There is no doubt exercise is good for you. A meta-analysis open_in_newcitation of over one million people found a 24% reduction in all-cause mortality between the least and most intensive …
When do you plan to retire? Have you even thought about it? If you are under 40, chances are it hasn’t even crossed your mind. However, retirement could easily comprise …
If you follow “healthy diets” in the news as closely as me, then you will likely be very confused by now… almost every diet and every nutrient has been hailed …
Recovery is notoriously difficult to measure and estimate. Some people need hours, others days. Fortunately, we have a proxy measure called EPOC (Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption). EPOC is the elevation …
warning Misunderstanding about Warm-Ups We have spent decades thinking warming up is literally about warming up the body and muscles. Specifically increasing muscle temperature, initiating metabolic and circulatory adjustments, as …
There is some evidence from 6 small studies involving a tiny total of 93 cyclists that strength training (in the gym) slightly helps cycling performance (see citations below). However, on …
It is incredibly easy to mess up your race day nutrition. The typical advice you read online (e.g. 120g/hr–144g/hr carbs) is very unrealistic for most people and often influenced by …
Cardiac drift refers to increasing heart rate despite constant intensity over prolonged exercise. What causes it? In a nutshell, HR rises in order to maintain cardiac output despite a decline …
I am sure you have seen some worrying headlines that too much exercise is bad for you. Authors of the Copenhagen City Heart Study (Schnohr 2015) were first to propose …
schedule What is Time Restricted Eating? Time-restricted eating is a form of “intermittent fasting” which could be called daily intermittent fasting. It is pretty simple, just stop eating for at …
Updated 2024! This is an old story, but one with confusing data. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ current physical activity guidelines recommend as little as 150 minutes …
I have a number of athletes who combine running with cycling or swimming, e.g. duathlon and triathlon. Yes you are right, the crazy ones! I have previously offered them training …
We all struggle in hot temperatures. Cycling and running in the heat is much harder than running in cooler temperatures. In this blog, I will consider why; and in Part …
Today we are launching a huge list of searchable health / fitness / diet tips on pretty much every conceivable topic. This means whenever you have a health or fitness …
First let me say these apps don’t pay out a huge amount. No, it’s more like a trickle or nothing at all. However, if you are exercising anyway and if …
speed Understanding Power Zones Everyone has seen the pretty images of power zones; you may have even created one as they are based on simple percentages. A “zone” simply means …
local_fire_department The Warm-Up Myth Science says everything you believe about warm-ups is probably incorrect 🙈 Why do cyclists love warm-ups so much? Well let’s start with some non-specific claims about …
mood_bad Being Terrorised by Your Own FTP In January I caught COVID-19 for the second time and needed a week’s break from training. This was relatively short compared with the …
During WWI and WWII rationing was compulsory in many countries and consisted of a balanced and calorie-restricted diet of around 2300 calories (the average teen in the US eats more …
Previously I wrote about why HIT or HIIT training beats threshold and tempo work on a like-for-like basis. You can read that blog linkhere. I also explained why HIT has …
groups What is the Optimal Team Time Trial Strategy? If you are riding in a team online or IRL how do you pick a team? How do you decide who …
In the last blog I looked at the magnitude of the effect of aging on athletic performance, today I examine *why* fitness declines with age. In the next blog, I …
What is the story of wearing face masks during exercise and in particular the physiological effects upon breathing? During Covid millions of people have been wearing masks and arguing about …
Consider this list, what do you see? Eamon Coughlan ran the mile in 3:58:15 at 41 years Dara Torres won three Silver medals at Olympics at the age of 41 Yekaterina …
Lipid disorders (dyslipidemia) refer to abnormal levels of cholesterol and/or fats in the blood. Lipids are an energy source that constantly circulate from gut to liver and muscle. Fat and …
BACKGROUND Your blood is vital to your health, it is the lifeline to every organ in the body and it is a goldmine in terms of health monitoring. Any significant …
Today we look at the physiology underlying HIIT training with the aim of finding out the secret of why HIIT appears superior to many other training distributions. Background HIT stands …
old_but_not_dead_yet asked me about an interesting observation that the power-curve is more highly variable at short durations (eg 10s) than at longer durations (eg 10min) when it looks more concentrated. …
How hard do you find the famous 60m FTP test? Have you ever tried it? Popular opinion is it is horribly difficult. So much so most people are scared to …
I have been wondering for a long time, does fasted training work for endurance sports? I need a really strong reason to stop eating carbs before, during and after exercise, …
