
CYCLING SPECIAL: The Science of Cadence / Van der Poel's Incredible Numbers / Colbrelli's Health Scare
The Real Science of Sport Podcast
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What's Your Critical Power?
Sofanapo would have a critical power, let's say, of a 420 wats. Every second he spends above four, 20 is eating into that battery. So after one minute at 550 wats, he's used a hundred and 30 wats for a minute more than he has batery power doa critical power says he's eating into thatattery. And it's limited. In theory, the point at which that batteryis deplete is the point atWhich you crack, and you're gone from you no longer. But we know that he didn't, but again, you can make this power duration curve for him based on what you see in his training. It doesn
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