I practiced in the United States

If it were in normal times, this kind of periodic output power test would usually make some people happy and some people worried. ♡♢  ♦♦

However, today, everyone's attention was focused on Li Ang, and they all wanted to know how powerful this newcomer who was suspected of coming in through the backdoor was.

Today, the test in the venue was mainly instantaneous power.

This data represents the explosive power of cyclists when sprinting, and is only one of the indicators for judging strength.

In outdoor, long-distance riding, you can test the long-term power output performance, which can represent the overall level.

FTP (Functional Threshold Power) refers to the maximum average power obtained by riding stably with all your strength within 1 hour.

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This concept was proposed by Andrew Cogon, a power training coach who specializes in this area. Since then, FTP has become an important indicator of aerobic capacity for riders.

Friends who often ride may know such a table, which divides the output power of cyclists of different levels in different time periods.

And this data is also related to weight. Generally speaking, the heavier the weight of the athlete, the higher the power output.

Therefore, to comprehensively judge the strength in this aspect, you have to divide this power by weight to get a power-to-weight ratio. The higher this value means the stronger the climbing ability.

Because Li Ang came here for the first time, the team manager Orsad also rarely came to participate in their test.

Although everyone's performance was not obvious, Orsad still saw that most people did not trust this new team member, and some even showed hostility.

It is normal to have no trust. Everyone has a process of running-in, but showing hostility to his teammates is what he cannot tolerate.

"I think you need to correct your eyes. Do you think your strength is enough to make you have such a mentality? Maybe you will feel ashamed after the test is over."

Orsad's tone was quite harsh. Although he did not name anyone, from the direction of his eyes, he knew that he was criticizing those who were hostile to Li Ang from the beginning.

Because of his warning, the performance of these people was slightly restrained. At least, there was no whispering.

But you don't have to think about it to know that this is just the surface. It is easy to change behavior, but it is difficult to change ideas.

Which of them didn't go through untold hardships and finally got a chance to enter the top American team?

And Li Ang has only participated in two official competitions so far, which is a bit too unbelievable.

It's like a group of people with doctoral degrees from Alibaba's prestigious universities and who have won a lot of awards, watching a young man who graduated from junior high school join their team and get the same starting line as themselves.

It's hard to balance the psychology of anyone.

Moreover, Li Ang's joining is likely to affect their interests, which is not something that can be reconciled with a few simple words.

Orsad shook his head. He could only do so much. The specific situation in the future still depends on Li Ang's own performance to prove himself.

The test began, and everyone lined up to get on the instrument one by one according to the order on the list.

The first one to go up was a black team member, Patrice. I don't know if it was to reduce wind resistance or congenital hair loss. In short, if you remove the body, his head looks no different from an enlarged version of a boiled egg.

Although he didn't speak when Li Ang came in, it can be seen from his eyes that he has no good feelings for Li Ang.

Although blacks have a low status in the United States and are often discriminated against, unfortunately, yellow people are still at the lower end of the contempt chain.

In the sport of cycling, it has always been dominated by white people.

As the only black person in the team, he is also a gifted person.

The coach hugged his arms and looked at him with a hint of expectation.

Patrice rode on the machine, revealing his thick black thigh muscles. At first glance, he gave people a feeling of explosive power.

But even with such thick legs, it was still quite difficult to pedal, which was a bit like riding a track bike.

After starting, the wheels turned faster and faster.

From his bulging blood vessels, it can be seen that he is now in a sprint state.

Above the instrument, his current real-time output power is displayed, and the peak value even exceeds 1800+.

Finally, after the sampling, Patrice's average output power for five seconds was 1582.56W.

This data does not seem to be so terrible, but such a result was achieved when he weighed only 72kg.

In other words, his power-to-weight ratio reached 21.98. This data has reached the peak of national professional bicycles in the table above, and even exceeded the entry-level data of 21.86 for world-class riders.

It is no wonder that as a black player, he can join this team. This result is definitely among the top few in their team.

The following few people were tested one by one. The one with the highest power output had an average power output of 1912W in five seconds. However, his weight was much heavier than Patrice just now, so if calculated by power-to-weight ratio, he was even a little worse than him and did not reach the level of a world-class driver.

And Leif performed below the team's average line, with a power-to-weight ratio of 21.21, which was considered to be the middle level of national-level professional players.

The one with the highest power-to-weight ratio was also the captain of the team. Not only did his average power output reach 1801.99W in five seconds, but his power-to-weight ratio also reached 22.81, which was already a middle-level existence even among international-level players.

In the team, in the long run, your hard power basically determines your status. You can't convince everyone by relying on other things.

The newly joined Li Ang was the last one on the list and was also the last one to be tested.

When Li Ang sat on the instrument and showed his extremely perfect leg muscles, many people on the scene secretly smiled inexplicably.

This is mainly because of Li Ang's leg dimensions. Compared with ordinary people, Li Ang's thigh dimensions are already very good, which is the level of people who have been exercising for many years. However, compared with these professional cyclists, they are one level lower, basically the lowest level in the team.

From this point alone, it can be seen that his leg strength is not very strong.

But they will soon find out that Li Ang's leg strength is not proportional to the muscle dimensions shown.