Tag Archives: 12 Week Winter Training Program

10 Tips for Improving Recovery

Here are a few little tips to improve your recovery after training hard. At the end of your workout slow down to a Low Intensity. Don’t stop but ease down in your effort and allow lactic acid to clear. In cold … Continue reading

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Brice Feilliu’s Power Profile for Stage 16

Bagnéres-de-Luchon 197km Stage 16 All the main climbed of the day are sectioned out on the graph to highlight the effort put in by Feilliu during this stage. The stage contained 2 HC Climbs & 2 Cat 1 Climbs. Feilliu … Continue reading

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Professional Cyclists Bike Strength Training

Strength Training on the Bike Over the years there has been numerous discussion regarding strength training for the cyclist. Some advise the weights room, some advise plyometrics and some advise on the bike strength training. Today I’m going to outline … Continue reading

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Tour de France Stage 4 Profile (2012)

Tour de France Stage 4 Profile General classification after stage 3 Result 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 14:45:30 2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:07 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 4 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:10 … Continue reading

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A general training model for the road cyclist

A general training model for the road cyclist The training model presented here is based on the concepts and methods of New Zealand Olympic running coach Arthur Lydiard (1917-2004). With slight modifications, these can be summarized as follows: 1. Performance … Continue reading

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EFFECTS OF AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC TRAINING PROTOCOLS ON 4000M

This is a Thesis which was submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University Department of Kinesiology. http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-11112004-093751/unrestricted/Cheramie_thesis.pdf

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“iMuscle” App (Nova Series)

“iMuscle” app We’ve just got the electronic press kit for the new “imuscle” app. Looks pretty cool and seem to provide a good tracking capability of progress. I’ve posted a few screen layouts as we are still waiting on the program … Continue reading

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Study shows massage reduces inflammation following strenous exercise and promotes growth of new mitochondria

Researchers from Buck Institute for Research on Aging and McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario have published a paper in the (Feb 1st 2012 Ed.) Science Transitional Medicine Journal on the effects of massage on reducing inflammation following strenuous exercise and on new mitochondrial growth. … Continue reading

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The Cyclist’s Training Bible (3rd Edition) Review

Joe Friel has been involved in training and coaching highly successful athletes since the early 1980’s. He holds a master’s degree in Exercise Science and is a USA Triathlon and USA Cycling Certified Coach. He is also a columnist for … Continue reading

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Training an Racing with a Power Meter (2nd Ed) Review

The Authors of this book are Hunter Allen and Andrew Coggan PhD. Hunter Allen is an elite cycling coach, former professional cyclist and owner of the Peaks Coaching Group. Andrew Coggan is an exercise physiologist and author of numerous articles … Continue reading

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