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Watt The FTP?

The Real Science of Sport Podcast

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How Much Work Can You Do Beyond Critical Power?

For every second that we are above our critical power, we're using that battery. And for every second we're below ourcritical power, we replenish that battery. If your critical power's below that, you're eating into your battery. Is your battery big enough to get you to the top at five wats a keeler? Maybe, maybe not. It starts to become, actually, quite a useful way to predict performance because it predicts fatigue.

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