trail wrote:
Why bother with anything "modeled" at all when the real thing is so easy to test for these days with power meters on just about every bike and trainer?Why indeed.
In this context, the purposes of modeling are 1) to extract accurate and precise parameter estimates reflective of different underlying physiological determinants of performance (without necessarily performing any formal tests), and 2) to smooth the measured mean maximal power data a bit, to provide a robust point of reference for additional calculations (e.g., you can imagine how much any adaptation score would bounce around if you based it on the raw mean maximal power data).
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Andrew Coggan: Dec 27, 17 12:56