Originally Posted by
genejockey
One warning, if you do the Zwift Ramp Test for FTP - don't do any "leg openers" during the warm up/free ride at the start. The algorithm calculates FTP from whatever minute has the highest average power, whether it's during the ramp or not. I was trying to warm up my legs and lungs and did a hard 45 second effort above 400w during the free ride, and it gave me an FTP number of over 350. My FTP is NOT over 350, not by a damn sight.
Yeah, we were talking outdoors rides; I wouldn't recommend indoor testing for outdoor training or vice versa. Let them live in their separate worlds. Anywho, he's up and running on Intervals, and some good, hard efforts of 3+ minutes should get him in horseshoes and hand grenades territory, even without a super structured (or even terribly deliberate) test.