VO2max Posted March 29, 2006 Share According to coggan:As a rule of thumb: Critical power (CP) CP60 can be derived from CP30 value by taking CP30 minus 5% will most often put you in the zone of CP60.Does anyone know how to derive other values from CP30 value. I am interested in say CP12, CP120 and CP180I know the best method is to perform the tests yourself, but man, to test Critical Power for 2 and 3 hours is surely not that nice and could be determined by some other method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Posted March 29, 2006 Share Wow... now I missed the boat... where can one get more info on what you already have. I know the Minolta guys in Heidelberg are using this method you mentioned above. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeMax Posted March 29, 2006 Share According to coggan:As a rule of thumb: Critical power (CP) CP60 can be derived from CP30 value by taking CP30 minus 5% will most often put you in the zone of CP60.Does anyone know how to derive other values from CP30 value. I am interested in say CP12' date=' CP120 and CP180I know the best method is to perform the tests yourself, but man, to test Critical Power for 2 and 3 hours is surely not that nice and could be determined by some other method. [/quote'] GuysI am working with Admin on a "power" training forum but until then please mail me at peter@bikemax.co.za with your mail address and I can help you with a model by Monod that will allow you to estimate critical powers over a range of times. You need to test at at least 3 durations (I reccomend 20 min, 5 min and 1 min)Not really necessary to predict the longer (>30 min powers) because you are unlikely to be using this duration in a training session with power. If you have a power meter (I am assuming you do) then download cycling peaks software at www.cyclingpeaks.com and once you start to collect data from your rides this app will also produce a peak power curve for you at all the durations you have ridden.Hope this helps for startersPeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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