Tag Archives: cycling

Apsun Inc, our POWERbreathe friend and distributor in Seoul, South Korea have sent us news that they’ve been working with South Korean track cyclist, Ho Sung Cho from the Seoul Cycling Team. Ho Sung Cho was the national athlete at the Guangzhou Asian Game in 2010 and later in the London Olympics in 2012 where he competed in the Men's Omnium.

In track cycling events the Omnium falls into the category of an Endurance race, as opposed to a Sprint race, and challenges the rider’s stamina with its 6 events raced over two days. Omnium racers train and race hard both on the road and on the track. Apsun Inc will be working with Ho Sung...

Our friend and distributor in the Czech Republic, TrueconneXion, were contacted recently by Freeride.cz, probably the most famous magazine that focuses on extreme sports in the Czech Republic. They asked if they could test the POWERbreathe K3 as they wanted to write an article for their cycling readership, after the article editor realised that the deficiency in strength he felt in his legs during cycling was actually down to a problem with his breathing. During prolonged exercise he found himself to be out of breath which subsequently restricted his performance. So he got in touch with Speedweaponry at TrueconneXion to see if he could borrow the...

More fantastic news from our friends and distributor in the Czech Republic, TrueconneXion who’re not long back from taking POWERbreathe to the Cycling Camps in Mallorca which they did in partnership with professional cycling coach organisations, Alltraining.cz, Cyklotrenink.cz and Cyklotrener.com.

These three professional cycling organisations have been running their cycling training camps since February, with POWERbreathe already being used by some participants as part of their training.

Aleš from TrueconnneXion attended one of the camps for 10 days in March where the POWERbreathe K5 was used as part of the physical tests...

Our POWERbreathe distributor and friend in the Czech Republic, Truconnexion, attended ‘For Bikes’ in Prague, the fourth annual bike trade fair. It was a weekend long event featuring everything a bike lover could want, including POWERbreathe!

At the Trueconnexion booth they ran a POWERbreathe challenge where over 150 curious visitors tested their breathing strength using the Single Breath Test on the POWERbreathe K5. Competition was fierce, and the scores were:

Congratulations to...

Our POWERbreathe friends and distributor in the Netherlands, Trainjelongen, contacted us as they were delighted to see an article about how training your breathing muscles can improve cycling performance. It appeared in the Cycling magazine, ‘Fiets’, which has the largest circulation for cycling magazines in the Benelux.

The reason for their delight? Well the article, originally written by Nick Morgan from Bike Radar/Cycling Plus and translated into Dutch by Fiets magazine for their readership, discusses ‘evidence that improving breathing ability may be more important than previously thought, and that endurance athletes can improve simply by paying attention to their...

Our POWERbreathe friends and distributor in Switzerland have announced that they will be working with ultracyclist Dani Wyss as he trains again for the 2013 Race Across America (RAAM).

Dani is already two-time winner of RAAM, a 3000 mile non-stop cycling challenge which he completed in just 8 days, cycling from the East coast of America to the West Coast. He’s also the 2012 winner of Race Across the West which he won in record time, and he’s also holder of various world records in ultracycling.

Dani’s advice to anyone competing in a sporting challenge is to never try anything new in a competition without having tried it out during training, and...

Our POWERbreathe man, Duncan, recently visited Train Sharp, a POWERbreathe K5 Testing and Performance Centre in Tunbridge Wells.

TrainSharp is an experienced cycle coaching company, able to create bespoke cycling training plans around personal requirements.

Owner Jon Sharples is working in partnership with one of the biggest names in British cycling and former professional cyclist, Sean Yates. Working in partnership, both Jon and Sean have transformed beginners into top Cyclosport riders, helped juniors find pro team placements and good cyclists become even better cyclists.

Sean, former head...

More great news from our POWERbreathe friends in the Czech Republic, TruconneXion.

Last week, on the biggest Czech triathlon website www.etriatlon.cz, young amateur triathlete, Lukáš Netík’s wrote about his positive experience of POWERbreathe training.

Lukáš started POWERbreathe inspiratory muscle training in 2011 on his Level 2 Medium Resistance (MR) model. With regular training he gradually increased the resistance load as his breathing muscles became stronger, but he soon got used to this increase in strength.

"I admit that although I trained according to the instructions, it was usually only once a day....

POWERbreathe in the Czech Republic, Truconnexion, are delighted to report that their POWERbreathe sponsored athlete, Cyclocross rider Martin Bina won the final World Cup race in Hoogerheide, Netherlands.

It was Martin’s first world cup victory and second podium after his third place in 2008…and this after he had to take a two-year break because of knee surgery. POWERbreathe became his essential training tool during his recovery, and he’s been using it since 2011.

Martin Bina said, "POWERbreathe is a great help."

We’ve translated Martin’s comments from Czech, but you can see the original on Trueconnexion’s website...

POWERbreathe supported Koolstof cycling equipment this year at The London Bike Show, with a POWERbreathe zone in the Bike Radar Training Hub – view gallery.

Visitors moved from zone to zone where they were advised at each stage as to how best to improve their cycling performance. Over the 4 days, POWERbreathe adviser, Duncan (our very own Mr Motivator), trained over 120 cyclists interested in improving their breathing strength and stamina. There was fierce competition too, with many wanting to compare their breathing strength, power, flow and volume with fellow cyclists, on the POWERbreathe K5. Existing POWERbreathe users also visited Duncan for some...