Today's guest is David Bailey, an exercise physiologist who I originally met when he was working for the English Institute of Sport at Loughborough. From there he moved to British Cycling in Manchester and eventually to Switzerland originally working for PowerBar and then back into cycling working directly with the BMC and the Bahrain Merida cycling teams.

We will get into all of this in our conversation as well as a few rabbit holes, per usual.

Notable topics include:

PowerBars and how they caused £500 of damage to my bike frame

Research - lab studies vs big data - which is more relevant to you?

The ideal cadence for cycling

Why RPE is such a valuable skill for you as an athlete

How to train a pro-cyclist

Polarised vs traditional training models

Constant glucose monitors

Metabolomics and does it really explain why Pogacar is so good

What really works if you want to achieve your goals

Strength training for cyclists

To follow David Bailey you can find him in the following places:

Twitter - @BaileyDM

LinkedIn

David’s personal website is https://www.davidbailey.ch/

 

Other topics mentioned in the show:

NY Times research on Strava data - race data from about 500,000 marathon and half marathon running times since 2014 supports the Nike claim that VaporFly’s are 4% faster 

Dave’s book recommendations:

Sapiens: A brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari

The Curious Mind:The secret to a bigger life - Brian Grazer & Charles Fishman

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion - Jonathan Haidt

The Fourth Turning: An American prophecy- William Strauss & Neil Howe

Some research papers you might like

Hansen & Smith (2009) Factors Affecting Cadence Choice During Submaximal Cycling and Cadence Influence on Performance. Int J Sports Physiol Perform. Int J Sports Physiol Perform

Stellingwerff et al. (2019) A framework for periodized nutrition for athletes. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 1:29(2):141-151

Mujika et al., (2019) Contempary periodization of altitude training for elite endurance athletes. A narrative review. Sports Med. 49(11): 1651-1669

Fabra et al.  (2021) A comprehensive review of continuous glucose monitoring accuracy during exercise periods. Sensors. 12:21(2):497

Bellenger et al. (2016) Monitoring Athletic Training Status Through Autonomic Heart Rate Regulation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sports Med. 46(10):1461-1486

Filipas et al. (2021) Effects of 16 weeks of pyramidal and polarized training intensity distributions in well-trained endurance runners. Scand J Med Sci Sports Nov 18

Watson (2017) Sleep and athletic performance. Curr Sports Med Rep. 16(6):413-418.

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