Power profiling, critical power, and U23 cycling research with Peter Leo | EP#319

Peter Leo is an applied exercise physiologist and high performance coach from Austria. Peter has done extensive research in profiling performance and physiological characteristics of U23 cyclists which we discuss in this interview. We also discuss power profiling and using Critical Power.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:

-Best practices for power profiling (e.g. formal testing vs. raw training data) and methodological considerations

-What is Critical Power, and why use that as a main physiological marker over others (such as MLSS and FTP)

-Power changes in U23 cyclists across a season

-How training characteristics (e.g. training intensity distribution as well as added load from racing) impacted the change in power profile across the season

-Practical takeaways from these studies - what can we learn when thinking about how we go about our own training and racing across an entire season?  

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LINKS AND RESOURCES:

• Peter's Twitter and Research Gate 
• Longitudinal physiological and performance characteristics of U23 elite cyclists - Peter's PhD thesis
• Power profiling and the power-duration relationship in cycling: a narrative review - Leo et al. 2021
• Power Profiling in U23 Professional Cyclists During a Competitive Season- Leo et al. 2021
• Training Characteristics and Power Profile of Professional U23 Cyclists throughout a Competitive Season - Leo et al. 2020
• Power Profiling, Workload Characteristics, and Race Performance of U23 and Professional Cyclists During the Multistage Race Tour of the Alps - Leo et al. 2021
• Climbing Performance in U23 and Professional Cyclists during a Multi-stage Race - Leo et al. 2021
• All-Out Physiology - Youtube-channel by Dr. Mark Burnley
• Exercise intensity domains and phase transitions: the power-duration relationship - blog post by Dr. Mark Burnley
• Tools and calculators by PhD candidate Felipe Mattioni
• Previous guests on That Triathlon Show mentioned in this episode (may not be an exhaustive list): Mark Burnley, Andy Jones, Philip Skiba, James Spragg, Teun van Erp, Robert Lamberts, John Hawley, Louise Burke, Dan Lorang

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