Apr 8 • 🏆 Wins
12 Week Challenge Results
I just did my final pre-fatigued FTP test, here’s what I wrote 12 weeks ago:
'’Hello everyone, my name is Clément, I'm 28 and I've been cycling since 2012, although with a long injury.
I started cycling with cross country in the mountains and since I've moved to a flatter city, I picked up road cycling in 2016.
I did a lot of volume and was starting to show strong performances in races but I got injured... 🙃
After spending around 5-6 years doing rehab and still having pain in my knee, I'm finally seeing the end of the tunnel !
I seriously got back into cycling around two years ago.
First year was to make sure I could cycle without pain.
Second year was the one where I signed up to races and challenged myself: long distance triathlon (70.3), ultra distance cycling (1500km in 5 days), semi marathons and a marathon.
Now this new year is the one where I'm (hopefully) getting back into proper race shape!
My currents stats are ~300w ftp for 90kg at 1m90: so 3,3w/kg. Ultimately i want to break the 4w/kg barrier.
For this challenge I hope to improve my FTP to 320w.
Outside of the quantified changes, I mainly want to get some structure in my training and see what it can do.
Also I aim for the 100% compliance 😃.
Im a huge gear nerd so lets talk about anything 😁
Also I play table tennis around 2 times a week with tournaments in the weekend 🏓.’’
📊 Results (60-min test)Test 1: 258 W (indoor)Test 2: 264 W (indoor)Test 3: DNF (indoor)Final: 276 W (outdoor)
📊 Net: +19 W (+6,2%) - goal crushed!
🟢 Consistency
62 workouts planned55 workouts completed
🟢 89% compliance - goal achieved!
That was my first time getting coaching in any shape. It was really insightfull.
Sometimes I saw what was planned and I genuinely did not think I would make it. The 4h of vo2 max & over unders was crazy :D.
I was fairly limited by my knee, battling inflammation during the program.
Still managed to achieve 90% of completion, there was 1 strength workout I skipped, everything else was recovery due to injury
There might still be changes I can do to my bikefit to make the rides more enjoyable.
I never tried a 1h FTP test before and with the added pre-fatigue I'm pretty happy with my 280w!
Now I'm chilling for 10 days before my 1300km ultra distance race. Wish me luck :D
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