Beyond FTP: Building and Tracking Real Durability

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of durability in athletic performance and how it affects race outcomes.

Today we are talking about durability, the performance layer that actually decides outcomes. Fitness tells you what you can do fresh. Durability tells you what you can still do when it matters. That is why two athletes with the same FTP can have completely different results. This is not one number and not one workout. It is how well your system holds together under fatigue. If you want to understand why late race power is what really matters, this is the conversation.

Topics covered

• durability
• performance
• athlete outcomes
• fatigue
• late race power

Keywords

• durability
• FTP
• athletic performance
• fatigue
• race power

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