Originally Posted by
gregf83
That's very impressive. I started racing and riding consistently about 10 yrs ago. Made fairly rapid gains in the first few years but then FTP kind of plateaued. I think my FTP is about the same but my sprint power has gone down by 10-15%. I'm 10 yrs younger than you but just assumed reduced sprint power came with age. Maybe I'll add in some specific training.
I have not assumed anything comes with age. I am sure you could improve your sprint with dedicated sprint practice.
Also, FTP is a cruel mistress. It is like filling a commercial swimming pool with a garden hose. Infinitely doable but it takes a long time. And one has to run the water over a long enough period of time for it to count.
Translating that to training, I have to do a lot of solo 10 minute plus efforts at or above FTP to increase it.