How this relatively new metric predicts climbing speed and how to increase yours.

Zone 2 training is one of cycling's many buzzwords, but what actually is it, and how have the pros turned an 'easy tempo all-day' training technique into a structured and potentially race-winning ...

If you use a training app like Training Peaks, Peloton, or Zwift, your zones will automatically be set after you input your functional threshold power (FTP). Don’t guess at your FTP or base it on your ...

Regular conversation while riding at or around your Functional Threshold Power will be very difficult and your breathing will be heavy, but not strained. You will be feeling 'the burn' and it will ...

Maintaining and boosting your functional threshold power (FTP) relies on consistency, time spent in all training zones and some all-important recovery. Historically, this required putting in the miles ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Functional threshold power a.k.a. FTP is a metric familiar to many cyclists. Measuring the average power ...