The Blueprint of an Endurance Athlete

Joshua D. Dexheimer, Ph.D., CSCS, Kinesiology

A blueprint provides a framework of how something will be made and how it will function. The critical power concept is the blueprint to the endurance athlete, providing coaches, researchers, and clinicians information about how an athleteis made and will function. The critical power concept acts asa blueprint informing us exactly what the end result of a racewill be based on that athlete’s design. But, just as many blueprints undergo revisions and updates, so too can an athlete’s blueprint change.