One study down, a few hundred more to follow. As a bit of “post-mortum” on our little EBC project, I asked all those participating in the study to share their own personal thoughts or observations with me. So as any experienced researcher will tell you, the actual collecting of the data can often reveal as much as the data itself. There Is Joy In Repetition No, I’m not talking about
It Starts! Gathering The “E” in EBC.
You know, the internet is a wonderful thing. As the thought of herding cats came to mind, I subsequently embellished it mentally with our mode of delivery. I thought to my self…”hmmm I wonder if there are any pictures of cats riding bikes on the internet.” Silly me to even wonder if the absurd would not be just a google away. Indeed it was – just google “images of cats
Blog Post #13 Waivers, Instructions & Spreadsheets Oh My!
Every Adventure Starts A Little Scary Maybe a better title for this blog would have been “The Devil’s In The Details”. Fortunately I did receive some offers from some real suckers… er… I mean some really nice riders who want to help me out as we take our walk in the enchanted forest of Muscular Endurance. But as any adventure worth taking goes, there is the planning and paperwork that
Blog Post #12 I Just Need A Gaggle or So
Getting Started Recruitment is never easy, and it seems we never get quite as many subjects as we like. This is the big advantage of a University setting, it’s a veritable gaggle of guinea pigs. No offense to the college student, but they’ll participate in just about anything – believe me, I know – having participated in just about everything myself (back in the day). While I understand this fact,
Blog Post #11 – Sample Size n’at
Subject’s Composition The next facet of preparing to launch our study is the issue of sample size & composition. We need a suitable sample size (the number of test subjects or participants) and composition (the demographics and/or physical attributes or “profile”) of the subjects involved in the test to represent a cross section of the population with which you hope to apply these results. In academia, the university environment and
Blog Post #10 Baseline & Performance Testing
Study Controls One of the next most important aspect of executing your research is having a way to accurately and consistently conduct the prescribed drills and record their results. This is the proverbial “before and after”; also commonly referred to as “baseline” and “performance testing”. This is so important that we researcher types typically like to be physically present for all Baseline tests, as well as final and/or intermittent performance
Think Like A Researcher – Blog Post #9
Long climbs of modest grades are the ideal terrain for Muscular Endurance Before we get to the fun of actually conducting our experiments (from a nearby but unknown location comes the sound… “Moo hoo hoo ha ha ha” said with a deep and ominous voice) – sorry about that – when we get close to actually conducting our experiments… well, you know – my lab assistants gets very excited. As
Muscular Endurance: Researched & Defined
[plulz_social_like width=”350″ send=”false” font=”arial” action=”like” layout=”standard” faces=”false” ] Long climbs of modest grades are the ideal terrain for Muscular Endurance There are really two types of research available on virtually any topic related to cycling performance or physiology. There’s the research regarding what people are doing or what they think about a topic. These are people from many different perspectives; coaches, authors, bloggers, and we know that last category can
Make It Personal, Keep It Objective
So, my little ploy to try and get you to help me write this blog, and do some of this research has fallen flat – no response, no takers L Not to worry, we intrepid pioneers are used to surprises good and bad, obstacles and nay sayers. Heck, I no sooner had the first few blog posts up and the criticisms in the forums started. Undaunted we press on. However,
Using The Scientific Method – It’s Your Turn!
If you’ve read the prior blogs (my hats off to you – I couldn’t get through them without nodding off), you know that the first place to start is with a review of the existing literature. Whatever you can find on the internet and/or conversations with other experienced cycling instructors and coaches should be thoroughly reviewed before beginning your first project. Solve a Problem, Meet an Objective, But Be Specific
Starting Your Own Evidence Based Cycling Program – Blog Post #4
Gil our guinea pig is training for our next EBC (Evidence Based Cycling) project. The problem is his bike is in the shop, so he might just have to sit this one out. Unless you have a whole team of guinea pigs as talented as Gil, you will have to recruit students or fellow riding buddies to participate in your quest for Evidence Based answers as it relates to cycling
