ReviewEuropean journal of applied physiology2022
Power profiling and the power-duration relationship in cycling: a narrative review.
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- A reassessment of the energetic significance of blood lactate accumulation during exercise.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Review
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- Towards Accurate Reference Values for Heart Rate and Speed Zones by Aerobic Fitness and Sex in Long-Distance Runners.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Do Non-Circular Chainrings Enhance Cycling Performance? A Systematic Review of Randomized Crossover Trials.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Review
- Enhanced durability predicts success in amateur road cycling: evidence of power output declines.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Optimal body mass normalization of power output for accurate prediction of estimated cycling performance over complex time-trial courses.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Associations of Laboratory- and Field- derived Measurements of Critical Power with W'-kinetics during 40-km Cycling Time Trial Performances.International journal of exercise science · 2025Article
- Technical classification of professional cycling stages using unsupervised learning: implications for performance variability.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Incline dependence of the power-duration relationship in cross-country skiing.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Durability of the moderate-to-heavy-intensity transition is related to the effects of prolonged exercise on severe-intensity performance.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- Energetics of sinusoidal exercise below and across critical power and the effects of fatigue.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- Influence of Conventional Resistance Training Compared to Core Exercises on Road Cycling Power Output.Cureus · 2024Article
- Modelling human endurance: power laws vs critical power.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- Relationships between training dose and record power outputs in professional road cyclists: insights and threats to validity.Biology of sport · 2023Article
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Abstract
Emerging trends in technological innovations, data analysis and practical applications have facilitated the measurement of cycling power output in the field, leading to improvements in training prescription, performance testing and race analysis. This review aimed to critically reflect on power profiling strategies in association with the power-duration relationship in cycling, to provide an updated view for applied researchers and practitioners. The authors elaborate on measuring power output followed by an outline of the methodological approaches to power profiling. Moreover, the deriving a power-duration relationship section presents existing concepts of power-duration models alongside exercise intensity domains. Combining laboratory and field testing discusses how traditional laboratory and field testing can be combined to inform and individualize the power profiling approach. Deriving the parameters of power-duration modelling suggests how these measures can be obtained from laboratory and field testing, including criteria for ensuring a high ecological validity (e.g. rider specialization, race demands). It is recommended that field testing should always be conducted in accordance with pre-established guidelines from the existing literature (e.g. set number of prediction trials, inter-trial recovery, road gradient and data analysis). It is also recommended to avoid single effort prediction trials, such as functional threshold power. Power-duration parameter estimates can be derived from the 2 parameter linear or non-linear critical power model: P(t) = W'/t + CP (W'-work capacity above CP; t-time). Structured field testing should be included to obtain an accurate fingerprint of a cyclist's power profile.
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