grellboy
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Morning. I'm not a particularly active competitor, I just do the weekly 10 mile TT. Hoping to improve when/if the season starts so over the winter I've been training on my turbo. After work on Tuesday and Thursday I just do 8-10 miles (depends on how much time I have) mostly at Zone 2, occasionally creeping into Zone 3. On weekends I do a kind of DIY ramp test. Using a power meter and hrm, I increase my effort by 20 Watts every two mins from 190 - 230, then every 3.5mins. Yesterday's effort gave me a 108% intensity compared to my ftp of 250. Just wondering how useful it is in helping me to improve my 10 TT time? I climb off the bike exhausted, watts comes out at 264, so we'll above ftp and last 10 mins is at 270w or above, so half ride above my ftp. Will this help, or should I cut out the 190 - 230 part? I already do a 20 min/ 4 mile warm-up before beginning the proper session. Have included a shot of the power effort for clarity.