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Originally Posted by Beachgrad05
Do the Ramp test. Much easier and is fairly accurate.

Congrats on the NEO2. I've heard good things. I'm on Kickr
see above for why I went Neo.

I think I’ll stick with the actual FTP test. I
mught try a ramp to compare, but now I’m at a reasonable baseline and probably more accurate, the long FTP will be my thing. (Mind you, I’ve said that several times in the past and I’d almost always rather ride outside. Long FTP test is painful and not in a good way). All good, I use Zwift to train and burn off crappy work days, so I like The structure. I’m not really into the racing on-line thing, so I won’t be doing the @TrojanHorse FTP test either.

I’m actually logging to both Zwift and Garmin and interestingly the ‘lower’ intensity of my new FTP makes Garmin’s new fitness metrics/tracking much happier. It’s telling me my training is ‘Productive’ and the reporter VO2 Max is going the right direction. 4 week program has a lot of HIIT, unsurprisingly, with sprints at up to 2x FTP. HR is staying pretty low in those (below 160!) so I suspect I am a test sandbagger. I’ll run the program, re-test, and text @jsigone to whine about it and have him crush my numbers like a grape.
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