Sports Science: Cycling & Sickness
Posted November 1, 2024
Fall brings the return of Friday Night Racing, but also the dreaded cold and flu season. Nothing bothers the motivated track cyclist more than …
Sports Science: Caffeine & Track Cycling Performance
Posted September 2, 2024
If you’re a cyclist, no doubt you’ve heard about supplements. Most are legal, some are not. Some work, most don’t. In a previous post, …
Sports Science: Wearable Temperature Sensors
Posted July 1, 2024
It’s 2024. Your phone just told you someone rang your doorbell and you weren’t there to hear it, you did 4000 steps today according …
#Tracklife – Bicarbonate for Speed
Posted May 13, 2022
There are probably as many supplements out there claiming to enhance sporting performance as there are bike brands. But how does one know what’s …
#Tracklife – Why the heat beats us + how to …
Posted July 26, 2021
Imagine this, it’s post-COVID-19, it’s summer, and it’s HOT – maybe that is not so hard to imagine. You just got on the track …
#TrackLife – Why are track times getting so darn fast? …
Posted June 9, 2021
Track times have been getting faster and faster. In 2011 Jack Bobridge set the 4000 m record with a time of 4:10.53 and that …
#Tracklife – Cyclists’ leg muscles may tell us more than …
Posted May 8, 2021
Different traits allow cyclists to excel in specific cycling disciplines. For example, BMX riders and track sprinters have greater muscle mass allowing them to …
