This Christmas I decided the best way to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ was to inflict a large amount of pain on my person by doing five different FTP (functional threshold power) tests. This ...

If you’re a cyclist who uses a training plan based on power or you’ve dabbled in a virtual training platform like Zwift, you’ve probably thought about increasing your functional threshold power (FTP).

Training and improving your lactate threshold is a common goal for cyclists—and for good reason. It helps you ride faster and harder for longer. Your threshold power also helps you get through hard ...