Blog
A few deep dives, between science and altitude.
Energy systems: how you produce energy (and why lactate is not the enemy)
Phosphates, glycolysis and oxidation: how the three energy systems really work, how much sugar you can absorb in an hour between glucose and fructose, and why riders at the Tour de France are drinking lactate.
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Breathing: the movement you train least of all
The diaphragm works twenty thousand times a day and almost nobody trains it. What really happens when you breathe, why breathlessness is not about oxygen, and how breathing changes stability, endurance and recovery.
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Recovery: deep sleep, REM and HRV — what really matters
Why recovery is not wasted time: what deep sleep and REM sleep do, what HRV really tells you, and how to use them to train better without obsessing.
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Functional assessment: what it is for
What a functional assessment is, what it really analyses and why it is the first step of any serious programme, for prevention and for performance alike.
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Common mistakes when preparing for a gran fondo
The mistakes I see most often in people preparing for a long-distance event in cycling, trail running or ski mountaineering — from badly built volume to improvised fuelling — and what to do instead.
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Training at altitude: what really changes
What happens to the body above 2,000-2,500 metres and how to adapt your training when you move from the plains to the mountains, whether you do trail running, ski mountaineering or mountaineering.
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