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Old 04-25-14 | 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by achoo
I don't. But some seem to think that using total power is "better" than just taking left power and doubling it. I was just pointing out that total power is really not any better than taking your left side power and doubling it. Total power doesn't tell you your left/right splits either.
This is the mistake you keep making. Total power is better than taking left-side power and doubling. That's because left-side power is not always a consistent fraction of total power. We don't care about the load on each leg; we care about the total load on the body. Doubling left-side does not give us that. Independent left/ right values do not give us anything demonstrably better than that. Having total power is an advantage. Having left/ right split is not.
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