Course overview
Are you striving to enhance your cycling skills but not seeing the desired progress? Then, dive into this course and unlock your cycling potential. We cover everything from selecting the perfect bike to mastering road skills and preparing for time trial events. Learn how to reach peak physical condition, overcome training fatigue, prevent and manage cycling injuries and develop the skills and mental readiness required for a race.
Course description
Cycling is one of the most globally renowned sports, doubling as exercise and therapy for individuals dealing with obesity and anxiety. It's also a popular fitness option. To fully experience the benefits of this sport, it's crucial to comprehend all the components of your bike and their basic maintenance, including how to train for enhanced cycling strength, power, and overall performance to achieve bike fitness. This course aims to provide comprehensive instruction on all aspects of biking in the “real world.
We start by explaining the anatomy of bicycles and how to obtain the right fittings, ensuring your comfort while cycling. We'll introduce you to various cycling-related sports, such as road and track racing and BMX. You'll explore basic road skills, including cornering, braking, downhill manoeuvres, and stopping, as well as racing skills, such as sprinting, climbing, breakaways, and more. You'll gain insight into the fundamental training principles to enhance your physical fitness and mental stamina, along with the tools to assist you.
Next, we'll demonstrate how to plan the perfect combination of training load, recovery, nutrition, and sleep to enhance your cycling power and effectively overcome fatigue. Additionally, you’ll learn about cycling injuries and how to avoid and treat them with home care or a professional physician. Whether you are a cycling enthusiast, cycling coach, health professional or someone looking to gain insights into performance cycling, this course will help you confidently navigate various cycling scenarios. Enrol now and start learning for free!
Entry requirements
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Learning outcome
- Identify various types of cycle racing and styles of performance cyclists
- Describe the different parts of a bicycle, their functions and the accessories of a bike
- Distinguish the rules and strategies of road racing, track cycling and BMX racing
- Discuss basic cycling tips and skills for better cycle handling and smooth riding
- Outline the proper techniques of pedalling, cornering, braking and stopping
- State the principles of cycling training
- Recognise the effects of pedals, chains, derailleurs and air friction in time trial training
- Review the different strengthening techniques for building core strength and muscular endurance
- Explain how to improve performance by implementing motivation, dreams, goals, patience, commitment and consistency
- Recall how body positioning, bike fit and eating habits affect cycling performance
- Define fitness and fatigue and ways to avoid over-training
- List different cycling injuries and ways to treat them
Knowledge and skills you will learn
Course options
Course Type: Online
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