by Stephen Nash | Thursday 30th of August 2018 | Sport Blogs
Now that we know we are looking to utilise GAS (general adaptation syndrome), to ensure constant adaptation, what do we train first? Do we just sit on a bike and pedal hard and give ourselves a couple of days off? Do we hit the gym and start knocking out...
by Stuart Ferguson | Wednesday 25th of July 2018 | Sport Blogs
23 days, 176 riders, 3,351 kilometers, 42,000 water bottles, 792 tyres….the Tour de France. It’s hard not to be inspired right? This sporting event is a phenomenal test of endurance and mental capacity, often being deemed the toughest sporting event on the planet! As...
by Stuart Ferguson | Tuesday 17th of July 2018 | Sport Blogs
You’re 1.5 hours into a 3 hour training ride and have exhausted the generic conversational topics such as sports, politics and the weather! Granted at this point you can still muster the energy to hold a conversation, what do you talk about? More often than not,...
by Stuart Ferguson | Saturday 23rd of June 2018 | Sport Blogs
Coach – “I’ve added 3 x weekly strength sessions to your schedule” Athlete – “Won’t strength training make me fatigued? Gain weight? Be detrimental to my ‘main’ training?” Coach – “Strength training will make you...
by Stephen Nash | Saturday 23rd of June 2018 | Sport Blogs
Macrocycles are not an easy topic to teach in a blog. The intricacies of the macrocycle are underpinned by a lot of interlocking scientific principles and as a result, trying to convey how and why periodization works is far outside of the scope of this blog…...
by Heulwen Gilbert | Wednesday 20th of June 2018 | Sport Blogs
Are you a cyclist looking to take your performance to the next level? Perhaps there are a few important races you’d like to target next year? Need some advice? Look no further, I have all the answers you need to achieve those results you’ve been craving. Resistance...
