A recent meta-analysis by Souabni et al. (2021) highlighted that napping proved both effective to physical and cognitive performance. Of the 18 studies included within their meta-analysis the authors showed that diurnal napping (naps during the day) had an overall positive effect on short term memory, reaction time and attention. Coupled with this, when looking…
We all know that life needs to go hand and hand with our athletic pursuits. External stressors from school, college, work, family (and a host of other things) play a major role in our response to training. So often as athletes and coaches we do not account for these and are left wondering why –…
You’ve been clocking up the miles and honing the race craft and tactics in single day events. You’re about to take on your first stage race of the year, or first stage race ever! So, the question is how do I go this hard day after day and still maintain a decent level of performance…
In principal training is receiving enough of a stimulus to illicit an adaptation, oftentimes this stimulus comes with an element of fatigue in the short term. As coaches and athletes we deal with this fatigue, manage it and employ best practice in our strive for performance gains. But, what do we do when competition is…
We have previously discussed strength training and its implications on endurance performance as a whole, this can be found here. In summary it was shown to moderately improve both economy and maximal power and largely improve maximal force. So, when we focus on an even more specific sub group of athletes, in this case masters…