Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Male cyclist doing an FTP test Doing an FTP test, or any maximal performance test for that matter, means taking time out of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Functional threshold power a.k.a. FTP is a metric familiar to many cyclists. Measuring the average power ...

For years, cycling training has revolved around a single question: Is my fitness going up or down? Historically, we’ve tried to answer that with one primary metric – usually FTP – and one broad ...