I wonder how many of you are using Golden Cheetah? I am confused about CP. Some said it is same as ftp, some said it is not. How do i tell what is my cp? See screenshot here
They are not the same⌠although, they are supposed to be highly correlated:
https://groups.google.com/g/golden-cheetah-users/c/ztucO3u4cwA/m/pnBt-lKo6rMJ
This is an easily digested article that explains the concept:
THE âCRITICAL POWERâ CONCEPT AND HIGH-INTENSITY EXERCISE PERFORMANCE
Here is another good article which explains CP - what it is, how to test for it and includes a calculator: Critical Power and Wâ Explained For Cyclists (inc. Critical Power Calculator) â High North Performance
For those of you using Critical Power, do you set your training zones off of it? (like those provided in GC)
I do. For me FTP == CP. I donât care if they are not exactly the same, but i donât want to overcomplicate things. After all, if I can hold X power for Y minutes, it tells me much more than some metric.
Iâve a few numbers in my head one of those might correspond to GC critical power
- I have an AI FTP Detected number I train to
- I have last seasons watts bests (a bit lower than AI FTPD) which I start out TTs
- I have a repeatable watts target (a bit lower again) which usually replaces things half way
- I have a lower again watts target which I know mentally I maintain all day (which might kick in in the last 1/4 before finishing too strong.
- Then I have a âget me homeâ watts target (usually reserved for the cool down)
Iâm getting better at holding 2 or 3 above for a full TT and sometimes negative splits and one of those might correspond to critical power
I can never get to that completely dead stage just as I cross the line, which some of the best ttâers I know seem to; perhaps they are actually delivering âcritical powerâ