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Have you ever finished a 20-minute FTP test and wondered if you had done it right?\u00a0 Had you really gone hard enough?\u00a0 Were you concerned you left something on the bike?\u00a0 Should you re-test?\u00a0 One of our athletes has provided a tongue-in-cheek look at how your FTP test should feel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t try this if you haven\u2019t had a doctor give you clearance!<\/p>\n
If it was your first 20-minute FTP test, then there\u2019s a 99.995% chance you went to easy. \u00a0Threshold testing requires an understanding of what your upper limit truly is.\u00a0 A 20-minute FTP test should hurt a lot \u2013 a LOT more than you think it should.\u00a0 Then a LOT<\/strong> more than that \u2013 from that point, if you add some intensity you\u2019ll almost be there.<\/p>\n By 5-7 minutes into the test, you should be angry at yourself because you just KNOW you went out WAY to hard and there\u2019s simply no way you\u2019ll make it to 20-minutes.<\/p>\n At 13-14 minutes you should fear your heart is about to explode, and your legs fall off.<\/p>\n As you go past 15-minutes, EVERY alarm bell in your body should be going off.\u00a0 The rational side of you says you\u2019ve gotta finish so you don\u2019t have to test again . . . because this is the most miserable thing you\u2019ve ever done.<\/p>\n With two minutes to go there should be at least two different bodily fluids coming out of you and that will be the least of your concerns.<\/p>\n Somehow you made it to 20-minutes and you swear you will NEVER do that to yourself again . . . EVER.<\/p>\n If that\u2019s how you felt during your 20-minute FTP test \u2013 you\u2019re almost there.\u00a0 You almost went hard enough.<\/p>\n You should probably re-test.<\/p>\n Have you ever finished a 20-minute FTP test and wondered if you had done it right?\u00a0 Had you really gone hard enough?\u00a0 Were you concerned you left something on the bike?\u00a0 Should you re-test?\u00a0 One of our athletes has provided a tongue-in-cheek look at how your FTP test should feel.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling","tag-ftp"],"yoast_head":"\nLearning to Test<\/h6>\n
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In all seriousness, testing is an acquired skill.\u00a0 A 20-minute test requires proper pacing and the ability to overcome discomfort \u2013 both physically and mentally.\u00a0 It takes time to learn how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"