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01-06-2001 | Review Article

Adaptations to Training in Endurance Cyclists

Implications for Performance

Authors: John A. Hawley, Nigel K. Stepto

Published in: Sports Medicine | Issue 7/2001

Abstract

Our present scientific knowledge of the effects of specific training interventions undertaken by professional cyclists on selected adaptive responses in skeletal muscle and their consequences for improving endurance performance is limited: sport scientists have found it difficult to persuade elite cyclists to experiment with their training regimens and access to muscle and blood samples from these athletes is sparse. Owing to the lack of scientific study we present a theoretical model of some of the major training-induced adaptations in skeletal muscle that are likely to determine performance capacity in elite cyclists. The model includes, but is not limited to, skeletal muscle morphology, acid-base status and fuel supply. A working premise is that the training-induced changes in skeletal muscle resulting from the high-volume, high-intensity training undertaken by elite cyclists is at least partially responsible for the observed improvements in performance. Using experimental data we provide evidence to support the model.

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Title: Adaptations to Training in Endurance Cyclists
Implications for Performance
Authors: John A. Hawley
Nigel K. Stepto
Publication date: 01-06-2001
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Sports Medicine / Issue 7/2001
Print ISSN: 0112-1642
Electronic ISSN: 1179-2035
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2165/00007256-200131070-00006

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