Rookie Zwifter: Zwift 101

General Discussion
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Another Rookie Question…

I’m taking the Zwift 101 training (on a smart trainer) and tomorrow I will be doing the understanding Thresholds which at the end will give me a FTP. My concern is my first ever ride was on a dummy trainer and I felt the FTP given was too high so I changed it. I did the Just the Basics on my new Smart trainer but I don’t think it cared to much about my FTP. Now my issue is I don’t want to under challenge myself. I set it very modest at 150 but will it use that to test me or does it have another way of figuring it out? Should I raise it to maybe 225 and let it make the adjustments if it’s too high?

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Zwift won’t lower your FTP. So to be sure set it to 150 and do the short FTP test.

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@Gerrie_Delport thank you for replying…

If my FTP is 150 and the Test ranges between 120-150FTP how will it know if I should be at 190 if that’s the case?

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Good question:

So during the FTP test there are a free ride portion, this is the actual test. During the free ride portion you should change the resistance to a value you think you can hold for 20min. So you should get a good estimate of your FTP and a very good base line.

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You can change resistance by using the incline buttons on the companion app.

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