Tag Archives: Fatigue Profiling

Physiological variables at lactate threshold under-represent cycling time-trial intensity.

Abstract BACKGROUND: The importance of lactate threshold (LT) as a determinant of performance in endurance sports has been established. In addition, it has been shown that during running and selected other endurance competitions, athletes perform at a velocity and VO2 slightly above … Continue reading

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Intervals, Thresholds, and Long Slow Distance: the Role of Intensity and Duration in Endurance Training

A Brief Conclusion Optimization of training methods is an area of great interest for scientists, athletes, and fitness enthusiasts. One challenge for sport scientists is to translate short-term training intervention study results to long-term performance development and fitness training organization. … Continue reading

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Power Meter Service and Repair (Program PM 2013)

Its that time of year again. If you haven’t had your power meter serviced then send it on to us and we’ll do it. Power Meters are serviced in Galway. If you have an old Power Meter lying up in … Continue reading

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Intervals all year round…..this should be the norm!

It should be said that while interval training was present throughout most of the training year it definitely did not make up the bulk of training in either Seiler’s study or Salazar’s program, or even Zatopek’s for that matter. In … Continue reading

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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

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The relationship between cadence, pedalling technique and gross efficiency in cycling

Eur J Appl Physiol (2011) 111:2885–2893 DOI 10.1007/s00421-011-1914-3 ORIGINAL ARTICLE The relationship between cadence, pedalling technique and gross efficiency in cycling Stig Leirdal · Gertjan Ettema Received: 20 October 2010 / Accepted: 7 March 2011 / Published online: 25 March … Continue reading

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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

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Study of The Pedal Stroke Force Magnitude and Force Direction Changes due to PowerCranks Independent Cranks Use Over Traditional Connected Cranks

Sports and Exercise Engineering are funding a new study which is titled “The Pedal Stroke Force Magnitude and Force Direction Changes due to Power Crank Use Over Traditional Connected Cranks” The study will be undertaken during the traditional winter months … Continue reading

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Tour de France Riders Time Trial Data from 1998 & 1999

Pro Cyclist Data from Time Trials in the 1998 & 99 Tour de France. This data was taken from rider who all finished in the top Ten in the TT Stages. TT1 TT2 TT3 Subject’s data are shown as mean … Continue reading

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Stage 4 Chris Horner SRM Power Profile (Team RSNT)

Chris Horner (Team RSNT) Stage 4 of the 2012 Tour de France was 130 miles of mainly flat roads and shall we say a conservative approach from the riders for the most of the day, that was until the last … Continue reading

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