12 min FTP test

Description

After a good warm-up in which the intensity slowly increases you take 5 minutes of recovery. After that just go all out for 12 minutes. Approach it as a time trial so try to distribute your energy as equal as possible. 92% of the average power and heart rate over these 12 minute should correspond with your FTP and threshold heart rate. Try to find a long preferably slight uphill stretch with not much traffic. If you do it indoors don’t forget to disable the erg-mode. Otherwise, you will never be able to improve your FTP. Most importantly is to do this test only well-rested!