5 tips for optimizing recovery
Recovery is crucial to performance enhancement - but how to get it right? There are so many recommendations and paths to take, that you...
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2 days ago3 min
A comprehensive guideline to your off-season Approach
Off-season is here which basically mean time to 'rest and reset' the physical and mental batteries after a long and demanding season....
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jacobagger
Sep 263 min
Endurance Nutrition: Unleashing Your Peak Performance Potential- Are you focusing on the basics
Fueling your body for peak performance is not just about what you eat; it's about understanding how to optimize your nutrition to reach...
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jacobagger
Mar 214 min
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
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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Nov 22, 20235 min
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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jacobagger
Nov 17, 20211 min
Gains to be made - strength and functional training
It’s no surprise that strength- and functional training is an important part of a solid training plan, if you want to: Get faster on the...
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jacobagger
Feb 2, 20211 min
Time for a change - But still 'same same'
Endura Consulting is shifting to a new homepage in English, as it is time to expand beyond the danish borders to reach new clients...
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