Nutrition and Performance
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Optimal Pedal Cadence.
How fast should your legs be spinning?
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Fast Food 1.
From this point onwards there will be a regular slot in the performance section of the TORQ site dedicated to fast food.
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The Glycaemic Index.
The concept of the glycaemic index was first instigated by Dr.
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Nutritional Strategy (Part 2).
This has been a long time coming, but as promised, here’s a little piece on short-term nutritional strategies.
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Nutritional Strategy (part 1).
You may, or may not have followed a recent debate on the Singletrackworld website, where I and another battled out our differences over some nutritional advice I gave for and leading up to the Red Bull Mountain Mayhem event.
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The ‘Jason Le Page’ files 5 – fishing, beer gardens and ‘permalard’.
Jason Le Page is a Downhill Mountain Biker who lives on Guernsey (one of the Channel Islands for those of you who may be geographically challenged).
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A Background to Carbohydrate.
Carbohydrate is the key to metabolic energy.
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Muesli with OJ?
That’s right – muesli with fresh orange juice.
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Training Theory 2.
In order to optimise your training stimulus, you must ensure that the conditions are perfect for this to occur.
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Scary cancer link to everyday foods.
Well, I spat out my rice crispies yesterday when I read a about this stunning revelation in the Saturday papers.
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The ‘Jason Le Page’ files 4 – too much of a good thing.
Jason Le Page is a Downhill Mountain Biker who lives on Guernsey (one of the Channel Islands for those of you who may be geographically challenged).
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Training Theory 1.
If you want to get the most out of your training, it really helps if you understand the scientific basis of training theory.
