THE SHORT ANSWER
Matt Beers, professional mtb and gravel racer, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Beers lands on FTP and threshold power. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
WHO IS MATT BEERS?
Matt Beers is one of the best off-road cyclists in the world — three-time Absa Cape Epic winner, multiple Lifetime Grand Prix podiums, and the dominant South African MTB/gravel rider of his generation. He is part of the cohort of mountain bike pros who have crossed into US gravel without losing competitive ground, which is the model amateurs trying to balance disciplines should be looking at. His training partnership with Keegan Swenson under coach John Wakefield is one of the most-watched preparation programmes in modern gravel racing.
BEERS ON FTP
Beers’s key positions on FTP and threshold power.
- Sub-max fatigue check: 3 minutes at ~110% FTP. When you can't hold it, the body is telling you to back off — a reliable early-warning system.
IN BEERS’S OWN WORDS
Verbatim from Matt Beers’s appearances on the podcast.
“The protocol is to it's basically 110 to 100% of your FTP so for me it's at 510 three minutes God that's absolutely brutal so you know pretty quick if you if you're on a good day or not.”
HEAR IT ON THE PODCAST
Episodes where Matt Beers covers FTP and threshold power and related ground.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
What does Matt Beers say about FTP and threshold power?
Matt Beers, professional mtb and gravel racer, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Beers lands on FTP and threshold power. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
What is Beers's main point on ftp?
Sub-max fatigue check: 3 minutes at ~110% FTP. When you can't hold it, the body is telling you to back off — a reliable early-warning system.
Which Roadman Cycling Podcast episodes cover Matt Beers on ftp?
Beers discusses FTP and threshold power in this episode: "Beers & Keegan Swenson's Insane Unbound Preparation | Matt Beers".
EXPLORE THE TOPIC
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