dgutstadt wrote:
Sebastian Weber wrote:
The mechanical power (which isn't the same as performance!), measured by a powermeter does not allow to draw conclusions / quantify the energy contribution from specific metabolic pathways. This can not be done by any critical power model. It would be so great if it would be possible, but unfortunately it isn't.
From a mathematical point of view, this should be pretty obvious: there is one given metric (power) to compute three unknown sources which create this power.
Sebastian, thanks for jumping in.
I am confused by your answer - I did the Inscyd test and it is all based on power. The results where vo2max, vlamax and metabolic systems power curve (i.e. fat vs. carb along power). So if it's impossible to determine energy system from power alone, how does Inscyd software do it? sorry if i'm missing something or mischaracterizing.
thanks
It's impossible to see what is happening from an internal energy generation perspective solely by using an external power meter.
You know, for this exact reason, they do make this thing called a metabolic cart for that very purpose.
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Alan Couzens: May 13, 19 14:44