Joe Friel On: Power Meter Accuracy, FTP Vs Short Efforts, Hill Repeats And More

Welcome to Episode 5 of Watts Up. Today, world famous coach and training expert, Joe Friel answers your questions on whether there is a difference in accuracy between power meters, whether FTP is as important as short efforts, the best hill workout and more.
0:00 Introduction
0:10 Is there a difference in accuracy between power meters?
3:02 Is FTP the most important measure?
5:26 What's the best hill workout session?
9:08 How can you correct a left/right leg imbalance?
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Want to ask the world’s leading pioneer of power-based training how to get the most out of your ASSIOMA power meter? Welcome to: ‘Watts Up: Your Training Questions Answered’, with Joe Friel to give you expert tips on all aspects of power-based performance cycling.
A coach for over 40 years, author of several books including the ‘The Cyclist’s Training Bible’ and co-founder of TrainingPeaks, Joe is one of the industry’s leading authorities on power training. He’s also a long-running ASSIOMA ambassador and user of our pedals.
Every week we invite you to submit your questions about any aspects of cycling training, with Joe answering a selection of these in a weekly video posted here and across our social channels.
So, got a burning question about how to use a power meter to get faster on the bike? Make sure you're following us on Instagram (@favero_electronics) to submit your questions!
Follow Joe on Twitter: / jfriel
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[@DaGodfaddah]

I was just happy that I got my Assioma Duos to give me power/info. Even happier now that they collaborate w/ Joe Friel to help you figure out how to use that info to help improve your cycling in ways that matter to YOU - the cyclist. 🚴🏼‍♂️🍻🤙🏽

[@ighfirlee]

Great that you guys collaborated with the LEGENDARY Joe Friel 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@gerrysecure5874]

The focus on accuracy is totally inflated - unless - you have multiple PM's. You don't want to maintain different zones for different pm's. Its already a headache differentiating between road, TT and MTB. My master is the road bike which I use most and have oldest data and I changed crank length setting in the firmware in the others so that all bikes give similar numbers on my reference climb.

[@KibAgong]

Currently I try to improve my climbing by doing 20 minutes of climb. What I did was , I make sure to stay at my Zone 4 heart rate Zone (173-175) all the way up to the top for 4 sets. How is this may benefits me?