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 | Mar 23, 2023 | Cycle Racing, Cycle Training, Power in Races and Training, Uncategorized
So you may have noticed just about every rider in the pro peloton uses a power meter. in the Lemond era, thirty plus years ago there may have been one or two pros racing with them and a few more pros using just in training. The Armstrong era saw many more using them...
by Steve Bale | Jan 16, 2019 | Cycle Training, Cycling Sports Science, Indoor Cycling, Uncategorized
Anyone who has used an indoor trainer and compared power numbers to what they make outdoors, will notice a weird difference. Almost everyone notices that the power levels they can achieve on the road, are better than the indoor trainer. Mysteriously, there never seems...
by Andrew Jamieson | Jul 14, 2015 | Cycle Racing, Recovery, Tour de France, Uncategorized
Recovery Day Just before we head into the mountains tomorrow (Bastille Day – France’s big holiday) there is a rest day. 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...