Personal tools
You are here: Home Tips and Hints
Navigation
Log in


Forgot your password?
 
Document Actions

Tips and Hints

Up one level
How to boost VO2max by Carl Brewer — last modified 2006-07-04 13:24
 
aboc C4P receipe by Carl Brewer — last modified 2006-07-04 13:25
 
Guide to carbo loading by Carl Brewer — last modified 2006-07-10 18:21
A modern approach to carbohydrate loading for cyclists
Guide to Hydration by Carl Brewer — last modified 2006-11-23 08:31
Our recommendations for hydration before, during and after riding
Eating for cycling by Carl Brewer — last modified 2006-07-10 18:18
An overview of eating strategies for endurance cyclists
Your first crit by Carl Brewer — last modified 2006-07-10 18:18
A guide to riding your first criterium or road race
Getting started with coaching by Carl Brewer — last modified 2006-07-10 18:17
An introduction to the things you need to think about if you're considering being coached
Glossary of terms by Carl Brewer — last modified 2011-02-15 01:22
A list of the terms aboc uses to describe various training exercises, and explanations of the drills
Polar heartrate monitor transmitter settings by Carl Brewer — last modified 2006-07-10 18:16
How to change the power output of your Polar S series speed or cadence sender
How to treat roadrash by Carl Brewer — last modified 2007-11-18 22:39
A guide from the Canberra Cycling Club on how best to treat road rash
Guide to buying spin trainers by Carl Brewer — last modified 2008-05-01 21:04
A discussion on the various types of spin trainers available, and why you may want one
Training in hot weather by Carl Brewer — last modified 2006-11-23 17:27
A guide to managing the risks of riding in hot conditions
Weight training for cyclists by Carl Brewer — last modified 2008-06-24 23:04
An overview of some weight training of use to endurance (road and track) cyclists
Tactical riding on a windswept course by Carl Brewer — last modified 2006-07-11 11:38
How to use the wind to your advantage!
Warming up for races by Carl Brewer — last modified 2008-09-01 23:35
The aboc guide to warming up for road races, criteriums, handicaps and so on
Track bike gear chart by Carl Brewer — last modified 2013-06-23 07:53
A table listing gear inches against chainrings and sprockets for 700c road/track bikes
Bunch ride Safety by Carl Brewer — last modified 2006-09-14 17:48
the aboc guide to safer bunch riding, when it's safe to ride in bunches, when is a bunch unsafe etc
Chris Sheppard on cheating by doping by Carl Brewer — last modified 2006-07-10 18:20
 
Cycling Widow by Carl Brewer — last modified 2006-07-20 02:42
Sarah Mithen's Cycling Widow story, published in Ride magazine
How to ride the Melbourne to Warrnambool road race by Carl Brewer — last modified 2006-10-23 12:06
Carl's guide to riding and surviving the longest single stage UCI road race in the world
A modern approach to stretching by Carl Brewer — last modified 2008-09-01 23:38
David Fleckenstein's Low load, long duration (LLPD) stretching method
Aki Sato on sprinting by Carl Brewer — last modified 2007-02-08 14:33
a great short article on sprinting by Aki Sato
training with power by Carl Brewer — last modified 2007-04-03 13:23
Andrew R Coggan's excellent article on training with power
Save the environment and yourself, ride a bike! by Carl Brewer — last modified 2007-07-24 21:24
Catherine Deveny writes in the Melbourne Age a wonderful article about why we should ride, it's reproduced here
Riding the AUDAX Alpine Classic in hot weather by Carl Brewer — last modified 2008-01-10 01:50
My experience when riding the 2006 AAC when it was stinking hot
How to ride a road handicap by Carl Brewer — last modified 2008-06-03 19:58
Road handicaps are hard, here's how to ride them
Why we don't use strength-endurance anymore by Dr Andy Coggan — last modified 2008-06-17 11:01
From an article by Dr Andy Coggan, reproduced with his permission, entitled "Strength endurance" training: a physiologist's view
Combination Training by Carl Brewer — last modified 2008-08-25 03:38
Combining Strength and power with endurance training may not be ideal for sprinters - or explaining a little about the interferance effect that aerobic training has on anaerobic development.
What is cadence? by Carl Brewer — last modified 2008-08-31 22:53
Heard about it but not sure what it means?
The aboc Spag Boll by Carl Brewer — last modified 2012-05-21 19:40
the receipe for the aboc spagetti bolla
The aboc chocolate-chilli icecream by Carl Brewer — last modified 2009-02-23 03:03
Orginally by James Tan at Mietta's
The benefits (or not!) of weight training by Carl Brewer — last modified 2010-01-06 19:19
Does weight training help cyclists? The short answer is maybe, or yes, depending on how it's done and at what stage of a rider's development it's done and what sort of cyclist is training.
What is DOMS? by Carl Brewer — last modified 2009-05-27 00:22
Many myths need dispelling
Saris PowerTap cadence sender switching by Carl Brewer — last modified 2009-07-10 01:24
The PowerTap 2.4 speed and cadence sensor is switchable between speed and cadence
Sprint Drills by Carl Brewer — last modified 2010-12-10 19:26
Velodrome drills for track sprinters
SprintDrillAnimations by Carl Brewer — last modified 2010-06-24 10:28
 
Sprint Drill Details by Carl Brewer — last modified 2010-06-26 19:02
detailed information about various sprint drills including images, power graphs and so on
10 second countdown by Carl Brewer — last modified 2011-01-22 17:41
A WAV file, generated by a synthesizer, for the countdown for track sprint/pursuit gate starts, ie: a starting gate sample for track sprint, kilo and team sprint starts
PG calibration effort by Carl Brewer — last modified 2011-02-15 01:14
A track sprint drill to calibrate your ergo and you for sprint drills We changed the name of this from HC (High Cadence) to PG (Power Gear) to make it clearer in our ergo programs in April 2011
HC calibration effort sample power meter data by Carl Brewer — last modified 2011-01-22 22:10
 
the aboc parma by Carl Brewer — last modified 2011-04-11 03:53
No flour! sort-of-paleo. Yum.
aboc cauliflour fried rice by Carl Brewer — last modified 2012-05-19 07:53
Low carb, and YUM!
Track racing holder technique by Carl Brewer — last modified 2013-12-20 17:44
How to hold and push riders on the track - for coaches, parents & handlers
Low carb downunder by Carl Brewer — last modified 2014-01-02 18:14
 

Powered by Plone CMS, the Open Source Content Management System

This site conforms to the following standards: