{"id":1490396,"date":"2021-11-18T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.bkool.com\/?p=1490396"},"modified":"2022-10-27T17:28:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T15:28:58","slug":"cycling-ftp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.bkool.com\/en\/2021\/11\/18\/cycling-ftp\/","title":{"rendered":"FTP: what is it and why is it important in cycling?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
FTP is one of the most fashionable acronyms in cycling, but what do those three letters stand for and why are they important in this sport? Let’s try to clear up your doubts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FTP stands for Functional Threshold Power<\/strong>. It is a term that refers to the highest average power range that a cyclist can develop during one hour<\/strong>. This metric, like any metric that measures power, is expressed in watts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Functional Power Threshold is widespread in the cycling world as it is a great indicator of fitness and a good tool for measuring the amount of work an athlete can perform in a given (usually long) time interval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From this perspective, FTP is the power we are able to produce with high lactate levels, but stabilized and close to our body’s limit to eliminate them. VO2Max<\/a> <\/strong>would be our upper limit of aerobic power production and FTP the percentage we can sustain of that limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is that gray area between the power that we can develop in a prolonged way (over an hour) and the ephemeral power that we only support for a couple of minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFTP from a physiological point of view<\/h2>\n\n\n\n