The Cycling Brief

We follow the story of two aspiring PRO cyclists – and one old dog, that has assumed the role of mentor, helping Sam and Christian achieve their dream, mostly, without even knowing it.semiprocycling.com/mentorship

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

In this episode you will learn about a strength training methodology called Velocity Based Training. It’s interesting because strength athletes traditionally use VBT but it can adapted for endurance athletes it to go faster.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

Analytics and big data are the new buzz words in sports. This week learn how big data and decision optimisation are helping one rider in the Race Across America and how it might eventually help you too.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

What are the "little things" you could do off the bike to chase marginal gains? Alex Hutchinson answers an e-mail from a young elite cyclist who was looking to break through to the next level. Everything from supplements to sleep, and heat acclimatisation to brain endurance training.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

Do you believe there are supplements out there that will help you get to the next level? It seems it’s fairly entrenched into cycling performance culture.Believe it or not there are a small list of supplements that can enhance your cycling performance. Find out which ones they are on this episode.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

We have all been dropped by a bunch at some point. there. This week we are going to look at advice for not getting dropped. Find out a way the 3 steps to analyse the power numbers of your favourite local bunch ride.Go to http://semiprocycing.com/bunch for all the episode details.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

This episode explains what burnout is, examines the symptoms, illustrates why it occurs, provides a burnout questionnaire to assess burnout levels, and provides strategies to prevent its occurrence.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

On August 5, 2008, Sarah Hammer and Michael (meatball) Friedman arrived at Beijing Airport ready to compete for the USA 2008 summer Olympic games wearing face masks to protect them from air pollution. Why?Do masks even protect you from air pollution? Is air pollution that dangerous? Today we’re investigating whether Hammer and Meatball were right to wear masks - and what you can do if you’re faced with a similar situation.Listen in to find out the effect of air pollution on your cycling performance; including, what air pollution is, and how it is measured. Also, why athletes are at a greater risk, do masks help protect athletes, and what else you can do to avoid air pollution suffocating your performance.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

This episode explores Green Tea Extract and the promise it has shown as a supplement to induce weight loss by an increase in energy expenditure and fat oxidation.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING. 

Energy systems drive all of our activity on the bike. Understanding them will help you to focus your training and optimise your nutrition. The 3 energy systems will also help you understand training zones.

The Cycling Brief — Daily cycling intelligence, produced by SEMIPRO CYCLING.