Dreadfully low 1 min peak wattage -- should I care?
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GGehrke posted 12 weeks ago.
Anyone?
Today I set a new 1 minute record with a whopping 6.05 W/Kg (390W) which the book indicates would put me in the middle of the pack amongst "untrained" riders for a 1 minute effort. Boo!
I also thought I killed my brand new PowerTap riding in heavy rain. Yikes! Once I got it home it was okay though.
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MarkyV posted 12 weeks ago.
GGehrke wrote:
Traveling this weekend I almost finished reading the _T&Rw/aPM_ book. I was a bit disappointed that there was less Triathlon/TT specific content than I would have liked, so I'm hoping someone here might have some insight.My peak W/kg numbers are as follows:
5sec = 15.65
1min = 5.90
5min = 4.05
FTP ~~ 3.0One thing that I am noticing about myself is that my power logs show a dreadfully low 1 minute peak power record. According to a table in the book, my 1 min best effort of 388 W puts me near the bottom of the "untrained, non-racer" category. For comparison, my 5min and FTP are in moderate to low "cat 4" and my 5 sec sprint is edging into "cat 3" territory.
Their analysis of the "V" profile like this says that it's indicative of a "potential all-rounder who simply hasn't focused on raising his or her lactate threshold to its highest possible level" and "has both relatively high anaerobic capacity and high aerobic ability."
So should I care that my 1 minute peak is embarrassing? I mean, last I checked, even a super-sprint bike leg lasts more than 1 minute ;). Targeting my LT has been part of my plan for the last few weeks, but should I think about trying to really push that aspect of my training? Will intervals on the order of 1 minute help significantly there? I was thinking I'd focus more on intervals of 5-20mins to raise threshold.
How did you get your peak pwr/wght values? From specific tests or from the software? What kind of riding do you do? Group road race like rides or on you own?
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GGehrke posted 12 weeks ago.
None of these are coming from specific tests, just the stock software keeping track of my records. I believe all of them are coming from intervals of varying lengths from about 30 secs to 5 mins, though some of them are ad-hoc intervals (i.e. There's this one short, steep hill that I really like to hammer and keep the steam on over the top, which usually takes me a little less than a minute).
I'm thinking I might go out this weekend to do specific 1:15ish intervals at absolute redline just so I can bump those numbers up for my own peace of mind.
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MarkyV posted 9 weeks ago.
sorry for the delay... haven't visited here in awhile.
If the intervals are specifically aimed at highest output for a given time frame then there is really no way to tell if that truly is your max for the duration.
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Traveling this weekend I almost finished reading the _T&Rw/aPM_ book. I was a bit disappointed that there was less Triathlon/TT specific content than I would have liked, so I'm hoping someone here might have some insight.
My peak W/kg numbers are as follows:
5sec = 15.65
1min = 5.90
5min = 4.05
FTP ~~ 3.0
One thing that I am noticing about myself is that my power logs show a dreadfully low 1 minute peak power record. According to a table in the book, my 1 min best effort of 388 W puts me near the bottom of the "untrained, non-racer" category. For comparison, my 5min and FTP are in moderate to low "cat 4" and my 5 sec sprint is edging into "cat 3" territory.
Their analysis of the "V" profile like this says that it's indicative of a "potential all-rounder who simply hasn't focused on raising his or her lactate threshold to its highest possible level" and "has both relatively high anaerobic capacity and high aerobic ability."
So should I care that my 1 minute peak is embarrassing? I mean, last I checked, even a super-sprint bike leg lasts more than 1 minute ;). Targeting my LT has been part of my plan for the last few weeks, but should I think about trying to really push that aspect of my training? Will intervals on the order of 1 minute help significantly there? I was thinking I'd focus more on intervals of 5-20mins to raise threshold.