Well, I did my first proper power test with Ben Wright last night including a CP1min, a CP5min and a CP20min effort and some interesting information has resulted, however I will not so bold as to put up here my power figures just yet as they are nowehere near as impressive as, for example, Peter Sagan's and I did the first test blind. Not only this, but I also got a postural assessment and body measurements done on me so the information that I will provide is thus, I have a lovely pedalling stroke although my pedalling stroke from one to the other is erratic power transfer-wise, my left-handside is the bigger, more dominant and more flexible side even though I am right-handed and stronger on my right (not that the latter was tested for, but I feel it is). My thighs are impressive in size, I am tight in my quads and hips and my heartrate can drop like a stone between efforts meaning I have great recovery. CP5min was poor, particularly in comparison to not only how well I did on my CP1min and CP20min, but what more I am capable of in these tests. In CP5min test I would not score too much more with the whole power screen etc... in front of me if I was to do it again, today, for example, whilst on the CP1min and CP20min I would score quite a bit higher.
As a result of all this I ended up being completely screwed, but pleased to have got so much out of this process and I am really looking forward to working Ben this year and a massive thanks has to go to him for this test and for the future as well. Now I can't wait to see the programme Ben concocts for me :)
On another note I have come up with a playlist for warm-up and cool-down, if there are any suggestions for tunes, please comment. Here's the list:
Warm-up:
- Run this Town Jay-Z
- Hit the Floor Linkin Park
- Mountains Biffy Clyro
- End Credits Chase & Status and Plan B
- All of the Lights Kanye West
- Heavy Chase & Status and Dizzee Rascal
- Make a Beast of Myself Twin Atlantic
- Seek Bromance Tim Berg/Avicii
Cool-down:
- Runaway Devlin
- A Star is Born Jay-Z
- Remember the Days Roll Deep
- U Were Always Roll Deep
- Keep Ya Head Up 2Pac
These playlists will change, but for now this is what I'm going to be listening to immediately before and after a race.
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