Is FTP Dead? Is Critical Power the Cyclist's Next Great Training Metric?
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// Episode Overview:
Cody Stephenson is the Education Program Manager at TrainingPeaks, meaning he teaches coaches how to properly utilize training data to improve performance. He's the perfect sports scientist to discuss the similarities and differences between Functional Threshold Power (FTP) and Critical Power (CP), Functional Reserve Capacity (FRC) and W Prime, and how all these training metrics and methodologies relate to each other. Best of all, he and Coach Adam Pulford are pragmatists, so they explain the strengths and weaknesses of each, without bias or hidden agendas.
// Topics Covered In This Episode:
00:00-- Intro
04:22 - Is FTP dead?
08:46 - What is Functional Reserve Capacity (FRC)?
10:51 - Explaining P Max
15:57 - Are Critical Power and W Prime better than FTP and FRC?
22:51 - How to choose between FTP/FRC vs. CP/Wprime
27:12 - Why is "clean data" so important?
// RESOURCES
Cody Stephenson LinkedIn: / codyish
Articles: https://www.trainingpeaks.com/coach-b...
CP W’ vs FTP alone: https://joinvekta.com/blog/why-measur...
Analyzing FTP by Joe Friel: https://www.trainingpeaks.com/blog/fu...
WKO Case Study - Targeting Specific PDC Improvements
Power Training with WKO: https://www.wko5.com/power-training-w...
Why Train Submaximally? WKO Case Study - Targeting Specific PDC Improvements https://www.wko5.com/wko-targeting-sp...
Learning More about LLM’s and AI: https://ask.library.arizona.edu/faq/4...
//GUEST
Cody grew up racing mountain bikes in Durango, Colorado where he developed a passion for endurance sports, science, math and technology. He switched to the road and track while racing for Fort Lewis College, where he also managed to get a couple of science degrees. Now he gets to write and talk about his favorite topics every day as Education Program Manager at TrainingPeaks. When he’s not helping coaches learn to leverage technology to reach their goals he’s trying to become as good of a mountain bike racer as he was when he was 13 years old.
// HOST
Adam Pulford has been a CTS Coach for more than 14 years and holds a B.S. in Exercise Physiology. He's participated in and coached hundreds of athletes for endurance events all around the world.
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