Explaining Training: Recent Episodes

High North Performance

Your cycling training questions answered and translated into actionable tips and strategies by Tom Bell and Dr Emma Wilkins of High North Performance. Get your free "Key Workouts Guide" here: highnorth.co.uk/workout-guide

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In the episode, we’ll take a look at a question that’s on many cyclist’s minds as we turn towards autumn and winter training, and that’s whether you should be performing strength or weight training as a cyclist.

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In this episode, we talk about how to set up your head unit screen specifically for interval training and/or maximal efforts, like those you might perform for testing or in a hill climb TT. 

We have a free workout guide, which you can download here: highnorth.co.uk/workout-guide

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In this episode we’re going to be talking through an important part of achieving peak performances and answering the question of "what are some of best practices to follow when tapering for an event?"

We have a free workout guide, which you can download here: highnorth.co.uk/workout-guide
Check out the articles page for more practical cycling training tips: highnorth.co.uk/articles

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In this episode, Tom answers a question from Marie on how she can best use interval training to improve her climbing ability over durations of 7-10 minutes. We try and provide a little bit of the physiology underpinning these efforts, as well as offer a few workout suggestions for her to try.

For 75+ structured sessions, including those mentioned in the episode, check out our Complete Workout Library, available here: highnorth.co.uk/store/p/complete-workout-library.

Do send us your training questions so we can answer them on the podcast! Send an email to info@highnorth.co.uk and include "podcast question" in the subject line. We're excited to see what you might want to know!