Q&A #13 - Bike power indoors vs. outdoors, and are recovery weeks necessary for low-volume athletes

Q&A #13 - Bike power indoors vs. outdoors, and are recovery weeks necessary for low-volume athletes  

• If the difference between your FTP indoors and outdoors can be 20-30 watts, do you need to test your FTP separately in these different conditions? 
• What are the factors that impact how big (or small) of a difference you will have? 
• If you're only training 7-8 hours per week, do you really need a recovery week every 3 or 4 weeks? 

  LINKS AND RESOURCES:  

• That Triathlon Show website 
• Coaching
• Training Plans
• Dependence of the Nature of the Pedaling Activity on Maximal Aerobic Power in Cycling
• Gross Efficiency and Cycling Economy Are Higher in the Field as Compared with on an Axiom Stationary Ergometer
• Fast Talk podcast, ep. 60: Rethinking the science of trainers
• Adjusting Your Functional Threshold Power for Indoor Riding - article by Hunter Allen

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