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  • Renault F1 Update
    Matt Hart
    (14/05/2010)

    TORQ’s products have landed at Renault F1 headquarters and they’re being devoured apparently…

    Renault Sport Promoter Simon North commented, "TORQ products, like the energy bars, gels and drinks have gone down very well with the drivers and staff at Renault F1 who are using them to fuel their training and some of their events.

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  • NEW TORQ Mits
    Matt Hart
    (05/04/2010)

    We’ve had these ‘Team-Issue’ babies in for quite some time, but the ludicrously busy TORQ empire has got in the way of us publicising the fact…

    So, the TORQ mits are now available online for purchase through the TORQ shop at £20 including delivery.  They’re produced from the latest technical fibres and have gel pad to give extra protection to the heal of the hand.  They’ve also got a two handy hoops so you can pull them off your hand wi

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  • Spinning with HR?
    Matt Hart
    (16/03/2010)

    We thought this might be something you’d be interested in if you live in the busy metropolis.  TORQ have teamed-up Pedal Studio to get behind their venture.  Cycling indoors was for the purist with a high boredom threshold until indoor cycling classes such as ‘Spinning’ started to spring up in the mid 1990’s.  TORQ are huge advocates of these kinds of classes if they’re instructed properly.  It’s not quite as good as riding outside, but it comes a close 2nd…

    According to Pedal Studio’s Andrew Clayton “In recent years indoor cycling has become one of the

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  • Big Ride Day
    Matt Hart
    (23/07/2008)

    This section of the TORQ website has stayed stale for long enough. We have a huge amount of material to use here at TORQ, because of my journalistic exploits, but finding the time to get it up onto the website has proved, well, not very easy. Perhaps we should develop and sell fewer products. Anyway, I’ve found a window of opportunity and I’m going to seize it with both hands. This article (and the ones to follow) were originally written for Singletrack magazine and the style is somewhat ‘relaxed’ and ‘not overly serious’ so please enjoy reading them, glean the important information and don’t be too shocked if I rabbit on about a load of unecessary stuff!

    Oh yes, this article was also published in ‘Bicycling Australia’.

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  • The Cardiac Drift Phenomenon
    James Beckinsale
    (19/07/2006)

    Introduction
    You may be thinking about your first ultra endurance event*, ironman triathlon, adventure race, Etape or ultra marathon. Amazing, that just off the top of my head I came up with quite a solid list of events, which are designed to test the limits of human endurance. What’s even more amazing these events are not just completed by superhuman beings, they are completed by you and your buddy in the office working 40–50 hrs a week and hey, no afternoon snoozing! That’s superhuman.

    *Ultra endurance is determined as an event lasting longer than 4hrs.

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  • HMB for muscular strength, density and power.
    Matt Hart
    (22/03/2004)

    HMB (Beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate) is a metabolite of the amino acid Leucine. This means that it is a natural bi-product of the breakdown of leucine, a constituent of normal dietary protein. Small amounts of HMB are found in certain foods like catfish, alfalfa and it is a natural component of mother’s milk, but generally speaking it’s pretty scarce in the average diet. HMB was first discovered in the 1950’s and has been studied for several decades, but only really became popular as a sporting supplement in the mid 90’s.

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