Hi
A common method of MAP determination is to use a RAMP test with pre-determined appropriate (to the subject) wattages and load "steps" being set by a unit such as a CompuTrainer or a helper manually setting the wattages. From the data the maximum wattage sustained for a complete minute is taken as the MAP, that's my understanding anyway
Do the experts think that the results would be any different or any more or less valid if instead of steps the load was applied in a continuously increasing fashion (slope) until failure and then the data fed into WKO+ and the maximum 1 minute power extracted automatically by the software?
I just wondered if this might give a "truer" maximum 1 minute power and avoid the possibility of someone reaching failure 1-2 seconds before the end of a full minute and therefore only being credited with the previous lower completed 1 minute which would under-report their actual maximal 1 minute power?
Thanks for any help you are able to provide.
PBUK
A common method of MAP determination is to use a RAMP test with pre-determined appropriate (to the subject) wattages and load "steps" being set by a unit such as a CompuTrainer or a helper manually setting the wattages. From the data the maximum wattage sustained for a complete minute is taken as the MAP, that's my understanding anyway
Do the experts think that the results would be any different or any more or less valid if instead of steps the load was applied in a continuously increasing fashion (slope) until failure and then the data fed into WKO+ and the maximum 1 minute power extracted automatically by the software?
I just wondered if this might give a "truer" maximum 1 minute power and avoid the possibility of someone reaching failure 1-2 seconds before the end of a full minute and therefore only being credited with the previous lower completed 1 minute which would under-report their actual maximal 1 minute power?
Thanks for any help you are able to provide.
PBUK