I have a question - first off I am new to TrainerRoad and Power, I absolutely love TR and it is fantastic!
My question is this;
I did a FTP test on Wednesday (5/23/18) and this was my 3rd time ever doing a FTP test (20min test). I did it on a dumb trainer (my wahoo was unavailable to be used this time) with my Garmin V3 power pedals (calibrated on TR before usage). I had a result that I was floored with as I just started my training and have been working really hard.
But my graph looked like this;
This is a indication that I really don't know how to FTP test right haha! With 5min to go I had plenty of steam left - however at the end of that 5 min I was cooked.
That netted me a 266 watt avg during the 20 min effort (not corrected by .95).
I then on 5/24/18 go and do a local group ride - I use the same bike and the same pedals and use my Garmin head unit (calibrated before ride) instead of my iPhone with TR - I sit on the front for 90% of the ride and at the end of the ride it notified me that I had a 20min AVG power of 275watt!!!!!!
Looked like this;
I am now lost as what to do - do I set my FTP higher as real world data shows it to be higher (this is right at 4% difference) or do I leave my TR alone. I will say I am not a great indoor trainer guy and try to ride 2/3 rides on the trainer as I find it controls my training better.
FWIW I just finished the Base Phase and Literally just started the Base phase!
Do I chalk it up to environment that gave me the results or maybe the calibration from the TR app to the Garmin unit could be 4% - just looking for some help and feed back!
My question is this;
I did a FTP test on Wednesday (5/23/18) and this was my 3rd time ever doing a FTP test (20min test). I did it on a dumb trainer (my wahoo was unavailable to be used this time) with my Garmin V3 power pedals (calibrated on TR before usage). I had a result that I was floored with as I just started my training and have been working really hard.
But my graph looked like this;
This is a indication that I really don't know how to FTP test right haha! With 5min to go I had plenty of steam left - however at the end of that 5 min I was cooked.
That netted me a 266 watt avg during the 20 min effort (not corrected by .95).
I then on 5/24/18 go and do a local group ride - I use the same bike and the same pedals and use my Garmin head unit (calibrated before ride) instead of my iPhone with TR - I sit on the front for 90% of the ride and at the end of the ride it notified me that I had a 20min AVG power of 275watt!!!!!!
Looked like this;
I am now lost as what to do - do I set my FTP higher as real world data shows it to be higher (this is right at 4% difference) or do I leave my TR alone. I will say I am not a great indoor trainer guy and try to ride 2/3 rides on the trainer as I find it controls my training better.
FWIW I just finished the Base Phase and Literally just started the Base phase!
Do I chalk it up to environment that gave me the results or maybe the calibration from the TR app to the Garmin unit could be 4% - just looking for some help and feed back!