What have you done to increase your FTP in the winter months? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by 1800doctorb@lemmy.world to c/bicycling@lemmy.world

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For those of us who are forced indoors when the ice and snow come, have you had real success training primarily through zwift or other indoor training programs? What do you think was the key to your gains? Tell me your story.

I’ve got my trainer set up in the basement and will be doing a ramp test this week. Looking to make as big an FTP improvement by Spring as possible.

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[-] limelight79@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Zwift definitely helps me. Even if I don't improve, I'm at least maintaining fitness.

They have series of workouts called Build Me Up that are apparently pretty good. A few years ago I was doing the standard FTP Builder set of workouts, which I do think helped, but apparently Build Me Up is better. The workouts scale with your FTP.

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