Road cycling training: mechanical efficiency of professionals and amateurs
Before anything, We remember here an article where we defined mechanical efficiency. Si quieres progresar en entrenos ciclismo carretera, entender la eficiencia mecánica es clave. La eficiencia mecánica se define como la relación entre el trabajo producido en los pedales (potencia) y la energ
Is it necessary to improve the FTP for an amateur cyclist doing cycling tests? / Great backgrounds?
First of all, We are going to define and contextualize what the Functional Threshold Potential (FTP) or Functional Power Threshold is.. It is the maximum average power (in watts) that a cyclist can maintain for approximately one hour of sustained effort.. This anaerobic threshold is determined
The science behind cycling rest: improve while you're not pedaling
Post-workout recovery is a fundamental aspect of sports performance that, on many occasions, doesn't get the attention it deserves. We know that the accumulation of training load in a sustained manner and without adequate rest causes fatigue.. This fatigue is mainly characterized
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
