Article Archive
While the thinking these days is all about specificity and no 'junk miles', a provisionally accepted study includes the great sentence "These responses occurred proportionally to lactate accumulation, suggesting a link between enhanced mitochondrial networks and the ability to sustain higher workloads." In other words, long endurance rides are a critical input to high performance cycling.
MAGIC WORKOUTS?
Another great article from Alex Hutchinson with an analysis of different interval protocols - does the actual protocol matter, or is it just the fact that it's a different stressor?
POOR MAN'S ALTITUDE TRAINING
Heat training and acclimisation produce some unexpected performance results.
TRAINSHIFT
Johannes from Germany got so annoyed with the online training platforms available that he just created his own.