Just found this from Dr. Andy Coggan (a published exercise physiologist) while searching about topics of short-duration power. It's fairly germane to the discussion (at least one side of it).
Originally Posted by Andrew Coggan
Andrewmc wrote:
what has been the most effective way for you to raise your FTP?
Training in the "sweetspot."
(At the 1st-ever power-based training seminar in Philadelphia in 2001, I ended my talk with a Lettermanesque top 10 list of things I'd learned by using a powermeter. The last three were: 3) specificity, 2) specificity!, 1) SPECIFICITY!)