Empirical Cycling Podcast

The Watts Doc #8: FTP vs Critical Power

Jun 4, 2019
Exploring the discrepancies between Critical Power (CP) and Functional Threshold Power (FTP) models, their measurement accuracy, and practical applications in training. The importance of understanding the difference between FTP and CP, and their limitations for longer endurance efforts. Highlighting the physiological impossibility of maintaining critical power indefinitely and a humorous anecdote about a misapplication of the CP model.
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
Difference Between Critical Power (CP) and Functional Threshold Power (FTP) models
02:36 • 7min
3
Understanding Critical Power and its Linear Model
09:09 • 2min
4
Critical Power vs Functional Threshold Power
11:06 • 14min
5
Comparison of Critical Power and Functional Threshold Power
25:09 • 8min
6
Understanding the Difference between FTP and CP
32:51 • 2min