Ten Minute Tips #70: Fitness Beyond FTP
From Empirical Cycling Podcast by Empirical Cycling
January 7, 2026 · 1h 17m
About this episode
The episode discusses non-FTP related training aspects that improve race performance across various cycling disciplines.
Our coaches dig into non-FTP related aspects of training and physiology that that lead to better race results, and workouts that can be done for each. We specifically consider road racing, criteriums, mountain bike and cyclocross, plus gravel and ultra racing, and a couple things to train that can easily apply to everything.
Topics covered
- training
- physiology
- race results
- road racing
- criteriums
- mountain biking
- cyclocross
Keywords
- FTP
- training
- physiology
- race performance
- cycling
- road racing
- criteriums
- mountain biking
- cyclocross
- gravel racing
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