RETIREES, ONLY 29 YEARS, TAYLOR PHINNEY, UNVOICED TALENT

RETIREES, ONLY 29 YEARS, TAYLOR PHINNEY, UNVOICED TALENT

Quit at 29, after a nine-year career at the highest level. Although, it must be said, it has been a long time since we have seen that beautiful promise that dazzled us Italians, and not only, with a sparkling pink jersey of the 2012 Giro. The American Taylor Phinney passed Prof with Radioshack, it seems an eternity passed, and then immediately came to light at BMC where he played for 5 years before wearing the Cannondale shirts and then Education First. He has competed everywhere from the Olympics to the Tour de France to the cobblestones of Roubaix. He won numerous junior titles on the track and took part in […]

TIM COOK: CYCLING IS TECHNOLOGY! AND SPH IS ALREADY THERE

TIM COOK: CYCLING IS TECHNOLOGY! AND SPH IS ALREADY THERE

A few days ago, Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, has tweeted talking about technology in the world of cycling, which is now close to F1. They are used by almost all World Tour teams and they benefit greatly from them. What’s this about? Real-time data transmission during races, evaluation of the athlete’s parameters, heartbeats and expressed power and post-race analysis. Sometimes it is enough to have these details to preserve an athlete during a stage. “His beats don’t go up, he’s tired”, or “He’s not releasing all his power, we’re undercover”. Just as the exact opposite happens, “He’s fine, and we’ll send him on the attack”. Transmission is via SIM card […]

WELLNESS, THE FIRST STEP

WELLNESS, THE FIRST STEP

Wellness in everyday life Anxiety, stress and frenetic rhythms. This is what today’s society imposes on us. Just maintaining a healthy VTA style in these conditions requires a considerable commitment. A universally recognized method to reach this purpose is a constant work on one’s own body, which goes through regular physical activity. SPH was born with the intent to provide a valid, all-round tool able to help to improve their daily life through exercise. The application is dedicated to those facing the world of movement for the first time as well as to the most experienced athletes. Introduce yourself to the movement Before undertaking the Wellness path, it is necessary to […]

WELLNESS, THE FIRST STEP

WELLNESS, THE FIRST STEP

Wellness in everyday life Anxiety, stress and frenetic rhythms. This is what today’s society imposes on us. Just maintaining a healthy VTA style in these conditions requires a considerable commitment. A universally recognized method to reach this purpose is a constant work on one’s own body, which goes through regular physical activity. SPH was born with the intent to provide a valid, all-round tool able to help to improve their daily life through exercise. The application is dedicated to those facing the world of movement for the first time as well as to the most experienced athletes. Introduce yourself to the movement Before undertaking the Wellness path, it is necessary to […]

WELLNESS, THE FIRST STEP

WELLNESS, THE FIRST STEP

Wellness in everyday life Anxiety, stress and frenetic rhythms. This is what today’s society imposes on us. Just maintaining a healthy VTA style in these conditions requires a considerable commitment. A universally recognized method to reach this purpose is a constant work on one’s own body, which goes through regular physical activity. SPH was born with the intent to provide a valid, all-round tool able to help to improve their daily life through exercise. The application is dedicated to those facing the world of movement for the first time as well as to the most experienced athletes. Introduce yourself to the movement Before undertaking the Wellness path, it is necessary to […]

WELLNESS, THE FIRST STEP

WELLNESS, THE FIRST STEP

Wellness in everyday life Anxiety, stress and frenetic rhythms. This is what today’s society imposes on us. Just maintaining a healthy VTA style in these conditions requires a considerable commitment. A universally recognized method to reach this purpose is a constant work on one’s own body, which goes through regular physical activity. SPH was born with the intent to provide a valid, all-round tool able to help to improve their daily life through exercise. The application is dedicated to those facing the world of movement for the first time as well as to the most experienced athletes. Introduce yourself to the movement Before undertaking the Wellness path, it is necessary […]

TRAINING: DOING IT WRONG WITHOUT REALIZING IT

TRAINING: DOING IT WRONG WITHOUT REALIZING IT

Sometimes in life, and in cycling, it happens that you don’t feel good enough anymore. A method that was giving great results until that moment becomes unsatisfying, old. This is a common situation for amateur racers who are used to train autonomously and at a certain point they got beat by athletes previously slower than them. The answer is obvious: What happens? This is the moment in which you understand that the others started to train in a more modern and efficient way, maybe even with an athletic director. What are the practical differences? Is everyone just training more? We asked these questions to Giovanni Gilberti, a professional trainer who […]

¿ES POSIBLE COMBINAR EL ENTRENAMIENTO INDOOR CON EL OUTDOOR?

¿ES POSIBLE COMBINAR EL ENTRENAMIENTO INDOOR CON EL OUTDOOR?

En este mundo siempre en evolución del ciclismo, oigo cada vez más sobre las teorías en las que el componente de indoor tiene una función importante, especialmente en la realización de ejercicios específicos. En ese momento, la pregunta que me hago es: ¿es el atleta moderno el resultado de una preparación que mezcla las actividades en la carretera con las que se realizan en los rodillos de entrenamiento? ¿Es posible que haya atletas de alto nivel que preparen sus actuaciones principalmente en indoor? ¿O son sólo obsesiones de algunos ciclistas aficionados fanáticos de los números? Vamos en orden y averiguemos cómo algunos atletas de alto nivel usan los rodillos. Algunas […]

IS IT POSSIBLE TO MERGE INDOOR WITH OUTDOOR TRAINING?

IS IT POSSIBLE TO MERGE INDOOR WITH OUTDOOR TRAINING?

In this world of bicycles in incessant growth, I hear more and more often talk about theories that see the indoor component play an important role, especially in carrying out specific exercises. In that moment the question I ask myself is: is the nowadays athlete the result of a preparation that merges training on the road with indoor rollers? Is it possible that there are high-level athletes who practice mainly through indoor exercises? Or are these just fixations of some amateur cyclist fanatical of numbers? Let’s go step by step and find out how some high-level athletes use rollers. There are some, like Davide Martinelli, who know how to make a […]

MATEJ MOHORIC: TIPS TO RISE

MATEJ MOHORIC: TIPS TO RISE

The Slovene Matej Mohorič is among the greatest promises of contemporary cycling. A boy with a sharp mind, he was born in 1994 and in his career he has already won the World Junior 2012 championship title, as well as the Under 23 in 2013. He is currently being a member of the Bahrain Merida Team, of which Sport Plus Health is partner. We are just back from the World Championship in Innsbruck, where we witnessed to the explosion of the Belgian talent, Remco Envenepoel. Therefore, no one better than Matej can explain to us which path a young sports promise is supposed to choose when they consider undertaking professionalism. […]