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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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Tagged Fatigue Profiling, Lactate, Monthly Testing Protocol, principles of training, VO2 Max
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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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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, Fatigue Profiling, Monthly Testing Protocol, Power, principles of training
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Maximal Strength Training Improves Cycling Economy in Competitive Cyclists
Maximal Strength Training Improves Cycling Economy in Competitive Cyclists Sunde, Arnstein1; Støren, Øyvind1,2; Bjerkaas, Marius1; Larsen, Morten H1; Hoff, Jan2,3; Helgerud, Jan2,4 Sunde, A, Støren, Ø, Bjerkaas, M, Larsen, MH, Hoff, J, and Helgerud, J. Maximal strength training improves cycling … 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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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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One Reason Why High Resistance Low Cadence Work Is Important.
In reading the Abstract below it is clear that as cadence increases efficiency increases, 22.4 ±1.7% @ 60rpm to 24.2 ± 2.0% @ 100rpm. The cyclists are less efficient at lower cadences so training at a particular wattage will elicit higher demands … Continue reading
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The influence of bovine colostrum supplementation on exercise performance in highly trained cyclists
C M Shing1, D G Jenkins1, L Stevenson2, J S Coombes1 +Author Affiliation Centre for Phytochemistry and Pharmacology, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia Correspondence to: C M Shing School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, St. … 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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