Dec 31, 2011

My first three months of coaching with Dan Fleeman at Forme Coaching has been eye opening to say the least.  First of all I purchased a Powertap wheel and Garmin edge 300 so that I can accurately measure my power rather than relying on heart rate which can be slow to react and at worst inaccurate. Secondly a set up with Dan and one to one interview finding out my personal objectives for 2012 including my weight, age and diet.  Talking of...

Dec 15, 2011

here are many reasons to use a power meter but the main ones that come to my mind are listed below: • Getting to know yourself, what are your strengths, what are you weaknesses and what needs improving are all worthwhile things to know. • It enables you to share your ride data with a coach or anyone else who needs to see it so that you can get productive feedback on your training. • You can be more specific with your training and...

Dec 7, 2011

This is not an article designed to completely change what you are already doing during your training sessions, but simply to start you thinking holistically about your body. We all understand that to be fast and win you need as many watts travelling through to the back wheel, with as low a heart rate as possible. Cyclist will train hard for hours on the bike, gaining very strong flexed pattern (riding position), quality lower limb musculature,...

Dec 2, 2011

This is something I have only recently heard about but something that has been grating on me ever since. There are changes planned for the allocation of BC ranking points in mid-week National B road races. Instead of the 30 points currently awarded for a circuit race win, or road race under 120km in length (so all mid-week racing then), next year it is intended that such races will qualify for Band 5 points only. That’s 10 points for a win,...

Dec 1, 2011

Most of us would agree that getting enough sleep is important for optimal performance, but until recently this was just a theory without much evidence to back it up. But now researchers are discovering just how much sleep deprivation can impact athletic performance. Sleep researchers are discovering that sleep deprivation can have a big impact on our basic metabolism and slows our glucose metabolism by as much as 30% to 40%. Scientists studied...