Posts Tagged ‘FTP’
Three Ways to Ride Faster for Longer to Maximize Your Gravel Racing Performance
Three Ways to Ride Faster for Longer to Maximize Your Gravel Racing Performance In gravel racing, generally the longer you can maintain riding close to your functional threshold power (FTP) , the faster you’ll be over the course. So at a certain point in your training, you stop trying to increase your functional threshold power…
Read MoreImprove Your Threshold Power to Improve Your Gravel cycling Speed and Comfort
Improve Your Threshold Power to Improve Your Gravel Cycling Speed and Comfort Gravel racing on bicycles requires building as big an FTP, or functional threshold power, as possible in order to maintain your power during long races. Most of the time, gravel races are between 30 and several hundred miles. As an older guy, I…
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