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Exploring possible changes to improve performance in the Borahans cycling team, with a focus on budget, aerodynamics, and the impact of the recent UCI rule update on time trial bikes.

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(0:00) Welcome!

(00:38) What are the next innovations in pro cycling?

(07:52) Is Highly Branched Cyclic Dextrin (cluster dextrin) the next big thing in cycling nutrition?

(18:55) A periodization mistake that hurts your yearly progress

(25:56) Running Cross-training tips. Is concrete more damaging than asphalt or trail?

(32:13) Why aren’t more pro road cyclists doing other disciplines like MVDP, WVA, Pidcock, and Pieterse?

(38:37) How the order of your workouts affects your fitness

(50:04) A new study that shows pairing training with studying might actually help you retain information

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- Image showing the different molecular structures we discussed: https://www.torqfitness.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/molecules.png

- Float Set workout: https://www.trainerroad.com/app/cycling/workouts/45262-megantic-1

- Tibial acceleration and shock attenuation while running over different surfaces in a trail environment, Garcia, 2021.: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S144024402100058X

- MVDP in Sand (credit to FloBikes): https://youtu.be/Ji1CE6_9Dhc?feature=shared&t=4316

- Puck Pieterse (credit to UCI Mountain Bike World Series): https://youtu.be/RpMETGtVBvE?feature=shared&t=35

- Recess workout: https://www.trainerroad.com/app/cycling/workouts/312044-recess-5

- Moderate-to-vigorous intensity cycling exercise immediately after visual learning enhances delayed recognition memory performance, Venezia, 2023.: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S146902922300122X?fr=RR-2&ref=pdf_download&rr=84368897b84a986c

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