Here we go, look a live! On day 3 of the trip to Colorado we went to the Carmichael Training
Systems lab for testing. The center is owned by the Mr. Carmichael who is world-renowned for
training endurance athletes, mostly cyclists and some triathletes. The one thing Carmichael is known for is
training Lance Armstrong the 7-time Tour De France winner.
So before we left for Colorado, Katy offered to do a blood lactate test and a
VO2 Max Test. Pretty much these tests allowed for
endurance athletes to see how far their body can be pushed before it reaches exhaustion. I felt tired watching
Katy go through
about an hour and a half of tests. She was spent afterwards and during the testing we
learned how they train
athletes, what protocols were taken, and how they
communicating with their
athletes.
Surprisingly a lot of athletes talk to
their coaches via email
because they train all over the globe. They get athletes from all aspects
of the
endurance sports. They get
mountain bikers, cyclists, marathon runners,
triathletes, etc. and they are
serious about their training. Lance Armstrong is currently training again for another Tour De France and our guide told us about the preparation that goes into Lance's training.
Overall we learned about a different variation of training but we still picked up
some information. Even though endurance
training may not be what I am
interested in it is
importance to have
knowledge in all aspects of training. In my profession i want to teach
people about fitness, if I only know about
some aspects of fitness I would not be as successful if I would have common knowledge in all aspects of fitness. This was the shortest portion of the trip but we
still learned a lot, next I will post about our trip to the Garden of the Gods. See you later!
Here we go, look a live! On day 3 of the trip to Colorado we went to the Carmichael Training Systems lab for testing. The center is owned by the Mr. Carmichael who is world-renowned for training endurance athletes, mostly cyclists and some triathletes. The one thing Carmichael is known for is training Lance Armstrong the 7-time Tour De France winner.
So before we left for Colorado, Katy offered to do a blood lactate test and a VO2 Max Test. Pretty much these tests allowed for endurance athletes to see how far their body can be pushed before it reaches exhaustion. I felt tired watching Katy go through about an hour and a half of tests. She was spent afterwards and during the testing we learned how they train athletes, what protocols were taken, and how they communicating with their athletes.
Surprisingly a lot of athletes talk to their coaches via email because they train all over the globe. They get athletes from all aspects of the endurance sports. They get mountain bikers, cyclists, marathon runners, triathletes, etc. and they are serious about their training. Lance Armstrong is currently training again for another Tour De France and our guide told us about the preparation that goes into Lance's training.
Overall we learned about a different variation of training but we still picked up some information. Even though endurance training may not be what I am interested in it is importance to have knowledge in all aspects of training. In my profession i want to teach people about fitness, if I only know about some aspects of fitness I would not be as successful if I would have common knowledge in all aspects of fitness. This was the shortest portion of the trip but we still learned a lot, next I will post about our trip to the Garden of the Gods. See you later!
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