Announcement posted by PowerfulPointsAUS 06 Sep 2018
During the Le Tour de France and other grand tours there is a lot of discussion about what is commonly known as “the race of truth” or the tactics that rides use to give them the winning edge.
Here are the top 20 key actions professional athletes take to help them succeed, demonstrating the fine line between art and science;
- The only way you can get an edge is by finding something other people don’t know about or commonly available.
- Over the last 20 years being successful has become a science.
- Power meters and heart rate monitors were rare now they are common, as a result there is now a greater understanding of speed vs heart rate and impact of both.
- Understanding peaks and troughs in exerting physical energy, when to apply power and longer term impact on results.
- Watts were not commonly focused on, now are a key tool to monitoring and measuring performance and output.
- 20 years ago diet and nutrition was basic, now a key part of a successful strategy.
- Wheel size, type, tyres and tyre pressure now make up part of the mechanical strategy.
- The support team and athlete are focused as a collective looking carefully at the data to drive results, test and validating any changes made translate to improved outcomes.
- They think of the tools available to them laid out on a table as an arsenal of weapons to use for different environments.