5 WORKOUTS TO IMPROVE YOUR FTP (CYCLING WORKOUTS TO IMPROVE YOUR FUNCTIONAL THRESHOLD POWER)

#cycling #FTP #improve

[global_nomad.]

coming back to watch this again, and note your enthusiasm at getting to 1000 subs, well 2 years later you're at 53, 000 done, keep up the good work..

[dhldt]

Great video. Well explained Coach, and I'm going to give them a go for raising my FTP.

[jasonjenkins]

First time I've seen your vids, and i loved this one, I've just had my first coach this month as i want to increase my FTP and i wanted proper yeah I've subscribed

[yosale]

Great video! Happy I found you on YouTube! 😉

[csabatoth]

I would be glad if You could contruct some kind of table about these FTP boosting programs and put them on the screen. Wold make the whole thing easier to undertand.

[swites]

Great vid! I think I get it now. Give a stimulus, back off to absorb the stimulus. Funny how something so easy is so hard to do. As I think many of us can't help thinking harder is better, so miss a lot of the benefits. thx Coach!

[gerritfourie]

Scottman!!!, , , ;a very very informitive v/clip for a 64y "old school" vet., , , RSA

[p]

Scott, I can't thank you for all your help and advice.

[adammillsindustries.]

Love your videos Scott, what model is your white helmet there? :)

[robstarkey]

Enjoyed the video. I'm 47 and have been using Zwift's 4 week FTP booster programme and have seen marginal improvements. I wonder whether the schedule of 6 structured sessions per week, at varying intensities, is too much for my aging legs and I should be including more recovery?

[dwayneheadley]

Hi coach, I have been cycling little over a year now.
When should I do these workouts?
All together or one each week for five weeks and then repeat?

[BenAroundo]

FTP is the " will-o-the-wisp " of cycling testing as it can not be pinned down because there are so many different variables involved.

[mason]

In the 2x10, 3x10 and 4x10 why are the rest periods between ftp efforts?

[seppebouquillon]

Coach, on the last training. The sprints are on a low gear (39*15) ore on a big gear (52*15)?

[paulobarrameda]

Good day coach! How would you do an FTHR test?

[nicolaskirkland]

Hi, I had to laugh when you say "do a 20 min test followed by a 1 hour test 10 days later". I've done 1 hour tests before, and always thought that if you are serious about you're training, that you need to do at least one 1 hour test per year so you can compare this to any 20 minute tests to get the correct %. Now in a video posted 2 years ago, you've confirmed my thoughts. Thanks for that!
I'd also assume that this % value will change, perhaps over the years, hence worth doing at least once a year to correctly calibrate the 20 min test and therefore your training.

Oh, and ye....I've also found that even a 20 watt difference in FTP has never resulted in a measurable difference in my performance in races, probably indicative of the type racing I do, but bragging about FTP and all the other BS that comes with it totally misses the point in having an accurate FTP and more importantly what it's actually used for. I know Scott has talked about this before and this is why with exception of about 12 to 18 weeks of the year, I've no real interest in what my FTP actually is.

[juveamore]

I was training with a coach, but the test was done after a five-week block. He gave me two days of rest before the test, but I could not do it. I was tired. Is five weeks of block without recovery stressful?

[pierregilbert]

Le plaisir de rouler, juste le plaisir de rouler...

[phoffen]

OK, I know what FTP is. After that you completely lost me. I am 64 - effectively old and slow. Where do I start?

[gerrysecure]

Increasing the lactate tolerance to push FTP is nonsense since it does not scale up over time, you can do that only once then plateau. The goal is to increase the power where you do not yet produce lactate in the first place. Do that by big volume of aerobic work. Then add small doses of vo2 max work and bingo, you are doing polarized training. Threshold training is reserved for the last weeks before a race or time trial. There you increase your lactate tolerance, just once.