Train orderly
It was June 2020, It had only been two months since we had the freedom to hit the road. Confinement had left me mentally and physically affected. We also, It caught me by surprise on a work trip to Canada., When I had barely been there three days I had to return
Prepare your big fund
after a long time, We can say that cycling events or great cycling events are back for the majority of fans in Europe. How do we know, They are tests of high distances and altimetry in most cases, with which, the preparation to reach these well
Aerobic threshold or ventilatory threshold 1
Continuing with the previous post, We will write about one of the first physiological milestones of our metabolism: the aerobic threshold. Before entering this aerobic threshold we must focus mainly on locating it on our metabolism, For this if we look at the three-phase model
¿Series o no series?
You almost always take the same route, the same training and you don't improve... that's when you ask yourself: What should I change in my planning? We could start by analyzing what we are doing and where we fail since many times we do not stop to think about our mistakes.. If you are an athlete
Burn out or oversight
Fatigue over more fatigue, Train and train, without resting much and if we do, In a bad way ... this could be understood as a way to improve for some and for others, a way of tiring in excess and with which, Our body is impact. The latter fool has nothing, t
Lactate and its influence on our performance
In this post we will talk about the famous lactate and how it allows us to delimit our different thresholds and work intensities. Lactate is a molecule that is generated in the muscle as a result of metabolic processes to obtain energy and before continuing, you must know that
We are in the competitive period, How should it be?
We are already in it, It's the moment we're all waiting for., time to demonstrate everything we have been training in hours, days, weeks, months... we are in the phase or period of the year where at this point (the middle of May) surely every cyclist (biker or road) is immersed in
Changes with heat
We are at a time of year when there are changes in temperature... What can happen? Lately you feel like you're performing a little worse.. Have you reviewed your workouts?, your diet and other factors in search of a culprit, but you haven't found anything. Have you considered the time we are in?
Tapering or refinement
When the main competitions of the athlete who have marked in his calendar since the beginning of the season are when we must “make changes” in what we usually do. But, It is easy to get tired or bad sensations to the tests we want to perform. It is for e
Maximum oxygen volume or VO2MAX
It is one of the most valued values in the endurance athlete's stress test., regardless of whether you are a cyclist, runner or triathlete. In this article we delve into its location, its description and how it can influence our sports performance during the season. sometimes not
