Cycling and Bone Health - What's going on inside the skeleton of a cyclist?
What a cyclist needs to consider in relation to bone health!
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jacobagger
Nov 68 min read
A Practical Guideline to Strength Training for Road Cyclists, Gravel Riders and Mountainbikers
An easy to understand guideline to strength training for improving cycling performance!
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jacobagger
Oct 305 min read
A scientific approach to strength training for cyclists
A scientific breakdown of how to approach strength training as a cyclist!
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jacobagger
Oct 263 min read
Defining Vlamax - a valuable performance Metric
What is VLamax and why does it matter? This post aims to give you a an easy to understand introduction to VLamax and why it matters!
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jacobagger
Oct 73 min read
A comprehensive guideline to your off-season Approach
Off-season is here which basically means time to 'rest and reset' the physical and mental batteries after a long and demanding season....
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jacobagger
Mar 214 min read
Durability - The New Performance Parameter in Cycling
Durability is a term that comes up more and more frequently in relation to cycling performance, as it can be used as a performance marker...
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jacobagger
Jan 225 min read
Carbohydrate Periodization - is it useful?
Training in a low carbohydrate (CHO) state has been used in many years by endurance athletes to manipulate the body's fuel utilization...
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jacobagger
Nov 22, 20235 min read
Can sodium bicarbonate supplementation improve cycling performance?
Sodium bicarbonate supplementation improves muscle buffering capacity and the ability to tolerate higher lacate concentrations during...
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jacobagger
Nov 14, 20233 min read
Can creatine supplementation improve cycling performance?
It is well known that creatine supplementation has a really potent effect on strength and sprint capacity, but can creatine augment...
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jacobagger
Nov 5, 20234 min read
Gravel training and racing - what does it take to become fast?
What are the physiological work demands in gravel racing and how are these demands best met in training in order to optimize performance...
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jacobagger
Oct 25, 20234 min read
A Quick dive into power data from Danish Gravel Nationals
What were the power numbers, power in zones and cadence distribution for a male U23 and women elite rider at the danish gravel nationals...
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jacobagger
Oct 19, 20233 min read
Intensity zones - The 3-zone model vs the 6-zone model
In a previous blog post we described the 3-zone model for intensity distribution, and how it was related to the polarized training...
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jacobagger
Oct 17, 20233 min read
The 80-20 Rule for intensity distribution - how the best Endurance athletes train!
How do the best endurance athletes train to reach the highest level? Off course they train a lot - getting in many moderate hours and...
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jacobagger
Oct 7, 20222 min read
The importance of seasonal Assesment!
As the season comes to an end it's time to look back at your training and competitions to learn and understand the process! Evaluating...
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jacobagger
Sep 10, 20222 min read
Time for off season -Layers will make you grow!
Getting better as an endurance athlete is all about putting on layers of structured training and 'educational' competitions from season...
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jacobagger
Sep 3, 20222 min read
MTB XCO Race Planning
To race well you need a proper plan, as it's not enough only to be prepared physically. The mental preparation is at least as important!...
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jacobagger
Mar 16, 20224 min read
Take aways from INSCYD Testing so far.........
Having been an ‘INSCYD-Coach’ for more or less 5 months now, INSCYD PPD testing has become a more and more integrated part of training...
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jacobagger
Jan 19, 20222 min read
The basic skill of communication and evaluation
The basic skills of communication and evaluation are highly valuable, when it comes to the coach-athlete relation and how strong a bond ...
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jacobagger
Dec 2, 20212 min read
Goal setting – the mental process to physical gains
If you don’t have goals you don’t have a direction! Goals create a direction in your training process and stimulates your evolution as an...
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jacobagger
Nov 25, 20211 min read
INSCYD Testing - A new insight into training
Are you one of the many cyclists or mountainbikers solely focusing on FTP? Do you find it hard to keep improving your numbers in training...
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