MBPC coach and team rider Simon Beldon explains why you need to be able to put a number on your functional threshold power (FTP), why that number can help us to coach you to your best performances – and how you can still beat people with a higher FTP than yours. What is FTP? Functional threshold power (FTP) in simple terms is the power in watts that you can sustain at a steady state (not so hard that you blow within a few minutes and not too easy – right on that red line). It