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The original was posted on /r/velo by /u/Geomambaman on 2023-09-21 15:38:30.

My sustained 45 minute climbing power is around 340 watts (4.7 w/kg). However, I can barely hold 310 watts on flats for the same amount of time, which is a whopping 30 watts of difference (plus RPE is higher on flats, dunno but that might be psychological in nature, I don’t monitor my HR). I understand you engage slightly different muscles during these two efforts, but still, I believe I’m severely undertrained/have bad technique at doing flat efforts. Same goes for shorter efforts, I can do 415 w for 8 mins all out on 8.5% incline, but only 400 for 6 mins on flat road. What are some cycling workouts/intervals to improve my power on the flats? Should I do my VO2max and threshold intervals at flats instead on climbs or are there any other options?