Fatigue
is inherent to cycling. The specific card reckons with this and proposes a series
of programmes targeted to solve the major part of the problems related to the
training methods of this sport. Essentially, the physical aspects useful for
the cyclist can be reassumed in this way:
* Aerobic endurance
* Rapid endurance strength
* Rapid strength
We purposely wrote them separately to indicate the percentage on the value scale.
We must not omit to say that there has been an evolution towards muscle strengthening
and therefore also of the physical aspects related to dynamic characteristics
of the technical gesture, but this counts for all sports disciplines. Moreover,
cycling was and remains an aerobic activity where the muscle masses require
great development. Their definition and the optimum relation between thin mass
and muscle strength is the winning mix for a correct approach of this sport.
Obviously, there are character features that should not be ignored. They are
basic for certain aspects and must compete determinedly in order to obtain a
complete picture of the winning athlete, especially in a sport like this one,
where sacrifice is essential, training is very tough and races are exhausting.
The races in laps in particular, represent the essence of a sport that does
not allow the athlete to let up and for many this is fascinating, because the
hero performs under the eyes of the public like in a real war epopee. The insider
knows that behind these sensational results and great performances there are
training programmes that are studied around the table and thousands and thousands
of kilometers by bike who has become a travel mate and an extension of the soul.
For the cyclist, there is no better training system than running a long road
and only little time is dedicated to dry work.
Electrostimulation offers unique opportunities to the cyclist for it allows
him to optimise and diversify the exercises he needs to amplify the result obtained
after lots of kilometers by bike, working in a specific and sectorial way on
a few muscle districts that show a deficit, or re-touching with rapid strength
the frequencies of activation of muscle contractions of the white fibres that
on the bicycle are not particularly stimulated. Or, moreover, insisting on Aerobic
Endurance, maybe when there is a pouring rain outside and one does not want
to repeat the training session. This last observation offers the basis to note
that physical problems related to typical pathologies of the cyclist not only
refer to structural inflammations, but also to climatic conditions to which
this sport is subject. For this reason we thought it necessary to include Tens
currents aiming to cure pains like cervical arthrosis. According to us, the
only part of the body that can show particular problems is the hand. The hand
carries a lot of weight and tension and therefore a programme that acts ad hoc
to treat eventual painful features has been included.