Power output, not torque alone, primarily drives the body's energy demand during cycling.

“because we can break this even further down because again your ability to put out 300 watts for example is also a function of force and circumferential velocity or let's say torque and Cadence because it's very easy sometimes when you go out and you're thinking that okay now I'm going to go Max that you what you feel is the torque you don't feel the power in the same way you feel really the torque but if you go if you aim for something that really feels like super heavy that's a big torque but it doesn't necessarily yield a very high power power output at all right”