Originally Posted by
PeteHski
Cheers, good point! It's much the same over on this side of the pond. The average couch potato is not very fit. Poor diet, minimal exercise, poor lifestyle. I meant average in terms of my genetics. 4W/kg is about my FTP limit when I'm well trained. Pushing above that point always seems out of reach. Where I am now is about my baseline, which I can maintain with a bit of effort.
My peak estimated VO2 max (Garmin) is in the low to mid 50s. My resting HR drop to around 58 and my max HR is around 193. So Friel's formula would put my VO2 max at 50. Close enough.
I hope to see 4W/kg at some point!!
Friel has me at 50.5 (172/50), the last Garmin reading had me peak at 47 at the end of my training last spring. (For whatever reason, I just don't use my HR monitor unless I'm doing training blocks) I'm down about 5.5kg since that time and my power has gone up, so the 51 makes sense.