Originally Posted by
ljrichar
You can't average like that. Like I said, I can do 200% of ftp for only 1' but I can do 100% for an hour. Hell, I can do 400% but for only 5". It doesn't average the way you're thinking.
Yes, it averages exactly the way I'm thinking based on simple math.
Of course you can do higher efforts for shorter periods but there are reasonably well established boundaries for power over a particular time relative to FTP. My only point is that most people can't maintain 116% of their FTP for 20min. If you can you've probably underestimated your FTP.
Your examples of 1' and 5" power are irrelevant to the point I was making.