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Re:CrankGPT by thewebguyd on Monday June 15, 2026 @11:00AM (#48542274)
For more reference how insane 700W is, the average FTP of a world tour pro road cyclist (i.e., Tour de France) is ~350-420W/6-7W/kg. FTP (Functional Threshold Power) being the avg you can sustain for an hour without fatiguing.

My own is ~250W @ 3.12W/kg. I can't even hit 700W yet, let alone for over a minute. My 5 second power is ~640W.

Crazy numbers.

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Re:CrankGPT by SoftTalker on Monday June 15, 2026 @11:42AM (#48542964)
A trained powerlifter probably exerts a few kW on a heavy lift, but only for a second or two.
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Re:CrankGPT by xnx on Monday June 15, 2026 @12:09PM (#48543366)
~3000 watts for 0.75 seconds (not counting pauses)
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Re:CrankGPT by jaggederest on Monday June 15, 2026 @03:34PM (#48545966)
Talakhadze's 267 kg clean & jerk from 2021 is somewhere well north of 5kw output (I can't find hard numbers, but possibly even like 7kw) for fractions of a second during the second half of the clean. It's wild stuff.
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Re:CrankGPT by ProllyInfamous on Monday June 15, 2026 @11:05AM (#48542377)
Can you still touch your toes? I doubt Robert could... hopefully your own practice leaves you more balanced.
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Re:CrankGPT by thewebguyd on Monday June 15, 2026 @11:08AM (#48542422)
Haha, yes. Track cyclists are a different breed.
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Re:CrankGPT by kokada on Monday June 15, 2026 @11:18AM (#48542558)
> Haha, yes. Track cyclists are a different breed.

Lost the opportunity to say "bread".

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