I’m a big fan of exercising outdoors as much as I can. It’s one of the things that attracted me to Athletica. If the sessions were tied to a turbo I’d likely not do them. I got a power meter crank in the Black Friday deals and that shifted even more workouts outdoors. About the only workout I now do on the smart trainer are the VO2 max ones.
I’ve got a FTP test next week and was looking at suitable local roads for an all out 20 min effort. What would help me would be a workout alternate of the 2 x 8 min all out test protocol. That would open up more suitable roads for the test.
Couldn't agree more with your sentiments Phil. My newsletter post to your point here for anyone else interested.
Noted your point on the 2 x 8 min. We may have a solution in the pipeline related to this...
@paul Well I opted to do a 2 x 8 minute all out FTP test, with 10 mins easy between efforts today. I rightly surmised I would have run out of safe uninterrupted road with the 20 minute test. The great thing is, even though it was a 20 min test scheduled, the AI recognised the efforts for what they were and has bumped up my FTP.
I have never done the 8 minute test before, and I must say that mentally the minutes ticked by quite quickly. Likely as it was outdoors where as I tested indoors and 20 min protocol last time. The 8 min test certainly seems to agree with me outdoors.
@phil Exceptional. Love how you've gone about this one, and even better that our AI performed as it should for you...