Originally Posted by
jsutkeepspining
^my ftp rarely changes much even in the off season, but all of my short term/and super long term numbers change, and how i can use them (and when) changes. But to not see any real improvement since the start of your racing career is weird. I have had a 70 watt improvement (with like 65 of those watts in the span of a year).
I crashed at the end of last March, and was off the bike for six weeks. I tested soon after I started back on the bike and found my FTP was down six watts...but my short and long term power was totally hosed. My FTP has since gone up a total of ~25 watts and my power from 1-20 minutes is back where it was, a bit higher in spots, and my long term is just about back to where it was. My short term power (< one minute) is still lagging.
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Regards,
Chuck
Demain, on roule!