Cycling

If you are interested in improving your performance, there are many things you can do, and in general, it is better to focus on improving your fitness than to worry about anything related to equipment.  Typically, for the first few years, you don’t need to worry too much about the details of the training to improve, as long as you are consistently swimming, biking, and running.  The more you train the faster you go (assuming you are absorbing the work ...

Power is becoming a commonplace concept in cycling and triathlon today, mainly because the technology and associated products used to measure power output on a bike have come down substantially in price the last couple of years, making it a more easily accessible training tool for more people.  There is no doubt training and racing with a power meter can make a huge impact on your ability to improve.

From a physics perspective, the general definition is that power ...