Functional threshold power and the (manufactured) critical power controversy

Stephen WONG, Mark BURNLEY, Alexis R. MAUGER, Fenghua SUN, James HOPKER

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Abstract

We read with concern yet another communication from Dotan regarding the critical power (CP) concept which contains a litany of factual errors, false statements, and dated physiological interpretations. Space does not permit us to rebut every incorrect point made about our work (Wong et al., 2022) and the wider field in which it sits, but we will address what we consider to be some of the more egregious errors in his letter. We would first note, however, that our paper was not actually focused on the critical power concept. Copyright © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1643-1644
JournalJournal of Sports Sciences
Volume41
Issue number17
Early online dateNov 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Citation

Wong, S., Burnley, M., Mauger, A. R., Sun, F., & Hopker, J. (2023). Functional threshold power and the (manufactured) critical power controversy. Journal of Sports Sciences, 41(17), 1643-1644. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2023.2288757

Keywords

  • VO2 kinetics
  • Functional threshold power
  • Maximal metabolic steady state
  • VO2 slow component
  • VO2 steady state

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