James Spragg, PhD | EP#425

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James Spragg, PhD, is a cycling coach at the Tudor Pro Cycling Team and performance consultant. His PhD research focused on durability, which is the main topic of today's interview.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:

-The concept of durability

-The relationship between training characteristics and durability in cycling

-The relationship between physiological measures and durability in cycling

-The type of intensity, not just the amount of work done, impacts the downward shift in power profile

-Critical Power (or Critical Speed) is a more comprehensive marker of performance physiology than VO2max

-Listener questions: how to know when to work on what part of the power-duration curve and more

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LINKS AND RESOURCES:

• James' Twitter, website and Research Gate

• Training talk with cycling coach James Spragg | EP#251

• The relationship between training characteristics and durability in professional cyclists across a competitive season - Spragg et al. 2022

• The Relationship between Physiological Characteristics and Durability in Male Professional Cyclists - Spragg et al. 2022

• Viewpoint: Using VO2max as a marker of training status in athletes - can we do better? - Podlogar et al. 2022

• The intensity rather than the quantity of prior work determines the subsequent downward shift in the power duration relationship in professional cyclists - Spragg et al. 2024 (in review)

• Intensity, volume, rest, nutrition, coaching and triathlon myth-busting with Dr. Philip Skiba | EP#173

• Scientific Training for Endurance Athletes with Dr. Philip Skiba | EP#311

• Power profiling, critical power, and U23 cycling research with Peter Leo | EP#319

• Carbohydrates – science and practice with Tim Podlogar, PhD | EP#354

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