Chapter 3 the Physics of Cycling
SSCCIIEENNCCEE OOFF CCYYCCLLIINNGG MWBM Leensen 8th edition, september 2013 Science Syllabus: SCIENCE OF CYCLING Photo’s front and back cover by M.Leensen: Front cover photo: Prologue Olympia’s tour 2004, unknown Rabobank cyclist Back Cover photo:Dutch cyclist Bauke Mollema during the prologue of the Giro d’Italia 2010 Pg. ii 8TH EDITION, SEPTEMBER 2013 Science Syllabus: SCIENCE OF CYCLING Pg. iii 8TH EDITION, SEPTEMBER 2013 © Copyright 2013 Ing MWBM Leensen MEd Science Syllabus All rights reserved No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder. No part of this work may be modified without the written permission of the author. SSCIENCE OF CCYCLING No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the creator as author. This is the 8th edition of ‘Science of Cycling’ The first edition was released in February 2006 For more information, refer to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Science Syllabus: SCIENCE OF CYCLING Pg. 2 8TH EDITION, SEPTEMBER 2013 Science Syllabus: SCIENCE OF CYCLING INDEX Chapter 1 The human metabolism ................................................ 5 1.1 Why does an athlete train ?.................................................. 5 1.2 ATP, the basis of the human metabolism ........................... 5 1.3 Glucose, the energy source of our body ............................. 6 1.4 Aerobic respiration ............................................................... 6 1.5 Anaerobic respiration ........................................................... 7 1.6 The anaerobic and aerobic respiration in detail ................. 7 Questions Chapter 1 ................................................................. 10 Chapter 2 The cardio-vascular system .......................................
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