what's up guys what's up cycling
ffffffanatics i'm about to jump on the bike to do another threshold test i
did a test in the beginning of this year and i hit
375 watts on the threshold and today we're gonna see if we can match those numbers
Morning i have arrived in amsterdam we've got the the amsterdam velodrome
Right there behind me i've got an appointment with jim from the birth today he's from robic and we're gonna do my
my power test
threshold testing time
okay
you should be able, after this period of rest, to go very deep during the test
we are going to find out
this is the testing area my bike is on the
cyclus 2, same cycle computer as i used
Beginning of this year very anxious to see what's gonna happen i've been
Resting a lot lately it was needed i was very tired for a long time so we're gonna
see if this is being enough
For me to recover and to really perform well on this test today this Jim and we've been talking about
last season my data of previous tests everything
From last year and the beginning of the season is right here we're gonna see how it goes we're gonna
see if i'm recovered or not i'm gonna change into my cycling kit and then
came on
today's test
Will be a little bit different than the tests i did in the beginning of this year the protocol is longer so we're gonna start
at 120 watts and then add 30 watts every six minutes
My previous test we added power every three minutes so this is twice as long
also we're gonna continue those steps every six minutes
even when i passed my threshold
expectation is my
maximum wattage i will reach it's gonna be a lot lower
but the threshold will be similar or better it depends on if i improved or not the way we measure
my actual threshold is gonna be by blood
testing jim is gonna
test my blood and
See how much lactic acid is actually in my
Blood so that's different from the masks that i used in the previous test i will use this skill from
Extremely light all the way to extremely heavy to measure what my perceived
exhaustion will be during the test this is the cyclist to global standard in
measuring
cycling performance
And a fan that's gonna be needed i think?
ready we're going to start with weight fat percentage and length no
185 i'm getting shorter and shorter i think it used to be 187
what's important, you can stand or sit during the test
you are allowed to drink during the test
the only thing you shouldn't do is shift gears
and try to find a cadence thats comfortable
between 80-110 rpm
Probably it will increase, because you will recruit more and more fast muscle groups
dont start at 110 without a lot of resistance
because it will get uncontrolled
start lower and build it up during the test
It will count down 6 minutes for every step
I will measure your lactate from 180watt onwards with blood from your earlobe
I puncture only one little hole and than get some blood on the lactate strip on the device to see your values
and I will ask how heavy you think it is
You can call out a number from the board
And that is pretty important because I want to to be able to reach 18,19,20
Just be honest about how you are experiencing the load, and if you think from the beginning its very heavy...
thats fine
I have no experience with this
even better
ok
Yeah that's it okay?
questions?
no
starting a test beginning at 120 watts just like an april
Jim is giving some lost instructions
we are starting at ''120'', right here it will count down 6 minutes
you will see your cadence, and heartrate
when heart rate monitor is showing on the screen right in front of me you know well and
Here jim is taking the first leg measurement at
180 watts
turning on the fan you're just getting warm and
This that's taking quite a lot longer than the one in april
Step is twice as long so it takes a long time though until it gets heavy but from the time
when you go past your threshold it feels like an eternity
right here still below threshold it's more than half an hour into the test
pushing 270.
right now at 330 watts
right here i'm already on my threshold i
Didn't know but i could see it on the screen of my
wattage were a lot lower my heart rate was higher than i was used to
halfway keep it up
51 minutes 360 watts i'm already pushing about 10 minutes about my threshold so it's getting really hard
another lactate measurement
we jump to 390 watts
pushing like 15 minutes above my threshold right now and it's getting really hard
trying to keep up with cadence the
more resistance the higher the cadence and
i'm just dying at the moment i
know that the
wattages are lower than the previous test so it was already mental struggle and right now just
going as long as i can hold on
these six minutes ahead they feel like an eternity
and right now i'm two minutes into 390 watts
and this is where i
I stop
hold on to the bars
nausious?, no
dizzy?, no
good job man, super
and you did reach that high heart rate
perfect, thats a good sign
That's what I wanted to see this time
it was mental...
its always mental
But you reached a super high lactate value and a high heart rate
If i'm honest, the further I got, the better my legs felt
strange enough
better than the other way around
I was seeing a lower power the hole time so I was like f*ck
its less than last time....
yeah but you just came out of your rest period you cant expect to ride the best test of you life...
I need 46hours of recovery (according to my garmin)
If you feel ok you can take a shower, and than we'll discuss the results
one eternity later
just, finish the test
took a shower and i'm still cooked
test results all right here and me and jim are gonna go through it to see
What the actual results were and we're gonna go talk about my
training plan for coming year to
improve what needs to be improved and
To have a very structured training
Yeah, that's a big difference
that will need some needed changes...
lets have a look in the report..
your weight is pretty much unchanged.
a kilogram more, thats absolutely not a focus point at the moment.
because..
your wattages are just too low
okay we went
through the test results i
Must, say it was a bit disappointing but it's good to know where i am at the moment
jim is a very experienced trainer he's training a lot of
Pro riders at the moment so he knows what he's talking about and right now my
test values were there were a lot lower than
In the beginning of this year so we have a lot of room for improvement
okay i just got back from the test and i've got the results from beginning of this year and from
the test of today
doctor Jim
Yeah now you know sh*t's getting real..
haha
It's going to get less fun very fas
i think I'm already about 30 watt lower than last time...
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