Aerobic Base Training- Going Slower to Get Faster by Matt Russ
One of the hardest concepts for an athlete to understand and implement is base training. It is counterintuitive to run or bike slowly in order to gain performance later in the season. It is also very difficult to take a step back from the intense training you were doing a few weeks ago, and bring the speed and pace way down. But if you have the discipline to train aerobically for a period of time, … read more »
Essential Lydiard by Lorraine Moller
/uploads/LYDIARD.pdf Principles not formulas are the keys to successful training There’s a story about Lydiard and his golden boys at the ’64 Olympics in Tokyo. Down at the training track with their rivals looking on they ran an impressive interval session of twenty quarters. The next day one of these opponents, a talented interval-trained Canadian in his first Olympics, showed up at the track with his coach and proceeded to run the same … read more »
Power to Weight Ratio
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The Wattbike measures absolute mechanical power in Watts. The amount of power produced is measured from the sum of all the forces applied to the chain through the cranks. One way to utilize the Wattbike’s power data is to determine power to weight ratio [P/Kg] and use this information to optimize performance. What is power to weight … read more »