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Understanding Functional Threshold Power (FTP)

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Last Updated on 20 August 2026: Functional Threshold Power, better known as FTP, is one of the most widely used—and frequently misunderstood—numbers in cycling. It is commonly treated as the power you can sustain for an hour, but in reality FTP is an estimate of the highest steady power you can maintain before fatigue begins […]