Today we have a guest blog from Jay McStay who runs his own coaching consultancy, M1 Performance Coaching. Some will recognise Jay's name as he is also a HotChillee Ride Captain for the upcoming London-Paris where he will be passing on his experience and knowledge to help riders get the most out of their experience. Jay has been training with power since 2004 so is well qualified to… Read full post
You may remember that former Arsenal and England footballer Lee Dixon has been training on his Wattbike for the Dallaglio Flintoff 2012 Cycle Slam which saw riders take on a 2,800km ride from Olympia in Greece to the Olympic Park in London. Well, Lee, Lawrence and 'Freddie' (and about 200 other riders!) completed their incredible ride this past week and we've been sent some fantastic images.… Read full post
We love anything that motivates us to train more and get on the bike so when we read about The People's Grand Tour II we thought, why not, let's get involved. It's a fairly straight-forward idea, you just need to log the kilometres you ride between May 19th and June 10th and when you're done send your logged kilometres and a few bits of other info to lionel@lionelbirnie.com. You… Read full post
There are many advocates of training by heart rate or by power as separate activities. Both have merits (note I don’t say advantages and disadvantages). Many opponents of either method point to disadvantages only. Training by a number of variables has only advantages. Training on a Wattbike with both heart rate and power, coupled with pedalling technique and cadence are powerful combinations… Read full post
Simon Vincent runs a coaching consultancy and uses the Wattbike not only with his own clients but also for his fitness and cycling endeavours. When you read of the results Simon has been acheiving personally on the Wattbike it makes for very interesting reading and validates our mantra of 'Train Less, Ride Faster.' Simon is a big advocate of the Wattbike so we'll let him give you… Read full post
Wattbike have a long standing partnership with British Cycling stretching back 12 years to when Peter Keen, then heading up British Cycling, was instrumental in the design and development of the Wattbike. Recently we welcomed seven members of the British Cycling marketing and coaching teams to the Wattbike Sport Science Lab to be put through their paces by Wattbike’s Eddie Fletcher. Eddie gave… Read full post
Our friends at Team Cycles are taking their Wattbikes around the country again in 2012 to help out JDRF with their Spin to Cure Diabetes events. The concept is simple, get yourself a team of five colleagues together and pit yourself against others for 8 minutes on a Wattbike. The event fits nicely into a lunch break so if you're in and around the London area and can get over to Royal… Read full post
We're human like everbody else, so when we get a sneak peek at an Olympic Champion's data from a Wattbike session, we tend to get a little bit excited. Our Sport Scientist, Eddie Fletcher, has seen training data from World and Olympic Champions, across all of the cycling disciplines and from every corner of the world. It's this kind of 'black book of data' that confirms… Read full post
Simon Richardson has been kind enough to take some time to pen a new blog for us. You'll remember that Simon is currently undergoing rehab after being hit by a vehicle in August of last year. Simon is still finding it very tough and it really does put into perspective what hard work and determination it is taking to continue on his road to receovery. Please do support Simon where you… Read full post
We've been sent this fantastic poster which features US track cyclist Sarah Hammer. We liked it so much we thought we'd share it with you. It makes us really proud to be part of Sarah's 'team' throughout the last 12 moinths and through to the Olympics. We've met Sarah a few times now at her Mallorca training base and, alongside her coach Andy Sparks, is always… Read full post
Always interesting to see how various facilities are using the Wattbike and we've just received an update from The Altitude Centre in London who showcased their use of the Wattbike at the International Conference on Sports Rehabilitation and Traumatology at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea FC. This year the conference, backed by FIFA and The FA, was centred around Football Medicine Strategies for… Read full post
Last week we had author Chris Cleave at our Sport Science Lab to give him the lowdown on the history of the Wattbike, from its roots as an elite training and testing tool developed in partnership with British Cycling through to its uses by pretty much every sport. Chris is taking part in The London-Paris in June and is currently being coached by M1 Performance run by HotChillee Ride Captain Jay McStay,… Read full post
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It's the first of the month so that can only mean one thing - it's time for the latest Wattbike #TrainingTracks. We've included a few of your suggestions from Twitter and had a browse across some recommendations from Spotify to help you get through these windy and rainy early days of May. Don't forget we might just add your favourite track if you tweet @Wattbike the artist and… Read full post
A few weeks ago I dropped a Wattbike off for Jessica Ennis' coach Toni Minichiello at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield where Jessica does most of her training and preparation for the upcoming Olympic Games. I asked Toni how Jessica would be using the Wattbike as part of her training, he told me: "Following the foot injury in 2008 that caused Jessica to miss the Beijing Olympics, finding… Read full post
Elite triathlete Non Stanford has just returned from Australia where she had her best performance with an 11th place finish in the Sydney ITU World Champioship Series. After training on a Wattbike this winter she's now in full race mode as the season continues in San Diego in a couple of weekends. If you remember her last blog for us, you'll have noticed that Non doesn't take… Read full post