Category / Endurance training / Human performance / Human physiology / Metabolism / Nutrition / Triathlon
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Fat. The Ironman turbo fuel!
Fat is an important fuel substrate of which the body always maintains a relatively large reserve in its stores. A single molecule of fat fully oxidized will yield 129 molecules of ATP…
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What are thresholds?
The term threshold has become extremely popular amongst endurance athletes. Runners, cyclists and triathletes all like to discuss their threshold. Thresholds can be used to describe a huge amount. Which threshold concept…
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Busting your favourite fitness myths
Over the past few years we have come across a lot of questions and confusion amongst individuals. In many cases people have heard a rumor or a fact which may or may…
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Time Trialing 101
The 2020 season has been a very unusual one. It started a lot later than any other year, significantly changing how our training was structured. As races were confirmed on the calendar…
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Using FTP
Functional Threshold Power (FTP) has become the standard for testing cycling performance in recent years. It has not become the standard because it is what professionals or sports scientists recommend, but because…
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How to improve cycling with a longer off-season
2020 has become a difficult year for many athletes to plan for. Race schedules are uncertain and offseason training suddenly got extended indefinitely. Organized athletes have had to restructure everything. Disorganized athletes are left…
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Run Slow to Run Fast
Running has become a very popular pastime lately with the growing popularity of the parkrun and city marathons etc. Running is accessible because it requires no facilities or complex equipment. It is…
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How to Cycle Fast!
Cycling has become a very popular pastime in the last decade. Sportive events have acted as introductions to group cycling extremely well. For some, sportives are a challenge, others an opportunity to…
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The wrong workout at the wrong time.
Well structured training plans often have daily sessions prescribed in great detail providing the work time and intensity that the athlete should complete. In controlling these variables a coach and/or athlete can…
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The Best Recovery Method of them all. Sleep!
Sleep is often an underappreciated recovery tool. Athletes constantly look for things which will give the edge in their performance. There are hundreds of recovery tactics such as nutritional supplements, compression garments,…
