Relationship between CP6 CP12 CP30 CP60 CP180 etc!

dhincks said:

Hi
I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of some data that relates CP6, CP12, CP30, CP60, CP180 etc. Or to put another way, if you know your critical power at one level, how do you work out what it is likely to be at another level without having to destroy yourself in a test/race!!
Cheers

It depends upon how your Anaerobic Work Capacity (AWC) matches up to your aerobic fitness. On a micro scale it depends upon how you've developed your different energy production systems and is most likely bounded by genetics. In other words if you never work on your VO2max or your anaerobic endurance your short efforts will suffer, or if you are real strong in shorter efforts but don't train to increase your FTP your CP curve will look quite different.

Read up on the Monod model for CP (the original and widely accepted definition of CP that predates Friel by several decades) it may not be 100% accurate but takes into account AWC and your aerobic fitness. Here's a good link describing the relationships: velo-fit.comcritical power.pdfOpen ↗

Good luck,
Dave