by Andrew Jamieson | Jan 25, 2024 | Cycle Racing, Cycle Training, Cycling Nutrition, Cycling Sports Science, Recovery, Uncategorized
While recovery does not sound as glamorous as a demanding interval session, it is of equal importance to ensure optimal improvement before, during and after races or training. Recovery Before Training or Racing What we do before an event or session will enable us to...
by Andrew Jamieson | Oct 20, 2023 | Cycling Nutrition, Uncategorized
If you are looking for a cheaper or healthier sports drink to use in races and training then you may be surprised how simple it is to make something as good and perhaps even better than most commercially available products. The Science Key Ingredients and Ratios The...
by Andrew Jamieson | Feb 14, 2023 | Cycling Nutrition
The ability to repeatedly deliver short, hard (anaerobic) efforts in a race is bread and butter for any competitive cyclist. So if someone told you that you could increase how many of these efforts you can do, by simply taking creatine, you’d jump at the chance...
by Andrew Jamieson | Aug 6, 2022 | Cycle Racing, Cycling Nutrition, Cycling Sports Science
Riding in the heat can be demanding and having a strategy on race day can make all the difference. Luckily there is some commonsense sport science steps and procedures that can make the world of differences. Pre-Cooling Often in the Tour de France (especially due to...
by Andrew Jamieson | Jun 2, 2022 | Cycle Racing, Cycle Training, Cycling Nutrition, Recovery, Tour de France
Recovery Day, Grand Tour Style In the grand tours, there are always two rest days. While you might think that’s a time to rest up in the hotel room for the riders or sit around doing press conferences, they actually head out for some time on their bikes. Different...
by Andrew Jamieson | Jul 8, 2015 | Cycle Racing, Cycling Nutrition, Cycling Sports Science, Recovery, Tour de France
Cobbles… Today’s stage was all a case of keeping yourself in a good position before the sections of cobbles. Lots of short bursts of power to hold the wheel or close a gap …or if you are Nibali, string out the bunch! Anaerobic Repeatability...
