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Originally Posted by asgelle
The question, succinctly, is what is the difference between shifting the power-duration curve up (increasing power) and shifting it to the right (endurance)?

Or to give an example, how is it different to say I increased my five minute power from 250 W to 260 W than to say I increased my endurance at 260 W from 4 minutes to 5?
I don't think this is the answer you are looking for, but up requires that you increase your energy output per unit of time (for a fixed time interval) while right requires that you maintain your energy output per unit of time for a longer period of time. I assume you have something else in mind...

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