Originally Posted by aaron200

My goal is to pilot a human powered aircraft. I'm actually afraid of downhill racing and drafting. I got a cheap returnable bike from walmart so I could race it up a measured hill and calculate my power output. When I realized how low it is compared to published values, it really made me question the published values. Are other cyclists really that much more powerful for their weight than I am? I knew big guys were stronger, but I thought a steep hill would level the playing field. I guess not.

I need to greatly increase my 60 second power output in the next few months. Not sure which workout program or distances would be best for that, or how many sets of intervals I should do.

I still find it hard to believe that untrained females have a higher power to weight ratio than I do. By untrained females, the chart must mean high school varsity athletes from sports other than cycling.