“FTP is the highest power that a rider can maintain in a quasi-steady state without fatiguing for approximately one hour.” Per Andrew Coggan.
FTP can be anywhere from 40-70 minutes or about an hour. Nobody sees the words, "about, quasi-steady state or fatigue"
Constantly testing FTP can be counterproductive, almost like watching a pot boiling except putting your hand in the water once in a while for fun
Like BurntheSheep, I would try to find an interesting event to train for. I improved my FTP a good amount pre-Covid by focusing on breaking 20 minutes for 10 miles and also some climbing personal bests. I was also working on fitness to go under 4 hours for a hundred. More tangible and not so hard to see results. FTP tests are not fun Getting suitable roads to do "1 hour tests" is very difficult. Zwift races puts you on the rails from the gun and never seem to let up from my experience, so, I tend to find data from those races to reflect my fitness pretty well.
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