Yep. God knows how many pages and I still don’t really know what ftp is.
Shh, say that three times and He appears.
It’s an approximation of a quasimodo (but with bicycle bells) that exists only in the heart chambers of polarised coaches.
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You are my new coach!
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I now ignore my Garmin when it says new FTP detected, not done an ftp test since Feb. Personally I would rather leave my ftp well alone during season as I don’t want my IF to be re-baselined
For some men its akin to car engine size. Bigger engine = bigger nob, bigger FTP = bigger nob.
My FTP was 314 and I have a massive nob, so possibly some truth in it.
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Tiny ftp
Medium Johnson
Huge car engine …
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I would say I’m merely adequate in the ftp / shlong department, which is actually quite depressing.
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I like the way the Ali Brownlee Kona thread has deteriorated into a slagging match and movie quotes.
Jeff
He hasn’t changed much and he’s still right😅
I’ve finally got to the end of that thread and basically, there’s a few people that don’t understand FTP, aren’t well educated enough to understand what he’s saying, and due to their misconceived notions they think that Coggan is wrong and deceitful. In fact, they just don’t understand what he’s telling them, and are upset about it.
I think I learned something from that thread, but I haven’t yet processed and decided whether it affects how I train.
Exactly this. He got a bit defensive when I politely pointed this out in one of their FB posts.
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A bit! That’s an understatement
True but being right and being a dick aren’t mutually exclusive.
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I see Dan is pushing his partners puff promotion pieces to the top of the page above the triathlon news.
Difficult one. Cervelo is a major player in triathlon, so to not cover their product launch would be remiss.
The difference between ST and a printed publication, appears to be that he doesn’t have to put ‘Advertising feature’ clearly in the corner. They’ve found a way around that one via ‘partnering’.
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So I poked the Empfield bear again.
Read the Cervelo Ad thread. Regardless of what you think of the ad itself, it’s blatant promotion & spin on behalf of an ST Partner.
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We’re coming up to culling time, will you be on the hit list?
I think that would be too obvious; you’ll notice I’m being factual, and not making accusations. My response to his reply was equally even-keeled.
That thread is typical of ST. Ad gets posted, Slowman wanks over it as its a partner. The arse kissers unite and shake their heads at the people who dont agree with the king.
The ad is shite as well.
It is a shameless and painfully obvious play on basic emotional tropes to help us validate our selfish and expensive life choices, and to try and sell it as an uplifting, pure story is nonsense.
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It is a shameless and painfully obvious play on basic emotional tropes to help us validate our selfish and expensive life choices, and to try and sell it as an uplifting, pure story is nonsense.
Have you considered being a media critic 
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