Zwifting Grandpa V PRO cyclists | 2 min WATTS Challenge with Chris Pritchard & Filippo Ganna

Filippo Ganna did 590 watts over 2 mins in a recent race - Chris Pritchard had a go at matching it on Zwift and I had a go at matching him 🤪
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[@chrispritch]

What a beast!! I put it down to the Rocky IV soundtrack, knew i’d f***ed up by putting on Blur... 🤦🏻‍♂️ cracking effort Mark!!!

[@MarkLewisfitness]

Up against Rocky, anything else might as well be Enya 😂. Just don’t go setting any 3 minute challenges, I’m a two minute one trick pony 😂💪

[@lokkagutt]

Rematch? ;)

[@MarkLewisfitness]

@@lokkagutt I think I die against a well prepared Pritchard 😂

[@martinandrews2860]

Becoming more like a cyclist every day......getting your excuses in early! Good work. 👍

[@pruvitmalaysia2168]

funniest thing I have watched today :) great effort

[@The8mile123]

you are back, legend video!

[@malcontent456]

Total beast mode. Well done man.

[@cactusnic]

Flinkin' blip! That is a while lotta watts! Well done, complete animal!

[@MrJohnsink]

Cracking effort Mark! 👍

[@paulvallender2896]

Chapeau Mark, what an awesome effort, I can only dream of hitting 300w on a ride 🚴🏻‍♂️

[@AB-qx3pf]

Build a custom Zwift workout with that smooth warm up then a rest period then a free ride two minutes.

[@alleywatson]

Yes and then do the same for the big effort one

[@liam_c27]

Top effort that! Scared to try this 😂

[@rickainley1168]

Fantastic result! impressive stuff. I'm going to give it a go after watching that but my numbers are much lower (FTP etc). The Tempus Fugit course is a good one for efforts like this. Its pan flat. I'm guessing he used "Song 2" by Blur. It's 2 minutes long .......and a great song! Cheers Mark

[@darkflamejam]

Awesome work!

[@dskordo]

Right on man!!!!

[@noggintube]

Rockin' those pink socks 😉

[@darrenconstantinou6010]

I’m definitely gonna give this a go.

[@aberdeenal3234]

It was the pink socks that made you get that power output - pink is the future!!

[@steveeglintine]

Liked it. Nicely done. I'm an old un about 78kg and might try and either do 400 for two minutes or 590 for, well, probably 45 seconds

[@frankconte264]

great job

[@shaylorcyclingwahoolecol8313]

Finally got round to this (outside). I’m a lot smaller than you but managed exactly 7.00 wkg for the two minutes (and nearly took a kom off tejvan pettinger in the process - 2013 British hilly climb champion). 470w in absolute

[@paulspencer4631]

Great effort

[@donwinston]

Hilarious!

[@jamesengelsma3]

You can press A to "put the brakes" on your bike in zwift to stop quicker :) Great video!

[@MarkLewisfitness]

Good to know!

[@philldoraine3549]

Brakes? Nobody needs that fancy outdoor crap 😂😂

[@joeswright86]

Brilliant video. May give this a try. 2 mins is defo out of an out and out sprint. Full on lactic burn 🤢 you did well not to hit the wall.

[@paulspencer4631]

Mark, you should come and try the Dale's Grimpeur if you want somthing endurance based to train for.

[@sam-lifeonwheels9861]

You monster Mark! I think I should try this on the handbike... 500W is about my peak 1 second power 😤 Sam

[@MarkLewisfitness]

To be fair - that sounds mad high anyway! When you think of arm size V leg size........some people cant get 500w from their legs!

[@cyclingnerddelux698]

It took me a while. I guess I'm not the sharpest tack in the box. But today I realized that Mark is serious about the Rocky soundtrack.

[@MarkLewisfitness]

It's my (not very secret) formula!

[@jamesmckinney9639]

Your wikipedia page needs to include dog father to Nixon & others and that dude who fell off the Kickr with a video clip. Great job.

[@MarkLewisfitness]

my page will be longer than average at this rate 😂

[@mk3less]

Absolute beast! I think is time you start hunting for real world strava Koms

[@MarkLewisfitness]

I've managed to resist strava all this time - maybe a summer time goal!

[@kevingear3062]

Mark... that's a seriously impressive effort, slightly above average ? I suspect way above average... baring in mind Filippo Ganna is the absolute best in the world at what he does, by some margin. World TT champion, world record holder for the individual 4km pursuit (4mins 1 sec) all round cycling superstar

[@MarkLewisfitness]

I'd take him in an arm wrestle though 😂.

[@bitminerbob6731]

That is pretty epic. That's a tough effort!!! Those numbers would keep you in the front of a pretty tough flat A grade zwift race too, if you could then recover a bit and hold wheels. Actually, your first 30 seconds would probably see you off the front of most A grade flat races. As an interesting video idea, maybe try an A grade Zwift race. Something flat and short, like an 8k "crit crusher". They are super fun. I think you'll be surprised at how well you go. Maybe you don't win it but I don't think you'd get dropped.

[@MarkLewisfitness]

OK....I am ON IT!!!! A cat race here I come ...... not last is the goal 😀

[@edam9461]

@@MarkLewisfitness just make sure it's a race I'm in and you won't be last 😂

[@TrueFilter]

You're a beast. For me watts are watts and thats how I'd compare it.

[@1980TheVortex]

Mark, apart of your great effort, you should know that Filippo Ganna can generate much better figures than presented at the start of your video :) . He is a real beast, noone is riding better time trial stages than him.

[@MarkLewisfitness]

But that makes me and Chris even worse 😂😂

[@1980TheVortex]

@@MarkLewisfitness Still figures like yours are unreachable for regular bread eaters :)

[@lincslegend6936]

Savage

[@MishMash95]

Solid effort, given 14s of freewheeling, your avg was likely quite a bit higher! You can see the exact data by looking at the critical power curve tab, or uoading to strava and seeing the power curve there/selecting a range in the analysis tab. Quick maffs would estimate your 2 min average to be around 560w, which would make sense given the first minute being around 630-650w and the second minute 450-470w. And just for fun, Filippo Ganna used to have his FTP public on strava and reported 495w 🤮

[@patbriggsmbr]

Lovin the pink socks, 😀

[@MarkLewisfitness]

Xmas gift from my mum 🎄😂

[@elliotpollard9083]

Imagine those pectoral gains after a 1hr tree hugging session. Also, you should look at the critical power curve and you get your proper 2 min average instead of your 2:14 avg.

[@ryanmorin6430]

@Mark Lewis I said the exact same thing on his teaser post earlier! I recently completed a critical power test during an exercise physiology course in university - 2 mins of suffering followed by 90 mins of feeling absolutely disgusting. Gives you a really detailed power curve that levels off into an asymptote. The area under the curve is your W' - aka your anaerobic energy reserve/work doable above CP, whereas the asymptote is your critical power - or a power output you can sustain for ~ 20 mins. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5070974/

[@MarkLewisfitness]

Ryan and Elliot..... I am going to read and re read your post until I understand them. Ryan in particular went about 20,000 feet above my head 😂🤪

[@1carusjohn32]

@@MarkLewisfitness W' or watt prime, your anaerobic reserve in kJ. if you know your ftp say 330W, your watt prime would be (505 -330w) x 120s kJ = 21000kJ. ( the 120s is based on the 2 minute effort at 505, which you were in fact a bit stronger on so say 520..... giving 22800kJs if your ftp is 330. Which is pretty huge!!! ..... more importantly .... above average!

[@Check-it-out]

I am quitting on Zwift but I won’t quit on your channel ! 👍🏻😂

[@MarkLewisfitness]

I'm way better than Zwift so good choice 😂

[@MrMiiichael]

You have an uncanny ability to remember scenes from movies!

[@MarkLewisfitness]

its a pointless life skill....until I started this 😂

[@v.demonaco3718]

Quick maths: If you did 505 W average in 134 seconds, you could multiply the seconds with the watts and divide that by the seconds you actually ran (we assume that the entire 14 seconds at the end were at exactly 0W) and you get this: (134 seconds x 505 watts)/120 seconds ≈ 564 W. Thats is staggering

[@robertdulany6811]

I have the opposite "power curve" - as illustrated by the Coggin Power Table, for 5s power I rank "untrained" which is the worst result. However, for FT power I rank "Cat 3" which isn't bad for someone in his 50's. So, I found it really interesting to see how a pure sprinter did at 2m. 2m isn't a sprint, it should be long enough that I do "ok" - my wattage was 415W for 2m. About 5.2 w/kg for 2m. As for real world crit racing I suspect you'd do quite good. Real world in a crit race, I cannot - the lack of sprint makes it impossible. IRL, the only thing I can do OK at is a time trial.

[@MarkLewisfitness]

over 400 w is still pretty bloody good! I expect your power curve was flatter than mine? I started off crazy high then crashed out 😂

[@henrikrudehvid3067]

After about two months on Zwift and a cat. A rider I average 428 watts over 20 minutes. 500 watts over 5 minutes. 626 watts over 1 minute. I need to try this out also.

[@WisePaul1337]

🌲🤗 🤣😂🤣😂

[@tristanwhite8411]

Terrific effort Mark! You can hit "A" to slow the bike more quickly. Looking through my power curve on Strava, it looks like 420 for me at 65kg.

[@MarkLewisfitness]

Thats a big number at 60% my weight!

[@tristanwhite8411]

@@MarkLewisfitness Scary thing is that I get crushed in the A group with others easily doing 8+ w/kg and I'm sitting at 6.5. There's always someone faster, stronger, prettier, richer...it's a humbling sport.

[@MarkLewisfitness]

@@tristanwhite8411 yep. Is why I’m always happy at above average. I’ll leave being the best to people that want it more 😂

[@tristanwhite8411]

@@MarkLewisfitness You and me. I call myself Mr. Mediocre

[@cliffclermont]

I must have a problem....I have been subscribed to both you guys [@Chris Pritchard's Cycling Hub] for a long time.....The numbers are very good. not too sure about mine....but I did do 10x Alpe d Zwift [no stopping] the other day and cranked 400w for the last minute of that effort....at 52yo

[@cliffclermont]

...love the content - Chris should be an A rider IMHO. You are the #CottageofWattage

[@MarkLewisfitness]

yeah, Chris seems to sit right on the edge of B....it's tough because you can podium there or go and suck in A 😆

[@cliffclermont]

@@MarkLewisfitness exactly! ZWIFT Power will put [if you haven't seen] "Almost A" next to "B" for the real sweet spot for some - cheery picking [off] guys like me

[@BFinesilver2]

You are faster than that guy on a a tt course. You averaged about 48km/h. The difference in weight only accounts for 14 watts at tue same speed on a flat course. Watts/kg means very little in tt.

[@Forever_Tri-ing]

Thumbs up for another great video. I've started work on that Wikipedia page - Mark Lewis: 47 or 48 years old. Grandfather, 3 dogs and pink sock ambassador.

[@MarkLewisfitness]

Those are some above average socks 😅

[@ccamire]

Very good efforts and power. However for me biking is about a number of qualities such as maintaining that power for 3-4 hrs and climbing hills. At 65 yrs old, i beat most people 20 yrs younger, Not a fan of pure power but rather fitness levels overall.

[@MarkLewisfitness]

I hear you 👍🏼 I’d just rather run an ultramarathon in the sun and leave the garbage for power 💪

[@ccamire]

@@MarkLewisfitness the video was a great presentation on an interesting angle of cycling and i love what you do. Keep the good work.

[@XX-is7ps]

Very impressive, even regardless of your weight that’s still a huge amount of power to be putting out - 2 minutes is really tough, right on the border of anaerobic/aerobic energy system usage. If you want to see how much your wattage was over two minutes you can sync the ride into a platform such as TrainingPeaks, intervals.icu or GoldenCheetah and it will tell you the 2minute peak power.

[@iangibson9964]

514 but that was 3 years ago - when I was only 58😉😉

[@charlespackwood9219]

My best is 420 watts for five minutes up a hill and I’m 66kg.

[@adams726]

My 1min is around 650 ill give this a go

[@MarkLewisfitness]

That's pretty high! Hold over 400 on the second and you are in the 500's for 2 !

[@KetzalSterling]

Great effort Mark. You could definitely do better if you started the effort already at your preferred cadence, say 90rpm. Also, you went way too hard at the start. Sadly cycling power is next to irrelevant without the weight column. I did mine. 2mins 440w 62kg, so 7w/kg. That's reasonable. 8w/kg is good for 2min. 9w/kg is very good and 10w/kg and above is world class.

[@MarkLewisfitness]

INdeed - but I was trying to mirrow how Chris did his.....and I get watts/kg.....but at 65kg and 2m tall I'd look like a zombie and my wife would leave me so I'd have other things to worry about that bike power 😂

[@danlancaster2239]

At age 62, no 63, no 62, not sure how old I am, I put myself at 300w and then die.

[@MarkLewisfitness]

To be fair, over 60 you are allowed to forget your age 😄

[@valiantabello]

You're a cyclist now bro.

[@mattismac]

593 watts @ 85kg for 2 mins is my best and 846 watts @85kg for 1 min this year . It’s a killer for sure those 2 min efforts.

[@chrisswan3986]

You shouldn't put the trainer difficulty down bud .in life you need to try to give it 100 percent in what ever you do (try again and see you there's a difference )

[@chrisswan3986]

If not you

[@MarkLewisfitness]

Thats doesnt really help for a simple wattage test on a route with hills - I'd be up and down the gears!

[@andreagobbez6776]

After you save the Zwift workout you can use a few tools to analyze the performance and see the average watts of the whole 2':00" A few tools may be the same Zwiftpower site (download the activity from your profile and then drop it on the Analize page), or Strava or intervals.icu or even you can click on the graph in the Zwift screen and see. Anyway, nice shot!