Cycling Science Education
Evidence-based courses developed by Prof Jeroen Swart, Dr Mike Posthumus, John Wakefield and Ben Capostagno — designed for cyclists, coaches, and medical professionals.
Cycling Science: The Essentials of Cycling Physiology and Coaching
An 8-week online course by UCI WorldTour and MTB World Cup performance experts, covering the fundamentals of cycling physiology, training programme design, and evidence-based coaching methodology.
No previous knowledge or experience is required, but familiarity with endurance sports — particularly cycling — will help you get the most from the course.
Who is this course for?
Cyclists
Evidence-based training methods to improve your performance.
Medical Professionals
Personal trainers, biokineticists and physiotherapists looking to add more value to their clients through applied sports science.
Sports Scientists
Applied exercise physiology and programme design for those who want to deepen their practical knowledge.
Cycling Coaches
Understand the exercise physiology, training principles and methods behind effective programme design.
What students say
Course was outstanding in its content, presentation and ease of use. Resources provided are excellent. In terms of cost this course represents outstanding value for money.
I found the content to be well researched, of high quality and supported by experience. It is no doubt that both coaches and cyclists can benefit from this course. The masterclasses at the end were a nice addition.
I have an Honours in Sport Science and currently work as a Biokineticist. I am also an avid cyclist and have completed the Cape Epic. The course has sparked some new ideas to add to my practice.
I was originally interested in this course to improve my own training and was so impressed by the quality that I can now start designing training plans for others too.
The course contains highly relevant topics and is presented by capable teachers. The content is based on scientific literature, but also readily applicable in practice. There are not many similar courses around.
It was nice to see the more scientific side of the training programs I have been following from my coaches over the years. It makes more sense after knowing the reason some things worked and others not.
This is a great introductory level course. It covers the basics well and gives you some basic tools on getting started and helping others.
I have a better understanding of the body and endurance training. The course helped me understand my training and responses to training — and feel educated enough to understand reactions to certain sessions.
I have been looking for a course like this for a while. The content was relevant to me as a beginner in the field of coaching and this was done for the sake of self-coaching.
More courses in development
We're building a comprehensive education platform for coaches and self-coached athletes — expanding on the methodology that underpins S2S coaching across WorldTour road, MTB, gravel and ultra-endurance disciplines. Subscribe to be notified when new courses launch.
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