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Old 03-08-14 | 06:10 AM
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daven
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Originally Posted by Dunbar
You mean this 20 minute test? It sounds like torture on an indoor trainer.

20 minutes easy warm up
3 x 1-minute wind ups with a minute rest between (100 RPM pedal cadence)
5 minutes easy
5 minutes all out (hard at first, but not so hard that you can't complete the effort)
10 minutes easy
20-minute time trial effort (like the previous 5-minute all out effort, keep in control, hard but steady, you don't want to over cook it and die at the end)
10 to 15 minute cool down

Take 95% of your average 20 minute (time trial effort) power to estimate FTP.
That's the one! It isn't as bad as it looks. TR does. Good job of breaking the workout down into manageable sections. The 20 minute test really hurts though! No getting around that.....
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