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What is VO2 max and how does it relate to cyclists?
Put simply, your VO2 max is a numerical measurement of your body’s ability to consume oxygen at the maximal sustained output. It’s not something that’s fixed – it can be affected by your red blood cell count (which can be impacted by, for example, spells at different altitudes), how efficient your muscles are to the…
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From Packaging Development to Passion Development (Part 4)
Growth & Common Mistakes 6. Social Media is Here to Stay!It’s simple – Facebook, Instagram, Twitter & the Web have the ability to connect you to hundreds, thousands and potentially even hundreds of thousands of people who may be searching for someone with your talents. Not just using these tools but using them in a…
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From Packaging Development to Passion Development (Part 3)
Growth & Common Mistakes (1-5) At the time of writing, I’ve successfully completed the British Cycling Level 3 Road & TimeTrial Course, I’ve gained a Sports Nutrition Certificate, had interviews published inmagazines, been a guest on a couple of Podcasts, spoken at events & symposiums, carriedout over 30 bike fits and, most importantly, worked with…
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From Packaging Development to Passion Development (Part 2)
How I Unpackaged my Passion & Developed New Skills Rewinding a few months to when I was waiting in the UK to fly out to India & join Lyndsay, I wasdesperately surfing the web, trying to find cycling clubs, groups, rides & races. I was determined tofind a surrogate environment for my cycling. There didn’t…
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From Packaging Development to Passion Development (Part 1)
How I Unpackaged my Passion & Developed New Skills. For many of us, our careers are tenuous links to our University Degrees, which in themselves aretenuous links to what we did well in at school, which are tenuously linked to subjects we liked. It’spossible, therefore, for the bulk of our adult life to be spent…
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What is Coaching?
Coaching – What Should It Be? What Should It Do? The purpose of any coach-athlete relationship should be relatively obvious: to improve & achieve a designated sporting performance. To that end, it can initially appear that the coach ‘coaches’ and the athlete ‘does’, resulting in a particular outcome. However, for any coach-athlete relationship to truly…
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The Business of Achievement
The Synergies in the Tools Used in Business and Sporting Performance Imagine the scenario: You’ve been given a small pot of money (an ‘investment’). You are required to deliver results and ‘succeed’. The invested money needs to provide a return. There are milestones and lead times involved. You know that in order to be successful,…
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Short Spins
Goal Setting Bike Fit Indoor sessions Using Data Nutrition Data Enjoy it & be healthy! Junior Riders Power Profiling KEEP IT SIMPLE! Cleats
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