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Old 06-12-19, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Hermes
I set FTP based upon recorded data and feel versus testing.
Originally Posted by Hermes
Testing...I have yet to take a "test" and not feel anxious and then become affected by the outcome - good or bad. I do not want my brain to ever think...for even a microsecond that an FTP test is a limiter. But I know it will. So I trick my brain with the idea that FTP is just a sign post on the way to another place. It is a suggestion not a law of physics. I think this is very important differentiation otherwise, I am only as good as I test which I have proven not to be true.
I think this makes a lot of sense.
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