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Powertec has its origin in the world of professional cycling, but is applicable to anybody who wants to train for cycling in a professional and scientificly based way. Therefore, Powertec will be available for:Professional cyclists and teams;Trainees;Amateur cyclists;Semi-professional U23 teams;Youth teams;Recreational cyclists.
via POWERTEC – analyze, perform & improve.
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Marc
Posted by Marc Walter as performance, power at 9:37 PM MST
I have yet to listen to this but sounds interesting.
Whether it’s football season, baseball season, or basketball season, one thing is constant: a good chunk of the population has sports on the brain. On today’s episode of Distillations we explore why this is the case. First producer Lindsay Patterson follows a high school basketball team to learn about the role chemistry plays in winning a big game. Then we check in with the fans at home, learning what happens in your brain when you’re cheering on your favorite team.
via Episode 139: The Brain on Sports | Chemical Heritage Foundation.
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Marc
Posted by Marc Walter as Daily read, performance, power, Videos at 10:09 AM MST
So whether it is playing a musical piece over and over again even after you have the notes and timing down cold, or throwing a ball or swinging a racket after your coach tells you things look great, there appears to still be a benefit to practicing, Ahmed said. “Just because someone can perform the task well doesn’t mean there is not added benefit to continued practice.”
via To perform with less effort, practice beyond perfection.
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Marc
Posted by Marc Walter as Daily read, performance, power at 6:00 AM MST
I’m still collecting evidence on whether compression garments work or not. This study says that it doesn’t improve running performance but maybe helps afterwards during the recovery.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of calf compression sleeves on running performance and on calf tissue oxygen saturation (StO2) at rest before exercise and during recovery period. 14 moderately trained athletes completed 2 identical sessions of treadmill running with and without calf compression sleeves in randomized order. Each session comprised: 15 min at rest, 30 min at 60% maximal aerobic velocity determined beforehand, 15 min of passive recovery, a running time to exhaustion at 100% maximal aerobic velocity, and 30 min of passive recovery. Calf StO2 was determined by near infra-red spectroscopy and running performance by the time to exhaustion. Compression sleeves increased significantly StO2 at rest before exercise (+ 6.4±1.9%) and during recovery from exercise (+ 7.4±1.7% and + 10.7±1.8% at 20th and 30th min of the last recovery period, respectively). No difference was observed between the times to exhaustion performed with and without compression sleeves (269.4±18.4 s and 263.3±19.8 s, respectively). Within the framework of this study, the compression sleeves do not improve running performance in tlim. However the StO2 results argue for further interest of this garment during effort recovery.
via Compression Sleeves Increase Tissue Oxygen … [Int J Sports Med. 2011] – PubMed – NCBI.
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Marc
Posted by Marc Walter as performance, power, Recovery at 6:00 AM MST
During the off season, or anytime for that matter but especially during the off season, I like to set one of the non-athletic goals for my athletes is to read up on some psychology pertaining to mental skills. This link to Marvin Zauder’s website is a very good resource. Even though the site is geared toward mental skills in sports the information can be used for fitness goals and daily living.
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Marc
Posted by Marc Walter as Mental Skills, motivation, performance, power at 6:00 AM MST
Part 3 of this series. I posted parts 1 and 2 in a previous blog.
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Marc
Posted by Marc Walter as performance, power, Videos at 9:13 AM MST
As the article points out, if you’re aspiring for performance goals, then the talk test isn’t a way to gauge exercise intensity. Performance goals need to be met at an intensity that is higher than onset of blood lactate such as the point where maximal lactate accumulation is cleared. Here is a brief explanation.
Rethinking the Exercise ‘Talk Test’ – NYTimes.com.
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Marc
Posted by Marc Walter as Daily read, intervals, performance, power, Threshold at 6:43 AM MST
Part 1 Pacing strategy and performance from the science of sport.
Part 2
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Marc
Posted by Marc Walter as performance, power, Racing, Strategy at 9:46 AM MST
When we get hot and tired
via Association of British Cycling Coaches – Home Page.
Everything you might want to know about fatigue http://www.sportsscientists.com/2008/01/fatigue-examined.html
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Marc
Posted by Marc Walter as performance, power at 7:16 AM MST
What I’m reading today: Sports Nutrition: planning all year round to ensure optimal sports performance via Peak Performance
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Marc
Posted by Marc Walter as Daily read, Nutrition, performance at 11:27 AM MST
