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Ten Minute Tips #18: Metrics Are Not Fitness

Empirical Cycling Podcast

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The Metric Is a Simple Addition Problem. Critical Power Plus W Prime = Total

The webon r i link to a, i blow up a version of where somebody was training. He's at three undred 30 wats, his f t p, his f ar s, i think t was 17 point five killogules. And through erobic training, he gets an immediate 20 wat bump. So the metric shows him gaining forty watsor a little more. But even though using f r c as a standing for anerobic power,. Ah, as tim always says, the reality is it didn't drop. It's got the same anerobic powers, just that the metric looks like it’s dropping.

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