Power profiling, critical power, and U23 cycling research with Peter Leo | EP#319

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Peter Leo is an applied exercise physiologist and high performance coach from Austria. Peter has done extensive research in profiling performance and physiological characteristics of U23 cyclists which we discuss in this interview. We also discuss power profiling and using Critical Power. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Best practices for power profiling (e.g. formal testing vs. raw training data) and methodological considerations -What is Critical Power, and why use that as a main physiological marker over others (such as MLSS and FTP) -Power changes in U23 cyclists across a season -How training characteristics (e.g. training intensity distribution as well as added load from racing) impacted the change in power profile across the season -Practical takeaways from these studies - what can we learn when thinking about how we go about our own training and racing across an entire season? SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts319/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: ROKA - Exceptional quality triathlon wetsuits, trisuits, swimskins, goggles, performance sunglasses as well as prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses. Online vision test for prescription updates and home try-on options available for eyeglasses. Ships from the US, UK and EU. Trusted by world-leading athletes such as Lucy Charles-Barclay, Javier Gómez Noya, Flora Duffy, Morgan Pearson, Summer Rappaport and others in triathlon, cycling, speed skating, and many more. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order. ZEN8 - The ZEN8 Indoor Swim Trainer is a tool for time-crunched triathletes looking to improve swim specific strength and technique. The swim trainer is a perfect complement to your training in the pool. On days when you don’t have time to go to the pool, you can now do a short but effective home-based workout on the trainer. It is inflatable, so doesn’t take up much space, and best of all, it is very affordable. Get 20% off your order at zen8swimtrainer.com/tts. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Peter's Twitter and Research Gate Longitudinal physiological and performance characteristics of U23 elite cyclists - Peter's PhD thesis Power profiling and the power-duration relationship in cycling: a narrative review - Leo et al. 2021 Power Profiling in U23 Professional Cyclists During a Competitive Season- Leo et al. 2021 Training Characteristics and Power Profile of Professional U23 Cyclists throughout a Competitive Season - Leo et al. 2020 Power Profiling, Workload Characteristics, and Race Performance of U23 and Professional Cyclists During the Multistage Race Tour of the Alps - Leo et al. 2021 Climbing Performance in U23 and Professional Cyclists during a Multi-stage Race - Leo et al. 2021 All-Out Physiology - Youtube-channel by Dr. Mark Burnley Exercise intensity domains and phase transitions: the power-duration relationship - blog post by Dr. Mark Burnley Tools and calculators by PhD candidate Felipe Mattioni Previous guests on That Triathlon Show mentioned in this episode (may not be an exhaustive list): Mark Burnley, Andy Jones, Philip Skiba, James Spragg, Teun van Erp, Robert Lamberts, John Hawley, Louise Burke, Dan Lorang RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0	The Traathlon Show 319.
0:17.6	Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon Show, the podcast
0:23.3	presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.
0:26.5	I'm our host Michael and first of all, I hope that your 2022 is off to a great start.
0:32.4	And hopefully this great science-packed interview about cycling and endurance sports can
0:36.7	make it even better
0:37.9	and more enjoyable. On today's episode, I interview Dr. Peter Leo, who is a sports scientist and
0:43.5	cycling coach from Austria. As part of his PhD research, Peter did extensively work in profiling
0:49.9	performance and physiological characteristics of under 23 cyclists.
0:55.4	So in this interview we discuss this work, as well as a lot of the general aspects
1:00.1	and practical advice and takeaways around power profiling and also using critical power.
1:06.4	But before we get into the interview with Peter, big thanks to our sponsors, Roka.
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