We’ve all been there, you arrive at the race venue and reach into your bag only to realize you forgot that crucial bit of kit. You finish a long hard race in the rain only to return to your car to find you have no spare socks or your towel is sitting in the nice…
In recent years indoor cycling has exploded in popularity, with various online applications and training software(s) making it more popular than ever. During the recent restrictions more cyclists turned to online racing and training than ever before. Yet, to date, very little is known about how athletes fuel these indoor training sessions, or, in some…
For the unacclimated endurance athlete heat can be a massive hindrance. During exercise in the heat our performance decreases with the increase in our body temperature! There are numerous ways to help limit this performance decrease such as training in a heat chamber, training outdoors in hot climates, hot water immersion, sauna usage and interestingly,…
If you’re a junior or an under 23 bike rider given the opportunity to race your bike abroad, be that with a team, for a summer or at a major championship, your first feeling is often one of joy, elation, and excitement! But, after this initial reaction has settled down some inevitable doubts and hesitancy…
As a coach the biggest question I’m often asked is “how do I compare to….” or “what step up in power do I need to make to get to…”. Quite often athletes are very protective of their data and think giving anything away also gives away their competitive edge, leading to inflated or deflated numbers…
Sport Psychology Placement Students This is the first piece of work by our placement students from the University of Stirling’s MSc in Sports Psychology Hanna Glandorf & Dipam Sharma. Lots of content and helpful workshops to come, really looking forward to highlighting an area we have only briefly touched on since the beginning of PE.…
In cycling, crashes are an inevitable part of the sport. Ride your bike for long enough and at some point you’re going to fall off either from pushing the limits of tyre grip, a mechanical failure or something completely outside of your control. A study by Eley et al. (2019) which aimed to characterize…
So, the last race of the year is under our belts – there’s nothing more on the horizon and motivation is starting to waver! It’s been a tough year. For athletes we coach we always recommend a 2-4 week off season period to decompress after a year of training from both a physical and psychological…
I’m sitting on the couch in the middle of the day, a weekday, I should be working – I’m not. The Tour de France is on the TV. We have Irish and local interest this year, in a major way. Sam Bennet is fighting for stage wins and the Green Jersey. He’s been knocking on…
Warming up is something we all do, it is a given, but do we know why we do it? Does it work? What type of warm up is best? This paper from Barranco-Gil et al. (2020) set about trying to answer some of these questions. Background Within this study the authors highlight the fact that…