There’s a lot of those guys… funnily enough often lightweights! We had two guys from one of my old clubs go on to ride Pro Conti.
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Just about back in the club, at 4.01w/kg, after my ftp test this morning. A modest 7w increase, but moving in the right direction. My weight’s plateaued a bit, as I’m back at home on holiday. Would like to lose another kg before my first Sporting tt in a couple of weeks.
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With that power, you would do amazing well on Zwift TT’s
I am doing the reverse, got a rowing machine and currently smashing out fast 10km times. Friend of mine recons I can do well in the local rowing club Ergo challenge. Indoor rowing certainly hurts
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Have decided to make this a target for me - hopefully by the end of the year. Current FTP is 260W and about 76kg so 3.4w/kg. Plan to reach 300w and 75kg. So I basically will be on the turbo every morning at a steady <75%ftp for up to 90min with 2 hard interval sessions a week with each containing 100%ftp efforts. Any outdoor sessions will be bonus sessions at an easy effort
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@hillwall , are you on Zwift?
If so how about join the team time trial next time we get our act together?
There’s a bunch of us hovering around that level, and the TTT keeps the teeth gritted as well as being “type 2 fun” allegedly
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Yes, I am on Zwift. Not really done any Zwift racing myself - partially because I am limited on time and try to get my training in before the kids wake up so get up at 5am every day so I can do my session and finish before 7am. So don’t really know how racing works, but I’m sure I can figure it out.
I think if I’ve got some planned session I can spare some time during the day/evening for something.
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+1 on @fruit_thief’s suggestion. My block of focussed sets were essentially over unders rather than steady efforts and racing TT and iTT on Zwift moved me from 3.8WKG to 4.5WKG oh and dropping 2kg
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Have a look at the EVO rides. Vortex starts at 5.30 am every weekday about an hour of varied intervals. Good group, social interaction average about 3.5 W/kg for the duration with some overs/sprints.
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First FTP test since the one above (03/03/21) so after nearly 3yrs I was probably overdue 
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Disappointingly I definitely underperformed during the 5min test - probably because I was conscious of the 20min coming up - but 20min & FTP was pretty much the same.
Will have to wait until I get home & weigh myself to see if my post-Christmas timber is going to see me chucked out of the 4W/Kg club 
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Beast!
I’d love to get here by the spring… even if I have to use the ramp test to cheat my way there!
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Wow, if your weight is the same that’s 4.32 W/kg - Noiiiiice
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Good work 
! How many cans of Irn Bru?
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Pretty much the same weight as 3yrs ago.
Still in the club 
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ETA …(@JaRok2300 do you still use your Kinetic turbo? I did the above test with my Assioma Uno pedal of power & measured with my Wahoo head unit but also measured results from my Kinetic on a Garmin. The Kinetic gave me an FTP of 287W, so pretty similar)
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wait you what now? 
Thats 4.53 W/kg
No wonder you smashed that hill climb 
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not sure whether to give that a like or stage an intervention 
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Bet those socks weigh a few grams 
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He was being good about the trotters, unlike some people 
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