The essential physiological skill in most cycling events is threshold power. You are likely to be a successful rider if you can generate many Watts at your threshold power. Sprinters, climbers, and time trial experts need a great threshold power. A good performance at threshold power is compulsory for winning a cycling race. Even if […]
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Image by Luca Pedroni An individual time trial is a specific discipline used as an introduction to cycling races in many countries. After a short introduction to the simple rules, beginners can ride a fair time trial. Nevertheless, time trials are challenging to master, and even professionals can significantly improve their trialling. It’s hard to
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Many riders spend too much time on recovery training because they keep telling themselves (and everyone else) how vital their recovery training is. They believe that recovery rides are just as important as regular training. I’m afraid I have to disagree. These riders are unaware of the difference between recovery rides and plain recovery. Recovery
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It’s an interesting question because of spinning’s popularity and the fact that many serious riders enter spinning classes frequently in the winter season. I believe most people can benefit from spinning classes. Of course, spinning bikes are different to ride regular road cycling bikes, but the physiological adaptations are close to road cycling adaptations. Thus
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It has long been known that warm-up before physical exercise can improve your performance significantly. In many of my training programs, I recommend you to perform an incremental warm-up before interval training starts. Physiological benefits of warm-up The bottom line is that your body is better prepared for strenuous exercise after proper warm-up. In my
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