by Steve Bale | Mar 12, 2017 | Cycle Training, Cycling Sports Science, Sports Testing
This lactate testing can be a bit mysterious for people. I thought you might like to know how it works. I really like the way we do it, because its the scientific gold standard for testing. I know you could google lactate testing yourself but I thought it might be...
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 | Apr 21, 2014 | Cycle Training, Cycling Sports Science, Sports Testing
posted May 29, 2012, 6:09 PM by Andrew Jamieson Performance Tests Time Trials & FTP Real world tests can give valuable information on how training is influencing performance. Simple Time trials over a set course (or time, as with Functional Threshold Power or FTP...
by Andrew Jamieson | Apr 21, 2014 | Cycle Training, Cycling Sports Science, Sports Testing
posted May 23, 2012, 3:22 AM by Andrew Jamieson Physiological Tests Continuing on from Fitlab Blog 1, I will discuss some physiological tests which can be used to help improve our performance, including: VO2 max, Anaerobic Threshold (also known as AT, LT or OBLA) and...
by Andrew Jamieson | Apr 21, 2014 | Cycle Training, Cycling Sports Science, Sports Testing
posted May 14, 2012, 4:53 PM by Andrew Jamieson Before I launch into various types of testing, it is important to note why you would want to be tested in the first place. Why would a person suffer through a maximal exercise test, or find out what your body fat is?...
