What Happens If You Do A Fitness Test Every Day For 7 Days?

Conor Dunne took on the challenge of doing an FTP test every single day for 7 days straight... But will pushing himself to the max every day for a week make his performance better—or worse? Find out how he did, what he learned, and whether this changed Conor's opinion on power testing!

⏱️ Timestamps: ⏱️
00:00 What happens if I do an FTP test every day?
00:20 The challenge
00:56 Why I'm using the Wahoo Kickr Move
01:29 What is FTP? ⚡️
01:57 Day 1 - Wednesday
02:51 How the Wahoo Kickr Move works
03:46 Day 1 done!
04:34 Day 2 - Thursday
07:08 Day 3 - Friday
08:26 Day 4 & 5 - Saturday & Sunday
08:50 Day 6 - Monday
09:26 Day 7 - Tuesday
10:14 Final test!
11:18 Results
12:34 What did I learn?
13:55 Nuances of FTP tests

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[gcn]

Have you been trying to improve your FTP? 🚴‍♂️📈 What have you done to try and achieve that? Let us know in the comments!

[shaun]

Not sure if this is a conscious thing at GCN now you're free from your corporate overlords, but I love the idea of wach presenter having their own long term passion projects, Dan with his longevity journey, Si on commuting, maybe Conor on different types of fitness... Alex on upgrading vintage bikes, Oli on endurance riding... could be an awesome time fo GCN and us viewers!

[JBuchmann]

I'd love to see a follow-up of you attempting to actually ride 403 watts for one hour

[nickc]

I think this says more about the psychological aspects of performance than about FTP directly. Obviously day 1 was sandbagged knowing what was coming. Unsurprisingly day 6 was high fatigue and low motivation but the motivation of one last big effort on day 7 overcame the accumulated fatigue.

[chrisridesbicycles]

Don‘t show this to the world tour, they might want Conor back.

[xtrailz]

I use FTP to transfer files from one computer to another.

[markgunn]

Great video. Looking forward to the one where you hold 400w for an hour! 🥵

[enteekay]

Holy hell, what kind of HRV is this? 😮 I am feeling great when it is above 60. Yikes, the gap between GCN former pros and normal people is huge.

[MercyKillingsRides]

It may not be the whole picture of your overall fitness, but that was absolutely mental and superbly impressive, Conor! Kudos mate.

[ChrisCapoccia]

There definitely is a big aspect of learning pacing in FTP tests which is why there is so much value in other ways of measuring like ramp tests or best effort power curve (my favorite)

[paulmacpherson]

I like Zwift’s introduction of The Grade and connecting it to an FTP test. It may be more accurate for us mortals at lower FTP as it takes us twice as long. As per the comment above re: anaerobic factors.

[brannmacfinnchad]

Good gods. Even after years off and not a lot of riding, Conor is a brute and way outlier. Unreal.

[pehu]

a nice idea! amazing how the hrv changes and the ftp values. it shows me that too much training and the fatigue comes sooner or later. the ftp depends on the daily form in a cycle. data should always be seen in relation to the previous training. thank you for the effort and all the best!

[mlafleurhua]

Very interesting video - well done. It does show how becoming familiar with the effort, the pacing and the expected duration of the pain really helps to squeeze out max effort. Looking forward to your next pass at this. It would be interesting to also try while listening to high intensity music.

[robhardisty]

I’ve not repeatedly tried the Grade but do do regular tests (but with efforts before the 20 minute test within Zwift) but I’d like to know how the different FTP tests actually compare to an all out 1 hour effort that they are aiming to estimate. Hopefully that will be a future video! I definitely think repeated tests means you train yourself for that particular test, and having a previous target to aim for and beat is a big help.

[HKRoad]

I’m more impressed by Conor’s ability to stretch out his lengthy arm and increase the output of his fan having already clipped into the bike.

[murtheblur]

Great job Conor! Loved how you went for it on the last one!

[iansingleton]

This proves my theory! Well done Conor and thank you! I believe when it comes to doing FTP tests you can actually "learn" to do the test to get a better result rather than improving your fitness. If you jump on any platform and do a FTP test after not having done one for a long time your result won't be great but if you do them regular, once a week, you teach your body the effort that is required to get a good result even though your fitness hasn't really changed that much. Like riding up your local climb, guaranteed your time will be better than on another very similar hill that you've never ridden before. Why? Because your brain knows the effort required for your hill but doesn't for the foreign hill.

[Mattdabbs]

Connors accent gets ridiculous directly after his efforts. It’s amazing.

[lidge]

As a recreational cyclist, I'm waiting for March and it's perfect 15-17 °C weather! I DO NOT SWEAT after a 1.5 hour, 26km ride!