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Tour of the Alps - what can we learn about fatigue resistance? Take home messages

With 'Tour of the Alps' in full swing it seems timely to talk about the recent research that we had published. This new paper looks at...

Power Profiling in Professional Cyclists: Take Home Messages

My last blog on a paper I co-authored seemed to grab people's attention! Therefore, with a new paper out I wanted to distill this one...

Training Characteristics and Power Profile: Take Home Messages

You may or may not be aware but alongside my role as a coach I am also an active sport scientist, conducting research into how we make...

The dark art of echelons

Cross winds make for, I was going to say arguably at this point, but let’s face it – they make for the best racing! They are also one of...

Chasing Rainbows

I often get asked by athletes ‘What is my threshold power’? I also get athletes telling me ‘I think my threshold power is…’ In this blog...

How 'good' is your power meter?

I was determined not to write a CV-19 blog post. However, with everyone spending more and more time on their indoor trainer I am...

Coach the athlete in front of you

Two events in the last 24hrs have prompted me to write this blog… The first of these was that I was lucky enough to take part in a...

Asking Better Questions...

Why we should be asking better questions to answer performance questions.