London Marathon 2018 – Self-Prescription
- Posted: December 26, 2017
- By: sclark
- Category: Aging / Coaching / Endurance / Periodisation / Physiology / Recovery / Resistance training / Running / Training
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The Science of Protein
- Posted: January 5, 2016
- By: sclark
- Category: Adaptation / Carbohydrate / Concurrent / Lactate Threshold profiling / Muscle Protein Synthesis / Protein / Recovery / Resistance training / Supplement
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Why take protein? Protein is required for anabolic activity; repair and replacement of damaged proteins (caused by oxidative stress of high energy turnover and mechanical disruption) after intense resistance or endurance based exercise. Muscle Protein Synthesis (MPS) and muscle protein degradation are opposing processes present during and after exercise that acutely fatigues muscles to the […]
The Secrets of Peak Performance IV: Strength and Endurance
- Posted: December 10, 2015
- By: sclark
- Category: Carbohydrate / Concurrent / Endurance / Hypertrophy / Lactate Threshold profiling / Muscle Protein Synthesis / Net Protein Balance / Nutrition / Performance / Periodisation / Physiology / Protein / Resistance training / Strength / Training
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Concurrent Strength and Endurance Training (S&E) As a continuation from my last post about improving strength to increase sustainable power through resistance exercise with weights… this post delves into more of the actual training practicalities involved. Performing strength and endurance training promotes a greater volume of Type IIA, more fatigue resistant, high force muscle […]
The Secrets of Peak Performance III: Strength and Power.
- Posted: November 24, 2015
- By: sclark
- Category: conditioning / Endurance / Health / Muscle / Performance / Resistance training / Strength
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To be brutally honest…strength training, resistance work, gym sessions call them what you like, are crucial to any cyclists future performance. Laying the foundations of muscular structure in the winter when endurance volume is low (Intensity can and should be maintained to a certain extent) is well known (with plenty of evidence) to benefit cyclists at […]