Lee Ager

PhD Researcher and Teaching Assistant: Sport & Exercise Science - Newcastle University

[Lee Ager @LeeAger1]

@SamOrange01 Congratulations Sam! Super happy for you all. He’ll already be DL more than I can 💪😃

[Lee Ager @LeeAger1]

Great talk as usual 👌 from @CGBrownstein @E_C_S_S on Exercise-induced muscle damage, efficiency and cardiopulmonary responses @NCLUni_SportSci #ecss2024

[Lee Ager @LeeAger1]

@knowledgeiswatt It’s an interesting topic for sure. Many studies come to this conclusion it seems, yet I repeatedly hear on podcasts from coaches working with elite cyclists and triathletes who adopt ‘torque training’ of some form with their athletes.

[Human Nutrition & Exercise Research Centre @HNERC_NclUni]

For this months @HNERC_NclUni staff feature we’d like to introduce Dr. @Owen_Jeffries

Owen is Lecturer in Health and Exercise Physiology and his research focuses on environmental physiology.

[Lee Ager @LeeAger1]

🚨 New post on our Extreme Environments Blog 🚨

La Marmotte: my heat preparation strategy 🔥

If you are interested in cycling and heat acclimation then check it out 👇

https://t.co/W9G5aR1NpX

#heatacclimation #cyclinggranfondo

[Callum G Brownstein @CGBrownstein]

Head down and grind. Last familiarisation with 3 min all out test for our study assessing the effect of muscle damage and
NM fatigability on 3MT-derived critical power and W' @NCLUni_SportSci

[Lee Ager @LeeAger1]

@Alan_Couzens @Alan_Couzens when do you terminate a lactate test? Do you take your athletes to the point task failure ?

[Lee Ager @LeeAger1]

@Alan_Couzens Thanks Alan. I assume this is with lactate. What about if you only had access to speed, distance and time (no lactate or vo2 analyser)?

[Lee Ager @LeeAger1]

@Alan_Couzens If you had to pick one field test method for setting training zones for triathlon swimming (e.g. 200+400 CSS, 1k TT etc ) which would you choose?

[Mikael Eriksson @SciTriat]

Neuromuscular fatigue – mechanisms and applications with Callum Brownstein, PhD | EP#355
https://t.co/Yntz82bxJ0

[Lee Ager @LeeAger1]

@Alan_Couzens Thank you. Would it be fair to say an elite has an advantage when training around LTP as the stress to the aerobic system is higher due to their high %vo2max at LTP so training here has more ‘benefits’ than for an amateur? Less anaerobic contribution in the session.

[Lee Ager @LeeAger1]

@Alan_Couzens If elites train mostly in Z4 (5Zmodel) for their HIT does this work better than in less trained athletes b/c their LTP/MLSS is at a much ↑ %VOmax and hence a greater aerobic stimulus in Z4. Amateurs may req greater intensity in Z5? LTP%VO2max important #context?

[Lee Ager @LeeAger1]

@Alan_Couzens My question came about when considering the ‘time@~90%vo2max’ frequently stated in the literature and how an elite may be able to achieve this in Z4 vs a amateur in Z5?

[Lee Ager @LeeAger1]

@Alan_Couzens Broadly i’m referring to interval training above LTP with the aim of increasing VO2max. If t@~90%VO2max is proposed as a session goal, Elites can accumulate time here while being still very close to LTP and with lower Bla levels vs amateur with LTP@75%VO2max? So less time in Z5 ?

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@peter__leo Thanks, my findings also. Do you have a preference of which method you prefer use for ‘second threshold’ e.g LTP2/ModDmax/Dmax etc or would it depend on the data? I realise this is a bit of a can of worms.

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@peter__leo Would I be correct in saying the incremental test has to be taken to exhaustion for the software to be accurate? One step past 4mmol for example is not sufficient? Thank you.

[Lee Ager @LeeAger1]

@TrainingPeaks Yes it seems to be back to normal. Thanks

[Lee Ager @LeeAger1]

@TrainingPeaks is there any reason TrainingPeaks online is running so slow recently? I have been having issues working in it for three days now and it is not my internet connection. There appears to be a huge lag on everything.

[Lee Ager @LeeAger1]

@GarminUK Really simple and efficient replacement of my Garmin heart rate monitor. Excellent customer service. Thank you.

[Lee Ager @LeeAger1]

@TrainingPeaks How has it taken this long for something so basic ?🤷‍♂️