WHAT IS VAM IN CYCLING, AND HOW CAN YOU IMPROVE IT?
VAM: A BRIEF DESCRIPTION What is VAM in cycling? VAM in cycling stands for “Velocita’ Ascensionale Media“; it’s a field performance index invented by Dr. Michele Ferrari in the late ’90. It is valuable for comparing the performance uphill of different cyclists with different body weights and power. The formula of VAM in cycling = […]
HOW TO USE OVERVAM FIT FILES
Since September, Overvam has made available for Cardio and Strenght Bike indoor training the .fit files you can use through your cycle computer and/or the most popular virtual cycling applications. To take advantage of this, open the “weekly view” of your workouts in indoor mode; the “download workout .fit” dropdown will appear. Select it, and […]
BRIEF GUIDE TO THE USE OF OVERVAM
REGISTRATION Fill in the data on the first screen: name, surname, date of birth, height, weight and your weight target if different from your current one. If you know your FTP, you can indicate it directly in the initial registration, otherwise, OVERVAM will assign you one, and you can find the correct one later by […]
BREVE GUIDA ALL’USO DI OVERVAM_APP
REGISTRAZIONE Compila i dati che trovi nella prima schermata: nome, cognome, data di nascita, altezza, peso e il tuo obiettivo di peso se diverso da quello attuale. Se conosci la tua FTP la puoi indicare direttamente nella registrazione iniziale, altrimenti OVERVAM te ne assegnera’ una e potrai trovare quella corretta successivameente andanto nell’area allenamento -> […]
COME USARE I FILES FIT DI OVEVRAM PER ROUVY E FULL GAZ.
Seguendo la procedura descritta nel precedente articolo scaricare il file .fit da Overvam: Aprire una pagina internet al link https://whatsonzwift.com/convert/workouts e selezionare “scegli file”: Selezionare il file dalla sezione download: Selezionare il formato ZWO per convertire il file e premere il tasto “Convertire”: Una volta convertito il file si vedrà visualizzato il nome, il grafico […]
COME USARE I FILES FIT DI OVERVAM
Da settembre Overvam mette a disposizione per gli allenamenti indoor Cardio e Forza Bike i file .fit da poter utilizzare attraverso il proprio ciclocomputer e/o attraverso le più rinomate applicazioni di ciclismo virtuale. Per poterne usufruire aprire la “vista settimanale” degli allenamenti nella modalità indoor, apparirà la tendina “scarica allenamento .fit”, selezionandola, il file verrà […]
PERIODIZATION FOR CYCLING TRAINING
Cycling is an endurance spost which benefits form a careful training periodization
METABOLIC FLEXIBILITY FOR CYCLISTS
INTRODUCTION This article will explain the significance of metabolism and metabolic Flexibility for cyclists and how their measure can help improve cycling performance beyond the traditional indexes such as AT (anaerobic threshold). Because of the various degrees of metabolic Flexibility between the sexes, different training and nutrition strategies can deliver optimal training adaptations to male and female cyclists. Metabolic Flexibility correlates with […]
NUTRITION, POWER TO WEIGHT RATION AND VAM IN HOT WEATHER
Jonas Vingegaard wins the 16 stage of 2023 Tour de France in 32min 36sec at an average speed of 50.6 kph (31.4 mph). He climbed the Côte de Domancy (2.8km at 8.5%) after 19 minutes of effort at ~7.5w/kg for over 13 minutes on his time trial bike, one of the most stunning performances in […]
WHICH VAM IS REQUIRED TO WIN A GRANFONDO RACE?
Is it possoble winning a major Italian Granfondo with only ten hours of training a week? The answer is yes. Let us see how. Granfondo are very competitive cycling races. Depending on their length, a cyclist must climb at least 1300-1500 VAM to win this type of competition. Andrea (The winner of the lask Grandondo […]