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Written by Dan Henchy
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Helen and I were fortunate to be invited to join in a meeting of researchers in the field of 'Cycling Science' at the Centre for Sports Studies, University of Kent last week. Representatives from the Centre for Sports Studies (CSS), Canterbury Christchurch, University of Greenwich, University of Brighton, British Cycling and of course PBscience all met to discuss some of their current work and ways in which future collaborations can be fostered. Alongside my own academic interests as I officially begin my Phd studies this week (gulp!), Helen and I are also committed to seeking out opportunities like this to ensure our coaching theory and practises are constantly developed and challenged, helping us to remain truly 'Cutting Edge'. What follows is a brief outline of some of the topics currently under investigation.
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The afternoon session on day 2 of the ISSSMC saw a fascinating session on ‘peaking’ – the art/science* of reaching your best performances at the right time of the season. In keeping with the multi-disciplinary nature of the conference, we saw talks from both a world leading sports nutritionist and an equally world class physiologist/coach, topped off with an insight into the experiences of one of the UKs leading athletics coaches.
*there’s more than a little of both necessary and perhaps a little luck as well!
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ISSSMC - a submaximal cycling test to monitor fatigue |
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More thoughts and ideas from the ISSSMC in Newcastle...
The Lamberts and Lambert Sub-maximal Cycling Test
RP Lamberts, J Swart, TD Noakes, MI Lambert
A previous Cutting Edge post presented a paper investigating the use of heart rate recovery (HRR) for monitoring training status or fatigue. Since then further work has been carried out, using the early findings to develop a formalised testing protocol. The test itself is very straightforward – athletes are asked to cycle at 60%, 80% and 90% of maximum heart rate for 6, 6 and 3 minutes respectively with heart rate recovery (drop in heart rate after 60 s immediately after end of stage 3) being measured immediately following the third stage.
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ISSSMC - 'A little pain for a lot of gain' |
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Readers of Helen’s blog will be well aware that Helen and I attended the ISSSMC in Newcastle last week. Beginning today, I’ll be writing a daily update to the Cutting Edge blog to try and share some of what we learnt. Lots of information to get through so first up is a summary from a symposium on day one, offering insight into the use of high intensity interval training...
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Four weeks of speed endurance training reduces energy expenditure during exercise and maintains muscle oxidative capacity |
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Iaia, FM, Hellsten, Y, Nielsen, JJ, et al. Journal of applied physiology, 2009; 106: 73-80.
Background
There are times in every athletes career that necessitate a decrease in training volume, maybe due to unplanned circumstances such as busy periods at work or an injury, but sometimes it will be desirable to reduce volume in order to ‘shed' fatigue ahead of an important race or event. Whatever the reason for the reduced volume, it would be very useful to have a strategy for making the most of your limited training time or at the very least a method for maintaining hard earned fitness!
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