Search Database
Connect on Training Peaks
Ironman University Coach
Clinic by Appointment Only
Contact No: +353 87 2453114Clinic is by appointment only and appointments can be booked from 07.00-22.00 Monday to Friday and we are available on weekends when not at events or competition.Join us on Facebook
The Athlete Clinic on Twitter
- RT @PessLimerick: Professional Doctorate Human Performance & Innovation, UL, Sept 2022. 4-yr part-time, online for working professionals fo… 2 days ago
- RT @kearney_phil: Proud day. September 2019 the first students on the part time #MScAppliedSportsCoachingUL started. Research projects i… 5 days ago
- RT @geeves2012: Delighted to see PESS @PessLimerick @EHSFacultyAtUL @UL has broken into the top 50 ‘Sport Science Schools & Departments’ in… 1 week ago
- RT @PINESorg: Does the menstrual cycle impact fluid and electrolyte balance in female athletes? Overall, no ... but each athlete is unique!… 1 week ago
- @thomaswhartley What is success? 1 week ago
-
Recent Posts
- Protected: Project Development Review April 27, 2021
- Protected: December 13, 2020
- Your Cycling Home Trainer Handle March 21, 2020
- Time to mix up your day at work with a few of these simple little tips. Why not print this off and pin it on your work station so you can tag off each tip you complete as your day progresses. After 30 days of doing this you will form habits that might last forever. May 11, 2019
- Seven secrets to preventing hamstring injuries April 15, 2019
- Ladies, Lets get Physical! January 22, 2019
- Nutrition Timing for Athletes November 24, 2018
- The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs… one step at a time. June 24, 2018
- Garmin Forerunner 35 €179.00 Limited Stock February 15, 2018
- Approved Garmin Dealer December 15, 2017
Tag Archives: Endurance
Theory of Planning your Training Program
In order for an athlete to be competitive at the specific times during the sporting calendar an athlete needs to be organized and take time to plan their calendar for competition and testing. The calendar has to be simple suggestive … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Training
Tagged Annual Plan, Cpmpetition Phase, Cycling Endurance exercise engineering Fatigue Profiling Heart Rate Monthly Testing Protocol Orthostatic Heart Rates Power sports and exercise engineering sports engineering Sports Exercise Engineerin, Endurance, Fatigue Profiling, Macrocycle, Mesocycle, Microcycle, Preparation Phase, principles of training, Sports Exercise Engineering, Training, Transition Phase, winter program
Leave a comment
FATIGUE FORENSIC: WHAT REALLY MAKES YOU SLOW DOWN
Fatigue Forensic: What really slow you down! Traditionally, cyclists have viewed fatigue as an inescapably muscular event – a situation in which muscles are simply unable to function with a desired level of force production. However, new research indicates that … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Training
Tagged Cycling Endurance exercise engineering Fatigue Profiling Heart Rate Monthly Testing Protocol Orthostatic Heart Rates Power sports and exercise engineering sports engineering Sports Exercise Engineerin, Endurance, health, interval workouts, kilometers per hour, Power, principles of training, Professional Cyclists, Sports Exercise Engineering, winter program, work interval
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Training
Tagged 12 Week Winter Training Program, Cycling Endurance exercise engineering Fatigue Profiling Heart Rate Monthly Testing Protocol Orthostatic Heart Rates Power sports and exercise engineering sports engineering Sports Exercise Engineerin, Endurance, ergometer training, principles of training, Professional Cyclists, Sports Exercise Engineering, VO2 Max, winter program
Leave a comment
Overtraining- what do lactate curves tell us?
Overtraining- what do lactate curves tell us? Asker E.Jeukendrup MSc and Matthijs K.C. Hesselink MSc Department of Human Biology, University of Maastricht, Th eNetherlands In a cyclist ,competing at national and international level, submaximal lactate concentrations were initialy interpreted as … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Training
Tagged Cycling Endurance exercise engineering Fatigue Profiling Heart Rate Monthly Testing Protocol Orthostatic Heart Rates Power sports and exercise engineering sports engineering Sports Exercise Engineerin, Endurance, Fatigue Profiling, Lactate, Monthly Testing Protocol, Overtraining, principles of training, sports and exercise engineering, Sports Exercise Engineering
Leave a comment
VO2 max may not be reached during a ramp test!
This is an interesting piece of research which really has implications on those of you using ramp tests for a parameter generating tool for zone calculation in your training program. http://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Abstract/2012/08000/V_O2max_May_Not_Be_Reached_during_Exercise_to.16.aspx
Posted in Reviews, Training
Tagged Cycling, Endurance, ramp test, Training, VO2 Max, vo2 research
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Training
Tagged 12 Week Winter Training Program, Cycling Endurance exercise engineering Fatigue Profiling Heart Rate Monthly Testing Protocol Orthostatic Heart Rates Power sports and exercise engineering sports engineering Sports Exercise Engineerin, Endurance, exercise prescription, principles of training, Professional Cyclists, Strength training on the Bike, VO2 Max, Watts, winter program
7 Comments
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
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12 Week Winter Training Program, Cycling, Cycling Endurance exercise engineering Fatigue Profiling Heart Rate Monthly Testing Protocol Orthostatic Heart Rates Power sports and exercise engineering sports engineering Sports Exercise Engineerin, Endurance, exercise engineering, exercise prescription, Fatigue Profiling, Heart Rate, LT, Max Power, Monthly Testing Protocol, Sports Exercise Engineering, Test Protocol, UCI Pro Tour, vo2, VO2 Max, Watts, winter program
Leave a comment
Educational read for those of you self prescribing your own traing plans.
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Cycling, Endurance, exercise prescription, LT, tempo, Training, vo2
Leave a comment
“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
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12 Week Winter Training Program, adequate rest, advances in science, Android, App, Cycling Endurance exercise engineering Fatigue Profiling Heart Rate Monthly Testing Protocol Orthostatic Heart Rates Power sports and exercise engineering sports engineering Sports Exercise Engineerin, E-Books, Endurance, Heart Rate, iPhone, sports and exercise engineering, Sports Exercise Engineering, Training, Watts, winter program
1 Comment
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
Posted in Training
Tagged 12 Week Winter Training Program, adequate rest, advances in science, Cycling, Cycling Endurance exercise engineering Fatigue Profiling Heart Rate Monthly Testing Protocol Orthostatic Heart Rates Power sports and exercise engineering sports engineering Sports Exercise Engineerin, cycling training, E-Books, Endurance, ergometer training, exercise engineering, Fatigue Profiling, Heart Rate, Indoor Cycling, Max Power, Monthly Testing Protocol, principles of training, Sports Exercise Engineering, VO2 Max, winter program
Leave a comment
The Athlete Clinic 