by Andrew Jamieson | Oct 4, 2016 | Cycling Sports Science, Power in Races and Training, Sports Testing, Tour de France
I thought it would be interesting to take the results from Chris Froome’s physiological assessment last year and apply them as if they were a Fitlab Performance Assessment. For those that have had a Fitlab assessment, you can see...
by Andrew Jamieson | Jul 17, 2015 | Cycle Training, Cycling Sports Science, Sports Testing, Tour de France
What’s required to do well on a long mountain stage of the Tour de France? Firstly we often forget the physiological make up of these riders when we talk about sprinters, time trialists, “big diesels”, domestiques, climbers and roulers. Fundamentally...
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...
by Andrew Jamieson | Jul 28, 2014 | Cycle Racing, Cycling Sports Science, Power in Races and Training, Recovery, Tour de France
So the final stage of this years Tour has the usual slow parade heading into Paris before the big hit out on the Champs-Élysées, as well as Ritchie Port having a crack in the breakaway then going solo. Check out the video summary to see how it pans out. Be sure to...
by Andrew Jamieson | Apr 21, 2014 | Cycle Training, Cycling Nutrition, Cycling Sports Science
More Training Benefit As yet unpublished research bathed muscle cells in bicarbonate compared to a salt solution (both of these are with no exercise). After three days there was an increase in mitochondrial protein of 50%. The cell also took on characteristics of an...
by Andrew Jamieson | Apr 21, 2014 | Cycle Training, Cycling Nutrition, Cycling Sports Science
Deciding on what supplements to take can be a headache, but here is something that has been shown to improve performance and the effectiveness of your training. And is cheap! In Competition Studies as early as 1931(2) showed the potential for baking soda (bicarbonate...
