey 230 60 3.83 robkit 280 75 3.73 sugaken 240 66 3.64 amartinez 242 67 3.61 woodgab 321 89 3.61 Hookyrider 284 80 3.55 bigbevans 250 75 3.33 22:41 59:55 Krazyderek 260 78 3.33 AndROOb 232 71 3.27 spomanski 310 96 3.23 beerco 220 78 2.82 the holster 180 67 2.69

03-05.-2006, 10:48 PM

#135

Lazy Llama

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Join Date: Feb 2006

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Re: Poll: What's your Functional Threshold power?

Wow jbvcoaching...nice 40k! I'm curious, did you do that time when your stats were as you've laid out below (4.03 w/kg), or is that a 40k personal best (when you may have been much fitter)? My 40k best is 58:18, but I didn't train with a power meter then. However, I was fitter then than I am now, so my w/kg at FT was at least 4.33 when I hit that time. I'm wondering how much my equipment has to do with it. I TT on a standard road frame with clip-on aerobars, with no other bells and whistles (i.e., disc wheel, aero helmet). Could it be that equipment/positioning can result in a 6 min difference over 40k?

If the answer is yes, I may finally be able to convince my wife to let me get that TT bike

Quote:

Originally Posted by pledac

ID FT Wt. W/Kg 10m(16km) 25m(40km)
=========================================
musher 340 64 5.31
BullGod 365 70 5.21
Camoscio 315 62 5.08
gvanwagner 325 64 5.08
musher 318 65 4.89
whoawhoa 290 62 4.68
gonzalovilaseca 310 68 4.56
PSUCycling 305 68 4.48
zaskar 280 63 4.44
joule 266 60 4.43
bikeguy 315 72 4.38 5 km rolling TT, 7:15; standard, no aero bars, after 90k
rouleur 315 72 4.38
Thorman 340 78 4.36
Lazy Llama 286 66 4.33 13.3 mi TT; 30:12
dshep27283 345 80 4.31
postal_bag 325 76 4.28
peterpen 275 65 4.23
mattv2099 314 75 4.19
Stanette 313 75 4.17
yzfrr11 310 75 4.13
Spunout 280 68 4.12
RapDaddyo 325 80 4.06
pledac 280 69 4.06
jbvcoaching 310 77 4.03 21:10 52:17
jack.hutchinson 285 71 4.01
cube 290 73 3.97
Old Junker 250 63 3.97
velomanct 310 79 3.92
BlueJersey 230 60 3.83
robkit 280 75 3.73
sugaken 240 66 3.64
amartinez 242 67 3.61
woodgab 321 89 3.61
Hookyrider 284 80 3.55
bigbevans 250 75 3.33 22:41 59:55
Krazyderek 260 78 3.33
AndROOb 232 71 3.27
spomanski 310 96 3.23
beerco 220 78 2.82
the holster 180 67 2.69

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