
Ten Minute Tips #18: Metrics Are Not Fitness
Empirical Cycling Podcast
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Is Your Training Metric Getting Better?
Coaches often use the wrong metric to measure athletes, says Dr. David Perry. He argues that training for performance is more important than how you measure it. In a critical power model, if your critical power goes up by a few wats, what happens to your imterobic balance? Mr Perry: "It's easy to miss that disconnect and just assume that because some metric is getting better, you're going to be able to win"
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