Regardless of your sport, these tests are important for all athletes–runners, cyclists, triathletes–who want to improve their performance for the next race day. This self-inflicted discomfort is worth it, however, because these tests are an important barometer of fitness, and an important mechanism to monitor progress in training.ĭetermining one’s functional threshold can be done using either power (for cycling) or heart rate (for running or cycling). They make your legs burn, while your lungs feel close to the point of explosion. What I know about all of these fitness tests is that they are painful, but in a good way. More recently, I’ve done some max heart rate and threshold heart rate tests for running. I rowed crew in high school, and we had regular tests of our fitness on the ergometers (rowing machines), as well as 2 mile running tests. (Side note: I don’t have a polar heart rate strap yet, required for CompuTrainer HRM, so the HR data is below, imported from my Garmin HRM file.)įitness tests are not new to me. The above image illustrates the results of this test. The FTP is a 30-minute test, using my CompuTrainer, which is designed to measure the average wattage (or power) I can maintain while cycling for 30 minutes (CP30). On Wednesday, I took my first ever “functional threshold power” test.
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