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What is Metabolic Flexibility in Cycling?
Metabolic flexibility in cycling refers to the body’s ability to efficiently switch between fat and carbohydrate oxidation. But how is metabolic flexibility related to cycling performance and how can it be trained?
jacobagger
Apr 163 min read
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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!
jacobagger
Oct 26, 20243 min read
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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....
jacobagger
Oct 7, 20243 min read
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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...
jacobagger
Jan 22, 20245 min read
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Can sodium bicarbonate supplementation improve cycling performance?
Sodium bicarbonate supplementation improves muscle buffering capacity and the ability to tolerate higher lacate concentrations during...
jacobagger
Nov 22, 20235 min read
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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...
jacobagger
Nov 14, 20233 min read
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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...
jacobagger
Nov 5, 20234 min read
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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...
jacobagger
Oct 25, 20234 min read
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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...
jacobagger
Oct 19, 20233 min read
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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...
jacobagger
Oct 17, 20233 min read
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