Freitag, 10. Oktober 2014
141009 FTW Test
neill, 09:52h
I wrote in my last post that the new indoor cycling bikes at the fitness studio seem to want less from me in a training session than my sports watch suggests I should be doing. I talked about this with the trainers and they suggested an FTW Test to calibrate the bike to me (or the other way round).
Today we did the test. Four minutes producing 75 Watts of power followed by four at 100 , four at 125 and so on until you can not do any more. You have to remain sitting and there is no motivating music. I managed 40 minutes and reached a power of 275 Watt before giving up.
The bike then told me that in future I need to give in an FTW value of 253 at the start of each session. Until now it has been suggesting 200 based on age, weight and six hours training a week.
Who would have thought that getting fit could be so technical.
And who would have thought that you would have to cycle so hard just to run two old 100 Watt bulbs.
Edit 12.10.14: I could still feel the effects of this test two days later.
Today we did the test. Four minutes producing 75 Watts of power followed by four at 100 , four at 125 and so on until you can not do any more. You have to remain sitting and there is no motivating music. I managed 40 minutes and reached a power of 275 Watt before giving up.
The bike then told me that in future I need to give in an FTW value of 253 at the start of each session. Until now it has been suggesting 200 based on age, weight and six hours training a week.
Who would have thought that getting fit could be so technical.
And who would have thought that you would have to cycle so hard just to run two old 100 Watt bulbs.
Edit 12.10.14: I could still feel the effects of this test two days later.
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