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Trainerroad or Sufferfest should release an updated version with bell curves for different power durations. They must have a huge data set, far more than Coggan had to work with.
Not that it makes any difference, but it is interesting to see what percentile you are at.Listening to trainerroad podcasts, their stance seems to be about improving your FTP and then see where your race winning talents are. And if you have 4.5h of turbo time available, sweet spot work is the best bang for buck.
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I thought VO2 max efforts were best bang for buck on limited training time? That’s what the Trainerroad plans suggest too.
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They did one for FTPs
Top of bell curve for men
18-30: 3.25 - 3.5 FTP/kg
30-40: 3.0 - 3.25 FTP/kg
40-50: 2.75 - 3.0 FTP/kg
50-60: 2.75 - 3.0 FTP/kg
60-80: 2.25 - 2.5 FTP/kgTop of bell curve for women
18-30: 2.25 - 2.5 FTP/kg (breaks the bell curve a bit, 2nd highest is 2.75-3.0)
30-40: 2.25 - 2.5 FTP/kg (It’s pretty close to 2.5 - 2.75)
40-50: 2.25 - 2.5 FTP/kg
50-60: 2.25 - 2.5 FTP/kg
60-80: 2.0 - 2.25 FTP/kg
andyp
dbr
One of the main issues I have with the Coggan chart is that it furthers this phenotype idea of being 'a climber' or a 'pursuiter' or even "I'm really bad at 5m efforts but better at 20m efforts".
Maybe if you are at an elite level or at least lots and lots of years training and racing at a high level you can start to make that judgement.
Eg make some changes to your training and suddenly, your 5m power is 'better' than your 20m power because, hey, you're training it (properly).