The road cycling race season is about to begin, and in some countries, they have already started. So today, I will show you some highly effective techniques to help you perform better in the first race. In this article you will find my best advice for your Pre-Season Cycling Training. In the bottom of this
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Case Story: Peter Ettles, 3K Pursuit.Last year I received an email from Peter Ettles from Scotland asking me to help the World Track Championships. Peter had a 3K pursuit as his primary discipline, a scratch race, and a points race as secondary events. That email had the perfect timing because I, at the same time,
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Ever thought about why your attacks are unsuccessful? There are 3 main reasons why your attempts to win races don’t work out as you wish: 1) Insufficient VO2 max/ Threshold power When you ride with the fastest riders, it may be difficult to stay with the group. In this case, there will not be an
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I guess all of you have tried this kind of activity on your bike. We are talking about biking at intensities that can only be maintained for a very few minutes or maybe just seconds. These jumps require anaerobic power which can be trained separately in your training program. There are made several tests to measure maximum oxygen uptake in the lab, but unfortunately there are no similar possibility to measure anaerobic power. Thus, we have to develop indirect methods to evaluate anaerobic power. I think that testing with a power meter will be the best evaluation of anaerobic power for most riders. Find your average power output in a 60sec. all-out test.
Lactate is not responsible for fatigue
One of the biggest myths about anaerobic power is that lactate is responsible for the fatigue. Lactate is just a piece of sliced sugar and a couple of studies have shown that lactate itself is not produce fatigue, in fact one of the studies I will present in the future claims that lactate actually protects the muscles from fatigue. There are probably many reasons why we determine exercise at severe intensity.
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