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As many of you are now immersed in your bike strength training and
are intimately familiar with watts, I thought I would offer a 
different perspective on the matter.  We all know how 10-15 watts in
either direction can make a huge difference in one's pain-o-meter and
how fast one ultimately goes.

Hence, our efforts are largely focused on increasing the wattage that
we can generate within a sustainable effort.  Well, what follows is a
simple formula that will allow you to increase your effective wattage
with no additional work effort.

Wattage simply measures power just as horsepower does.  Thus, a 200
horsepower engine will propel a VW much faster than that same engine
will move a heavier SUV.  Same with body weight.

A simple formula equates one kilo (2.2 lbs.) to 7 watts of power. 
Thus, if you lose a mere 5lbs. you have effectively added 15 watts of
cycling power!  When one considers how hard (read-impossible) it is to
simply dial up wattage by 15 and keep it there, a freebie like this
is suddenly very appealing.  Anyway, food for thought.