Semi-Pro Cycling
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Cycling Performance Club: What is best practice for implementing critical power into your training? w/ Jason Bartram, PhDc, Part 1
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Is there a better measure of threshold for cyclists out there than FTP? Yes! We think there is. Welcome to the world of critical power (CP), W’, and W’ balance- truly science-based measures related to the “anaerobic” threshold.
While the advantages of CP over FTP are many, its determination is a bit more complicated than 95% of your 20-minute power. Because of this, we have brought CP expert, Jason Bartram, onto the show to help facilitate this two-part conversation about the best practice for utilizing CP in your cycling training and coaching. In this episode, we focus mainly on CP and the power duration curve.
Jason Bartram, PhDc is the former Australian National Women’s Track Team coach, former sports scientist for AusCycling and the Australian Institute of Sport, and current PhD candidate studying critical power, W’, and W’ balance in elite track athletes.
Guest panelist:
Jason Bartram, PhDc
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-bartram/
The podcast co-hosts:
Jason Boynton, Ph.D.
boyntoncoaching.com
Damian Ruse
semiprocycling.com
Cyrus Monk
cyclistscientist.com
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References:
Predicting Critical Power in Elite Cyclists: Questioning the Validity of the 3-Minute All-Out Test
https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijspp/12/6/article-p783.xml
Relative Proximity of Critical Power and Metabolic/Ventilatory Thresholds: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40279-020-01314-8
The Physiological Basis of Athletic Records
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40279-020-01314-8