Cycling Training Tips

We Need More Submissions For The Power Meter Profile Project

We are now close to 40 submissions for the Power Meter Profile Project. That is great, but we need even more submissions because that will make the data more reliable. Category 1 riders are the best represented group in the project so far, but all other groups are represented. If you have not performed the tests yet or just haven’t sent them, read more about the Power Meter Profile Project.

I know that there are many cyclists that use the tests in this project, so by participating in this project you will have a unique chance to compare power meter data with people from the rest of the world. Thus, I will strongly recommend you to submit to the project and ask your friends to do the same.

I want to publish a lot of statistics about watts and related parameters. I need to know the power profiles of as many athletes as possible, so please tell your friends about this project. The more power profiles I get, the better and more reliable results can be presented here on the website.

Last chance to participate is 31st of July 2007

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Contribute to the greatest collection of power meter data ever

During the following 3½months I will try to collect as many power meter profiles as possible. Afterwards I will present the data so you can compare your power outputs to people spending more or less time on training than you. I hope that a lot of riders will participate in this project, because I believe we all can benefit from this knowledge. You can read more about the project here and maybe enter the project if you already know your numbers. I will strongly recommend that you spread the words to riders who use SRM, PowerTaps, Ergomo or similar products. Thank you.

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Wattage controlled intervals improve performance

There have been some delay of the final tests in the Power Meter Project, but I have received some test results and race reports that indicate improvements. I’m really impressed by the participants because I know that they have been through some really tough interval workouts during the last 12 weeks.Wattage controlled intervals are a great way to control pace and secures that the rider trains exactly the physiological skill he is interested in.

Until now I have received the incredible results from Paul Skiba and Gonzalo Vilaseca. I will post some comments on these results soon, but you are welcome to take a closer look at them now. I have not seen how many watts Marc Moeller was able to do in the final week, but I know that he has made some great results in a couple of cycling races. Please consider that podium places are more important than watts on your PowerTap anyway”¦

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Final Week in the Power Meter Project

This week is an exciting week for me: Four of the riders in the Power Meter Project will push as many watts as they can perform in four critical power tests. These results indicate that the riders have achieved a new level. I predict that there will more improvements for them in the coming week, but I have also prepared the riders that they will not see amazing improvements as we saw in week 6.

The Power Meter Project has until now convinced me that the wattage principles motivate riders to make a great performance during training. SRM or PowerTap have shown that they are a great tool for monitoring watts during training sessions and also as analytical data for evaluation of performance.

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Weight Training for Road Cyclists

I have covered this topic a couple of times before, but there are still a lot of reasons to consider whether weight training is waste of time or way to improve your overall performance. When road cyclists discuss strength training it sounds like a discussion of religion rather than a discussion about having some amusement in the winter time. There are strongly believers in the possible gains from strength training and there strongly opponents arguing against lifting weights. There is very few arguments there are supported by scientific research. Like most studies in exercise physiology, research on trained cyclists are always made on small groups, thus making it very difficult to prove significant differences for trained individuals. Here are my comments about Cycling, strength training and statistical power

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