Hello,
I'm 17 weeks into a training regime on zwift (from almost nothing barring a few jogs in 2013 since late teens).I started with an ftp of 184 and that rose to 300 last saturday.For the two weeks before that I began racing a day then taking the following day off.In that 2 week period my ftp improved from 294 to 300 which is much less than before.I'll now see what a fortnight without racing will do.Strava 'estimated ftp' says 319 but it said 309 last week and I couldn't do that (first time).What is the right balance between racing and training or should I just continue sweet spot riding until the 6 months is over and try to maximise ftp in that time? (Meaning is that first 6 months of training special and any training effect 'lost' is harder to achieve afterwards?).At my heaviest I was 104 but was 99.5 on october 22nd and my lowest was 90.6 last week.I need to be below 88.8Kg to leave obesity (I'm 5'8'').Any tips appreciated.I have knee problems so cycling is the least painful option.I didn't think cyclists were fit but since learnt otherwise.I turned 52 in early October.I've never heard of a fat man being at his fittest but unlike running I'm sitting down doing this.
I'm 17 weeks into a training regime on zwift (from almost nothing barring a few jogs in 2013 since late teens).I started with an ftp of 184 and that rose to 300 last saturday.For the two weeks before that I began racing a day then taking the following day off.In that 2 week period my ftp improved from 294 to 300 which is much less than before.I'll now see what a fortnight without racing will do.Strava 'estimated ftp' says 319 but it said 309 last week and I couldn't do that (first time).What is the right balance between racing and training or should I just continue sweet spot riding until the 6 months is over and try to maximise ftp in that time? (Meaning is that first 6 months of training special and any training effect 'lost' is harder to achieve afterwards?).At my heaviest I was 104 but was 99.5 on october 22nd and my lowest was 90.6 last week.I need to be below 88.8Kg to leave obesity (I'm 5'8'').Any tips appreciated.I have knee problems so cycling is the least painful option.I didn't think cyclists were fit but since learnt otherwise.I turned 52 in early October.I've never heard of a fat man being at his fittest but unlike running I'm sitting down doing this.