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This is interesting. I don’t think a power meter would be tell us much more because given a constant grade, wind, weight, and speed for a cyclist, the power will be constant. Since the power meter only measures power being applied to the pedals, it won’t be able to pick up on other wasted energy. Perhaps rocking the bike back and forth while standing is a waste of power, but the power meter won’t pick this up. Lactate levels and O2 consumption do give some idea of the total effort. Sounds like it’s more personal preference / comfort.
@b, a power meter would show what exactly?
The treadmill is set at the same speed/grade in both tests, if his power dropped he’d fall off the back.
If you actually watched the video you might have learned that they were testing the differing physiological demands in producing that power while sitting vs standing.
