The science behind cycling rest: improve while you're not pedaling
First of all, We know that the accumulation of training load in a sustained manner and without its respective rests, cause fatigue. La fatiga tiene como características principales la disminución de la capacidad de esfuerzo o rendimiento (capacidad de trabajo) y la disminución de la capa
Thermal stress due to heat
Training or competing in the heat can cause significant declines in the performance of any athlete.. In some cases, of the 6 al 16%. But, being an individual response to heat, why is this happening? Next, We show some causes: Dehydration and greater loss of s
Differences between a high-performance and amateur cyclist
On Tour de France days, It is not uncommon to marvel at the many exhibitions that professional cyclists perform: great speeds in ports with large slopes, massive sprints, average speed in very long stages and the number of kilometers they cover during three weeks
Maximum lactate at steady state
Returning to the physiological milestones of our metabolism, we are going to write to you about the maximum lactate in stable state (MLSS in English). We must once again keep in mind the triphasic model of Mclellan and Skinner (1980) that we already mentioned in the previous post of VT1 or aerobic threshold.
Concepts of our performance
If you are one of the cyclists used to searching in pads, Trainers or dissemination pages, in search of information about training or even secrets that make you improve more than the others, You may find yourself disenchanted and with the feeling that the training
Aerobic contribution / Anaerobic
We all know and know the origin of energy in our body, either aerobically (with the presence of oxygen in addition to the oxidation of fats and/or glycogen) or anaerobically (oxidation of glycogen, very low or scarce presence of oxygen); that is why in this blog post we are going
Road cycling performance: Fatigue resistance
In this new blog post we will talk about a concept that we believe is decisive for cycling performance on the road., whether it is competition (I understand all the possible categories, from cadet to professionals) or cycling tests. In this case we will talk about resistance to
Sleep and aerobic performance
It is already known to many that sleep influences the performance of the endurance athlete or any sport.. But the question is... How long can it affect performance? In this blog post we will tell you what we know to date with scientific evidence from various studies.
Time change or jet lag
El viaje rápido a través de vfarios husos horarios lleva a una desincronización de los ritmos circadianos (llamado también jet lag). This mismatch affects performance, both strength and resistance, even giving symptoms such as fatigue, headaches, loss of appetite, i
