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S3 E19: The Science of Nutrition in Sport

The Real Science of Sport Podcast

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The Importance of Power Meters in Cycling

Power is a more accurate measurement of how much fuel you need rather than hot rate power literally is the fuel you're using. So if I'm 20% efficient, and I'm burning 200, it's actually one fifth. That means a thousand joules per second is my literally that's my energy cost to move at 200 watts. You know that massive advantage over me in a rugby world because unfortunately, there is no device that has anywhere near that accuracy that I could put on a rugby player in the game.

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