Cycling Performance Club: Dr. Paolo Menaspà - A master generalist in high-performance sport

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Cycling Performance Club: Dr. Paolo Menaspà - A master generalist in high-performance sport

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Dec 17, 2021

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Released:

Dec 17, 2021

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SPC025 - 6 Weight Training Fundamentals for Cyclists: Working with these fundamentals will help you turn the strength gained in the gym into muscular power and endurance on the bike. by Semi-Pro Cycling
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SPC005 - Performance Enhancing Drinks: Episode 5 of the Semi-Pro Cycling podcast talks about performance enhancing drinks that make a big difference to your riding and recovery. by Semi-Pro Cycling
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SPC009 - 4 Steps to a Stress Free Race Day: Race day can be very stressful, between registration, trying to remember all your equipment and warm-ups, it's hard to stay focussed. This episode details everything you need to help build a solid pre-race routine to make your race day stress free. by Semi-Pro Cycling
19 min listen
SPC002 - Self Myofascial Release Therapy for Cyclists: The second episode of the Semi-Pro Cycling podcast where I raise tight areas, how to fix them and the best 4 areas to hit when you are short on time. by Semi-Pro Cycling
14 min listen
SPC001 - Introduction and Tour de France Live Commentary: The first episode of the Semi-Pro Cycling Podcast where I talk about the show and the upcoming live Tour de France commentary on July 11 at 10pm AEST. by Semi-Pro Cycling
5 min listen
SPC019 - 5 Ways to Optimise Your Life for More Riding Time: Only owning one type of sock and 2 pairs of underwear are a couple of the ways I reduce time spent on mundane and repetitive tasks. This week is all about ideas to give you more riding time. by Semi-Pro Cycling
25 min listen
SPC013 - Climbing tactics and tips with Dylan Cooper from Rockstar Racing: Climbing is one of those parts of cycling that can make or break you depending on how you approach it, or how you are feeling on the day. Dylan and I talk about ways to get the best out of yourself to climb at your best and give you an edge in races. by Semi-Pro Cycling
29 min listen
SPC004 - Should You Change Your Pedalling Technique?: This episode looks at Lance Armstrongs toes down, high cadence style and the questions, why does he do it, and should you do it too? by Semi-Pro Cycling
26 min listen
SPC008 - The Best 3 Marginal Gains for Quick Wins: There are 1000's of ways to make marginal gains, we get started by looking at Team Great Britain and taking the best 3 for quick wins. by Semi-Pro Cycling
24 min listen
SPC033 - Practical Periodisation and Training with Adam Zimmerman: Periodisation models are a confusing mess for anyone new the different options. I got Adam Zimmerman from Zimmerman Training on the show to explain his take periodisation and training in the real world. He also introduces a running coach called Jack Da... by Semi-Pro Cycling
28 min listen
SPC006 - How to Make a Successful Transition to Your 'Cross Season: In Episode #6 I talk Cyclocross. With the Australian 'cross season one third of the way through, and the northern hemisphere about to kick of theirs, This week it's about 3 ways to make a successful transition to your 'cross season. The 3 best things t... by Semi-Pro Cycling
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SPC003 - Increase Riding Performance with Music.mp3: Listening to music can increase your training and racing performance. There is research now to back this claim up. Find out about it here. by Semi-Pro Cycling
21 min listen
SPC007 - How Enhancing Your Mind Can Give You a Performance Boost": In this Episode I talk about using your mind as an internal energy force. Your mind defines all aspects of your behaviour; such as how you think, feel and interact with others. In a sport like cycling, the right mindset and high motivation can make th... by Semi-Pro Cycling
25 min listen
SPC010 - How a Warm-Up Framework Can Save Your Race Day: Having a set way of approaching warm-ups, regardless of the type of race, is a useful tool to save you from working harder than you should on race day. by Semi-Pro Cycling
23 min listen
SPC016 - Finding Cheap Momentum to Save You Energy: Madison hand-slings are a classic way to get cheap momentum but there are lots more ways. This episode looks at many of the ways to save time and energy when racing. by Semi-Pro Cycling
25 min listen
SPC011 - 6 Markers for Recovery Success.mp3: All your time off the bike can be considered recovery. I take a look at quantifying and automating 6 overtraining markers for better recovery. by Semi-Pro Cycling
21 min listen
SPC014 - Solving Travel Challenges with Olympian Bec Henderson: There are many travel challenges such as immunisation, vaccinations, jet lag, diet, and acclimatisation. This podcast deals with how the travelling cyclist can stay on top of their training and performance while in ever changing environments. by Semi-Pro Cycling
25 min listen
SPC044 - Solving the Mechanical Efficiency of Your Hips and Ankles: This episode deals with basic problems and errors rather than bike fit per se. A proper bike fit is going to go a long way in helping these elements, but a bike fit you are limited by your structure, and to some extent your event. But basically it’s yo... by Semi-Pro Cycling
28 min listen
SPC015 - Boost Your Power and Speed with One Hour per Week: Introducing the Tuesday of Terror aka Hour of Power aka Hour of Speed. The prescribed intervals in this episode are key to building power and speed in both the off season and competition phases. by Semi-Pro Cycling
24 min listen
SPC023 - 6 Steps to Planning Your Annual Training Plan: The 6 steps according to Joe Friel-Planning 2013 or any year is long and complex. This episode goes through his training plan process and sets up a framework for getting the most out of 2013. by Semi-Pro Cycling
25 min listen
SPC021 - What I Didn’t Know (and wish I did) About Buying a Bike Online.mp3: Buying a bike online, and by yourself is hard. That's why I run through my process for sizing, and compare it to 3 popular online size calculators to find out the best frame for my new bike. by Semi-Pro Cycling
27 min listen
SPC022 - How to Make Your Indoor Training Easier and More Efficient: Making training easier and more efficient is all about perceived effort compared to power output. I explore this idea with the latest indoor trainers and their super powerful software. It's amazing what's out there! by Semi-Pro Cycling
25 min listen
SPC030 - Holistic Bike Fitting: What It Is and Why It Matters: Correct alignment of your body on the bike is secondary to correct alignment off the bike. Up to 25% of your training plan should be dedicated to maintaining and improving your bodies functional movement and structure to enable a more aggressive positi... by Semi-Pro Cycling
28 min listen
SPC012 - Hacking PRO Recovery Tools, Techniques & Gadgets: We all see the PROs using new recovery tools, techniques & gadgets, but do they really work? In this episode we take a look at what the pro’s use, what are the Semi-Pro alternatives and should you use them? by Semi-Pro Cycling
23 min listen
SPC028 - 15 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Go Coach Hunting: The most important relationship in cycling: Finding a coach is hard enough without being clear what you want out of the relationship. These questions get you ready to be coached and help filter out the wrong candidates. by Semi-Pro Cycling
32 min listen
SPC031 - Cycling With Your Eyes Closed : Visualisation Techniques: Two visualisation techniques to get more out of yourself, train your mind and prepare for new situations. Picking your number and practising an event before you actually race. They both work under the idea that visualising new situations will increase ... by Semi-Pro Cycling
25 min listen
SPC017 - Is it Time To Buy a Power Metre?: The pre-release of the StageOnePower power metre is a sign that power data is starting to become available to the Semi-Pro for a realistic price. This coincides with my hunt for a complete data solution for my new training regime. Join me as I break do... by Semi-Pro Cycling
27 min listen
SPC024 - 5 Training Principles to Live By: These 5 principles can help you make important decisions regarding things like when to stop intervals, when to ride in a bunch and other important decisions that need to be made during training. Having something to fall back makes training consistent a... by Semi-Pro Cycling
25 min listen
SPC038 - The Cycling Lifestyle - Habits, Balance and Training: Using cycling as a lifestyle creates longevity for staying competitive and healthy. This show takes lessons from Tony Steward of joetoprocycling.com, who's life has been transformed by cycling and racing. We cover useful tips like balancing family life... by Semi-Pro Cycling
35 min listen
SPC036 - Detraining Quickness and Maintaining Fitness: What happens when you stop riding for 5 days? The detraining timeline is important to understand, as is knowing how to maintain fitness when you can't train like usual. I cover both these topics in this episode. by Semi-Pro Cycling
25 min listen

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