FTP and Training Load: their RelationShip and how they do and don't work together

There is a linear relationship between training load and FTP but only up to a certain point. When you build your base with our 16 weeks of sweet plan your FTP goes up but then what? How do you get it to go higher? At that point, training load accounts for 75-90% of what your true FTP can be. The remaining 10-25% can be achieved by switching to interval training and this is where the relationship between training load and FTP 'breaks'. However, power goes up even more for two reasons:

1) the athlete is 'fresher' and can produce greater power output

2) the athlete has achieved the aerobic adaptations** that enable the higher power output.

***Increases in Mitochondrial Density & Cardiac Output

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