EVALUATION OF PEDALING POWER BY COMPUTERIZED TECHNIQUES IN JUNIOR CYCLISTS

In recent years, specialists have paid particular attention to the improvement of the pedaling technique. „Spinning” or circular pedaling (road test) involves rotating the pedals around the entire circumference, not pressing them when they move downward. A good pedaling technique will always be supported by adequate physical training. Road cycling overloads the aerobic system. The anaerobic energy system is used by cyclists at the end of the race or during the ascent. Thus, junior cyclists must be prepared to make a prolonged effort over long distances and pedaling should generate rotations that maintain speed and power according to the environment and the terrain. The purpose of this paper is to implement and carry out a physical training program that will lead to the acceleration of the evolution of pedaling power in junior cyclists. It is considered that the use of specific means for winter training, taking into account age-specific somato-functional features, will lead to increased pedaling power of junior cyclists. A strength training program for road cycling requires the use of some means with a load that reflects the endurance that the athlete must overcome in competitive conditions. The experiment took place between 2019-2020, on a sample of 16 cadet cyclists. To measure the effects of the variables, progress was monitored using Garmin technology. The target indicators were „power expressed in watts”(P), „power/kg body weight, expressed in watts/kg” and heart rate. The obtained results show that the means of force development had a positive effect on the pedaling power of cadet cyclists.