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Prescribing from the Power-Duration Curve
Coach-prescription companion to the Power-Duration Curve article. Covers how to convert an athlete's PDC + best-effort dot cloud into specific weekly session prescriptions, how to identify the dominant performance limiter (CP / W′ / durability) from curve shape, how to design 4-week interval blocks that target the limiter without compromising other domains, and how to rebalance weekly volume distribution to match the athlete's race-discipline profile.
Coach-prescription companion to the Power-Duration Curve article. Covers how to convert an athlete's PDC + best-effort dot cloud into specific weekly session prescriptions, how to identify the dominant performance limiter (CP / W′ / durability) from curve shape, how to design 4-week interval blocks that target the limiter without compromising other domains, and how to rebalance weekly volume distribution to match the athlete's race-discipline profile.
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