Real talk for real cyclists. Coach Matthew cuts through the noise of cycling advice to bring you evidence-based training, race craft, and performance psychology that actually works for riders with jobs, families, and limited time. No pro-level fantasies - just practical coaching to help you arrive ready at your next event.
Saddle Up and Ride
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Real talk for real cyclists. Coach Matthew cuts through the noise of cycling advice to bring you evidence-based training, race craft, and performance psychology that actually works for riders with jobs, families, and limited time. No pro-level fantasies - just practical coaching to help you arrive ready at your next event.
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April 5, 2026
What's Actually Happening at Threshold (It's Not What You Think)
<p>Your body stores about three seconds of ATP. The fastest systems for rebuilding it run out inside a minute. So what's powering a 25-mile time trial?The aerobic system. Glucose into pyruvate, pyruvate into the Krebs cycle, the Krebs cycle into the electron transport chain. Three stages, each with its own bottlenecks, and at the end of it, 32 ATP per glucose molecule versus 3 from anaerobic glycolysis.This video walks through how aerobic metabolism actually works. Pyruvate dehydrogenase, citrate synthase, cytochrome c oxidase, oxidative phosphorylation, and why your threshold is really a molecular event expressed as watts.Part of an ongoing series on the physiology behind cycling performance.I'm a cycling coach working with riders from beginners to national champions. If you want help with your training, race prep, or skills development, find me!🚴 Coaching enquiries: 🌐 www.saddleupcycling.co.uk📸 Instagram: http://instagram.com/saddleupcoaching/</p>
March 29, 2026
You've Only Got 3 Seconds of Energy
<p>You store about 80 grams of ATP. That's three seconds of flat-out effort. After that, your body is scrambling to make more.This video breaks down the anaerobic energy systems that power everything from a track sprint launch to a hard 60-second bridge in a road race. Phosphagen system, anaerobic glycolysis, rate-limiting enzymes, hydrogen ion accumulation, and why the sixth sprint in a crit never feels like the first.If you've ever sat up because you couldn't hold the wheel, that was a metabolic event. This video explains which system failed and what you can train to fix it.Part of an ongoing series on the physiology behind cycling performance.I'm a cycling coach working with riders from beginners to national champions. If you want help with your training, race prep, or skills development, find me!🚴 Coaching enquiries: 🌐 www.saddleupcycling.co.uk📸 Instagram: http://instagram.com/saddleupcoaching/</p>
March 25, 2026
Why Your Technique Falls Apart When You're Tired
<p><br></p><p>Your technique is smooth for the first hour. Then it falls apart.</p><p>That's not just fatigue. Your body finds stable coordination solutions. Movement scientists call them attractors. And fatigue destabilises them.</p><p>This episode covers what attractors actually are, how they show up in cycling, why fatigue makes your technique fall apart, the research on seated vs standing transitions, why indoor training constrains your coordination, and how to train technique that's robust under fatigue.</p><p>Durability isn't just physiology. It's whether your coordination holds up when everything is under strain.</p><p>saddleupcycling.co.uk</p><p><br></p>
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