I recorded the power with the power-tap phone app because my Suunto Ambit 2S wasn't reliably displaying the data. Neither one has a place to enter crank arm length. The manual says default setting for the pedals is 172.5, and my crank is 175. So my power data may be precise, but less accurate for a bit.
VO2 (5 min): 303 W 10 min rest FTP (20 min): 247 W, so I guess my FTP is 95% of that (235 W)
I didn't pace my effort evenly across the intervals (See HR data graph), but I'm happy I finished strong (see attached HR data). Prior to this power testing business:
My zone 3 bike HR: 126-132
My zone 4 bike HR: 132-141
zone 5: 142-145
What HR bike zone do people usually average during an VO2 and FTP test? I was
141/156 (avg/max) bpm for VO2 (top of zone 4; maybe rode conservatively here?)
136/152 (avg/max) bpm for FTP (high zone 4)
I just put this in the EN bike calculator & that suggested I was kinda flat based on HR for this test. So hopefully that will mean big improvement in the future. (I did get a short night of sleep the night before this test & I hit the wall on the bike on Sunday...?)
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I recorded the power with the power-tap phone app because my Suunto Ambit 2S wasn't reliably displaying the data. Neither one has a place to enter crank arm length. The manual says default setting for the pedals is 172.5, and my crank is 175. So my power data may be precise, but less accurate for a bit.
VO2 (5 min): 303 W
10 min rest
FTP (20 min): 247 W, so I guess my FTP is 95% of that (235 W)
I didn't pace my effort evenly across the intervals (See HR data graph), but I'm happy I finished strong (see attached HR data). Prior to this power testing business:
- My zone 3 bike HR: 126-132
- My zone 4 bike HR: 132-141
- zone 5: 142-145
What HR bike zone do people usually average during an VO2 and FTP test? I was- 141/156 (avg/max) bpm for VO2 (top of zone 4; maybe rode conservatively here?)
- 136/152 (avg/max) bpm for FTP (high zone 4)
I just put this in the EN bike calculator & that suggested I was kinda flat based on HR for this test. So hopefully that will mean big improvement in the future. (I did get a short night of sleep the night before this test & I hit the wall on the bike on Sunday...?)185 pounds = 83.9 kg
FTP/kg = 2.80