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TourOfSardinia said:Yes thehog sterling work!The Hegelian said:Excellent post.
Chris Carmichael, who became his coach when Armstrong was still a teen-ager, told me that even then Armstrong was among the most remarkable athletes he had ever seen. Not only has his cardiovascular strength always been exceptional; his body seems specially constructed for cycling. His thigh bones are unusually long, for example, which permits him to apply just the right amount of torque to the pedals
Thigh muscles are key to powering up the mountains, where the Tour de France is almost always won or lost.
Froome's main engines are his quadriceps, the bulging muscles on the front of his ripped thighs. Studies show that cyclists have significantly more quad mass than runners and other athletes.
Froome is typical of elite cyclists, in that he has longer thighbones than most athletes. This gives him extra leverage — power on the pedals
After that humbling experience, I went across town to see Edmund Burke, a former physiologist for the U.S. Olympic cycling team, who has written several books on training for cyclists (including one with Carmichael). “I think the genius of Chris is that he understands how much small gains matter,” Burke said. “In fact, small gains are all you will ever see. People will say, ‘You have shown only half a per cent of improvement.’ Well, half a per cent is huge. I am not talking marketing or sales here. I am talking about élite athletic performance.”
Armstrong represents a new kind of athlete. He has been at the forefront of a technological renaissance that has made European cycling purists uncomfortable.
kwikki said:Here's a little photoshop challenge for you, thehog....
http://road.cc/content/tech-news/198665-now-you-can-look-chris-froome-rapha-unveil-team-sky-iv-collection
thehog said:I like this one, Euros just don't know how to train properly, Armstrong leading the technology renaissance... :lol:
Brailsford has copied this model like for like. That's impressive.
Armstrong represents a new kind of athlete. He has been at the forefront of a technological renaissance that has made European cycling purists uncomfortable.
King Boonen said:kwikki said:Here's a little photoshop challenge for you, thehog....
http://road.cc/content/tech-news/198665-now-you-can-look-chris-froome-rapha-unveil-team-sky-iv-collection
Seriously, what's the "IV" thing about? I can't work it out.
Bolder said:thehog said:I like this one, Euros just don't know how to train properly, Armstrong leading the technology renaissance... :lol:
Brailsford has copied this model like for like. That's impressive.
Armstrong represents a new kind of athlete. He has been at the forefront of a technological renaissance that has made European cycling purists uncomfortable.
Let's be clear: European riders were on the juice way before Jock (Jacques) Boyer learned how to pedal a tricycle. What Armstrong and his team did was systematize and analyze performance to optimize training cycles. Then they built a team solely focused on winning TdF to maximize sponsorship opportunities, which in turn begat even better TdF-oriented squads. I don't think it's a stretch to say that LA was a leader in high-tech training methods. You can gobble down any kind of pills all day long but if you don't know how to integrate them with real-world training, all you'll end up with are a bunch of Tom Simpsons...
kwikki said:King Boonen said:kwikki said:Here's a little photoshop challenge for you, thehog....
http://road.cc/content/tech-news/198665-now-you-can-look-chris-froome-rapha-unveil-team-sky-iv-collection
Seriously, what's the "IV" thing about? I can't work it out.
4 TdF wins? At a guess.
It just strikes me as a hilarious oversight.
The best one is clearly this one.thehog said:I like this one, Euros just don't know how to train properly, Armstrong leading the technology renaissance... :lol:
Brailsford has copied this model like for like. That's impressive.
Armstrong represents a new kind of athlete. He has been at the forefront of a technological renaissance that has made European cycling purists uncomfortable.
Carmichael believes that rigorous training is what ultimately turns a talented athlete into a star. “Who hits more practice balls every day than any other golfer?” Carmichael asked. “Guess what? It’s Tiger Woods. Well, Lance trains more than his competitors. He was the first to go out and actually ride the important Tour stages in advance. He doesn’t just wake up in July and say, ‘God, I hope I am ready for this race.’ He knows he is ready, because he has whipped himself all year long
Cannibal72 said:The best one is clearly this one.thehog said:I like this one, Euros just don't know how to train properly, Armstrong leading the technology renaissance... :lol:
Brailsford has copied this model like for like. That's impressive.
Armstrong represents a new kind of athlete. He has been at the forefront of a technological renaissance that has made European cycling purists uncomfortable.
Carmichael believes that rigorous training is what ultimately turns a talented athlete into a star. “Who hits more practice balls every day than any other golfer?” Carmichael asked. “Guess what? It’s Tiger Woods. Well, Lance trains more than his competitors. He was the first to go out and actually ride the important Tour stages in advance. He doesn’t just wake up in July and say, ‘God, I hope I am ready for this race.’ He knows he is ready, because he has whipped himself all year long
The first, except for...basically every other GC contender. Nice innovation guys!
Ed Burke, lol.thehog said:Sorry this it too funny... Smells Gains / Marginal Gains:
After that humbling experience, I went across town to see Edmund Burke, a former physiologist for the U.S. Olympic cycling team, who has written several books on training for cyclists (including one with Carmichael). “I think the genius of Chris is that he understands how much small gains matter,” Burke said. “In fact, small gains are all you will ever see. People will say, ‘You have shown only half a per cent of improvement.’ Well, half a per cent is huge. I am not talking marketing or sales here. I am talking about élite athletic performance.”
:lol:
Bolder said:thehog said:I like this one, Euros just don't know how to train properly, Armstrong leading the technology renaissance... :lol:
Brailsford has copied this model like for like. That's impressive.
Armstrong represents a new kind of athlete. He has been at the forefront of a technological renaissance that has made European cycling purists uncomfortable.
Let's be clear: European riders were on the juice way before Jock (Jacques) Boyer learned how to pedal a tricycle. What Armstrong and his team did was systematize and analyze performance to optimize training cycles. Then they built a team solely focused on winning TdF to maximize sponsorship opportunities, which in turn begat even better TdF-oriented squads. I don't think it's a stretch to say that LA was a leader in high-tech training methods. You can gobble down any kind of pills all day long but if you don't know how to integrate them with real-world training, all you'll end up with are a bunch of Tom Simpsons...
sniper said:Funny to see Jeukendrup's name in there.
Psuedo-scientist par excellence.
Worked together with Leinders at Rabobank.
Worked with many Ethiopian and Kenyan long distance runners.
Started working with Sky in 2012.
A big fraud. But high up the food chain. Basically he is there, where Swart aspires to be.
If Jeukendrup coaches you, you're protected and you're not gonna test positive any time soon.
there's a special edition of the Journal of Applied Physiology to which Jeukendrup contributed, from 2011, titled "The two-hour marathon: Who and when?". http://jap.physiology.org/content/110/1/278thehog said:sniper said:Funny to see Jeukendrup's name in there.
Psuedo-scientist par excellence.
Worked together with Leinders at Rabobank.
Worked with many Ethiopian and Kenyan long distance runners.
Started working with Sky in 2012.
A big fraud. But high up the food chain. Basically he is there, where Swart aspires to be.
If Jeukendrup coaches you, you're protected and you're not gonna test positive any time soon.
"Psuedo-scientist par excellence" indeed! You can see just make this stuff up as they go along... it actually must be a lot of fun just talking crap and have the media outlets just re-print it verbatim :surprised:
Benotti69 said:Bolder said:thehog said:I like this one, Euros just don't know how to train properly, Armstrong leading the technology renaissance... :lol:
Brailsford has copied this model like for like. That's impressive.
Armstrong represents a new kind of athlete. He has been at the forefront of a technological renaissance that has made European cycling purists uncomfortable.
Let's be clear: European riders were on the juice way before Jock (Jacques) Boyer learned how to pedal a tricycle. What Armstrong and his team did was systematize and analyze performance to optimize training cycles. Then they built a team solely focused on winning TdF to maximize sponsorship opportunities, which in turn begat even better TdF-oriented squads. I don't think it's a stretch to say that LA was a leader in high-tech training methods. You can gobble down any kind of pills all day long but if you don't know how to integrate them with real-world training, all you'll end up with are a bunch of Tom Simpsons...
Dude, Amrstrong's doctor was Italian and his DS a Belgian. :lol:
Bolder said:Benotti69 said:Bolder said:thehog said:I like this one, Euros just don't know how to train properly, Armstrong leading the technology renaissance... :lol:
Brailsford has copied this model like for like. That's impressive.
Armstrong represents a new kind of athlete. He has been at the forefront of a technological renaissance that has made European cycling purists uncomfortable.
Let's be clear: European riders were on the juice way before Jock (Jacques) Boyer learned how to pedal a tricycle. What Armstrong and his team did was systematize and analyze performance to optimize training cycles. Then they built a team solely focused on winning TdF to maximize sponsorship opportunities, which in turn begat even better TdF-oriented squads. I don't think it's a stretch to say that LA was a leader in high-tech training methods. You can gobble down any kind of pills all day long but if you don't know how to integrate them with real-world training, all you'll end up with are a bunch of Tom Simpsons...
Dude, Amrstrong's doctor was Italian and his DS a Belgian. :lol:
Was shorthanding "LA" for his operation, which was financed by American money and what seems a very American way to go about it. Dude.
Cycle Chic said:so considering the UCI and ASO are indeed still reeling from the Armstrong disaster / fallout....would they really be so stupid as to give Brailsford and Sky another backdoor pass ? doesnt add up.
Could they really be passing all those drug tests ? doesnt add up.
thehog said:Cycle Chic said:so considering the UCI and ASO are indeed still reeling from the Armstrong disaster / fallout....would they really be so stupid as to give Brailsford and Sky another backdoor pass ? doesnt add up.
Could they really be passing all those drug tests ? doesnt add up.
Another 5 years of Froome/Sky to get 8 victories, would ASO really want that?