To begin with, 20' all out effort is not a FTP test.
There is a very good book by David Kahneman, "Thinking, Fast and Slow" :) He describes how we tend to simplify complex issues with "easy questions" and how it does not deliver.
How do I crush my IM race? How to improve my ability to crush IM race? What leads to top performacne? - These questions are hard.
How do I improve my bike leg? - It is slightly easier.
How do I improve my FTP? - Even more easy :)
How do I improve my FTP Test result? - Now it's extremely easy...
... but it does not improve the IM performance we began with. Its just easy - to measure, to work on, etc.
Going for 8' or 20' all out benchmark will not transfer to 10h effort. You won't see 50 or 100-mile ultrarunners setting the pace based on Cooper Test. That would be crazy, right? But we have more uneducated nerds in triathlon I guess ;)
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There is a very good book by David Kahneman, "Thinking, Fast and Slow" :) He describes how we tend to simplify complex issues with "easy questions" and how it does not deliver.
How do I crush my IM race? How to improve my ability to crush IM race? What leads to top performacne? - These questions are hard.
How do I improve my bike leg? - It is slightly easier.
How do I improve my FTP? - Even more easy :)
How do I improve my FTP Test result? - Now it's extremely easy...
... but it does not improve the IM performance we began with. Its just easy - to measure, to work on, etc.
Going for 8' or 20' all out benchmark will not transfer to 10h effort. You won't see 50 or 100-mile ultrarunners setting the pace based on Cooper Test. That would be crazy, right? But we have more uneducated nerds in triathlon I guess ;)
coaching via trinergy.pl
TP Training Plans
IG @kowalski.coach