Below is a list of the essential components to a balanced multisport sport base training program. Many of these elements are best addressed during the winter months when we’re not competing. As you look over the explanations of the different components and phases of training consider how each might be applied to your own training … [Read more…]
Speed is an important attribute in many sports and improvements in speed are highly coveted. In a simplistic view, to improve speed you need to increase stride length and/or stride rate. Many athletes and coaches initially concentrate on improving stride length only to find that both stride rate and speed decrease. It is perhaps more … [Read more…]
Bicycle Time Trial Warm Up Protocol Completing an effective warm up is the key to producing your best timetrial performance. The following are examples for a short prologue warmup(5-15k) and mid-distance (20-40k) time trial warm-up and each isstrategically designed. A proper time trial warm-up should activate thetargeted individual energy systems that will be used during … [Read more…]
by George Chester, Ultra Cycling Coaching Summer heat has an impact on your performance very similar to altitude and should be taken equally seriously in how you plan and perform you training. Like altitudes of 7000 , temperatures in and above 90 degrees Fahrenheit will cause power declines of 10% or more depending on acclimatization. … [Read more…]
