Power Climbing Formula

Alright you formula nerds! If you have a power meter here is your chance to use it in training.

Dr. Lim's Power Climbing Formula

bike + rider weight (kg) x 9.8 x elevation gain (meters)/time (seconds) = power (Watts). Add 10% for rolling and air resistance.

This formula could also be used to figure out how long it would take you to climb a certain hill in a race at a certain power output by simply rearranging the formula components. you could also figure out how much faster you could climb a hill if you reduced your total system weight by a given amount but kept power the same.

Read more here:
http://legrimpeur.net/blog/archives/15
http://oncycling.blogspot.com/2008/01/climbing-calculator.html (created a calculator)

Joe Friel

This weekend I attended an endurance meeting at B & L. This meeting was sort of on the basic side and the audience was well rounded. Joe Friel, in my opinion, is a very well rounded business man /coach. He was the first coach in the U.S. to go public with endurance coaching. He has written many books, has online newsletters, has coaches that coach his philosophy under him.

At this lecture he basically taught us what Tudor Bompa learned in the 60's and has incorporated it into his own. His lecture this weekend was on the "training triad". This is where an athlete, whether you are competitive or not, should start planning their yearly plan. An athletes training triad consists of Endurance, Speed Skill and Force. Inbetween these are muscular endurance, anaerobic endurance and power. This triad consists of The Performance Abilities.

I will describe more about this next:
Have a healthy day!

Man in the mirror

Who is to blame?

I recently read an article about "who" is really to blame to cause heavy bad habits. The article which was written in a well regarded national newspaper says to not blame yourself for the extra weight that you put on. Apparently, blame the environment!

I am in the school of thought that ultimately "you are to blame"! No one else is going to make decisions for you as far as what you put in your mouth, so you are to blame. Sure temptation is everywhere and can at times be very hard to resist, but you must. Do not blame the business for trying to make a profit. Newsflash: They do not care about your health and well being they only care about selling and profits.

So who is to blame for your unhealthy habits?

Yes, you know the answer... The man in the mirror