My First Zwift FTP Ramp Test (and what I did wrong!) 

Nice work! But.. I'd recommend repeating it with Erg mode turned on for a more reliable test. Your power will go up in clearer steps, and there will be no question about when you're done. And you'll get a more meaningful comparison when you repeat it in the future. Good luck!

What's a coincidence I've just done a ramp test today out of curiosity I'm 70 years of age and I'll tell you what when it started getting hard. I just stopped and I'll tell you why, at my age I'm more than happy just to ride my bike outdoors. and I think you know exactly what I mean. In my experience you get stronger by just going out and riding the bloody thing. I found a got stronger, but I just growing up and down the hills in what I would call the natural way. I've never been and no intention of ever being a racer or anything like that and the more I got into the ramp test the more I thought what a waste of bloody time this is. I'll be honest when I go on Zwift, I just go free riding with a group and it suits me fine.Thanks for a great video by the way

Good advice. Stop as soon as you’re done. I did exactly the same thing as you did…kept on going after I had done my max effort…eventually stopped and the “toast” button came up. I’m sure my result was skewed…Zwift should tell you what to do…great video thanks.

If the erg mode was on… Zwift should adjust the power needed at any given time. Cadence should change power output.

Great job! I've been Zwifting for about 3 months now so I think I'm still new. I'm yet to do an FTP test but I do a lot of my own training like taking a challenge and try completing in half the suggested time. Group rides I let everyone get 5 minutes ahead then I go all out to make sure I'm not last. I'm doing a ton of hill climbs trying to earn the Tron Bike. Keep it up n let us know how your doing?

The in ride text from Zwift made a good point. It is a good workout in itself. Given you made a few mistakes and your real ftp should be higher why wouldn’t you retest before going into the 6 week plan. You will be training at the wrong level for 6 weeks.

Turning off your wifi connection during the ride will make everyone else disappear. Just remember to reconnect before exiting.

Never tried the ramp test without erg mode. Now I know how that looks. ;-)

Just wanna say hi, started zwifting two weeks ago, First FTP was 212, Feeling good. Greetings from germany

Awsome man! Respect to you! Immense effort!

Really well-made video, Eric! :)

Good job! Awesome effort buddy... As they say it Only gets harder from here 😂

FTP is the power you can hold for over an hour. 20 minutes power x 0.95 = FTP (1 hour)

Eric, have you tried the 20 min FTP test? some people say that you should go full gas for 20 min, but i think this could be misleading. in the 20 min test, if you already go at max power you will be burn in the first 5 min or less. One wise person said that you should aim for something like 5-10% above your current FTP and keep it for 20 min. i still need to do to have my own experience. It seems to me that the ramp test on ERG mode will give a more reliable number on ERG mode, as you are pushing slowly the bounderies..but im not sure..

Did my first Zwift Ramp test yesterday in ERG mode. Not sure what happened but during my final minute of my max power capacity, my Zwift Hub trainer added massive resistance to the point where I could barely stand up and make the pedals go around? Anybody else have this happen?

Thanks 😊

It’s all about weight and i weigh 232.4 in my b-day suit. My ftp is 198. Ima retest in about 30 min. How do you weigh to push those ftp numbers?

Do you use gear shifting during the ramp test?

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On level 10.😊

What do you think my FTP will be after 6 weeks?