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  • The hills are calling us - and we’re going!
    Matt Hart
    (28/06/2001)

    The training camp for the ‘TORQ tuned’ riders is finally going to happen after a season riddled with foot and mouth. A handful of us are popping up to Snowdonia for the re-scheduled camp (which was supposed to take place in March). We’re travelling up on Friday 6th July and staying in idyllic accommodation in the centre of the Snowdon mountain range until Sunday afternoon.

    Event Update
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  • The Talented Eleutherococcus.
    Matt Hart
    (28/06/2001)

    It sounds like a brand-new wonder drug, or one of those bacteria that kills you if you don’t cook your meat properly. Actually, it’s just good old ‘Siberian Ginseng’ and you can buy it easily from any health food shop and most supermarkets. Eleutherococcus is considered by scientists to be an ‘adaptogen’ in that it adapts and moulds its medicinal behaviour to an individual’s needs. It has wide-ranging benefits, especially where endurance sports are concerned.

    Performance
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  • You only have an hour so make the most of it!
    Matt Hart
    (28/06/2001)

    In order to improve your fitness, you will need to manipulate one of the following three training variables:-

    ·The duration of your work out (how long each session is).
    ·The frequency that you work out (the number of sessions per week).
    ·The intensity of your work out (how hard you train).

    first two variables (duration and frequency) quite obviously refer to training longer and more often as a means of improving fitness, or performance. The third variable, intensity, refers to how hard you work out and how much effort you put in, and there are numerous ways of adding intensity to your training. Our aim here is to provide a no-nonsence guide on exactly how to do that. Let’s face it, many of our lives are busy and hectic enough without having to try to find even more time to exercise. So here is some practical advice on how to get more out of your existing work out time.

    Performance
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