Affiliation:
1. Department of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Abstract
In the literature, but also in the “cycling field” [e.g., trainers, coaches, and (professional) cyclists], it is often suggested that trying to limit/avoid radial pedal forces enhances cycling technique and with that maximal average power output and efficiency. In this paper, we introduce an optimal control model of a human cyclists (consisting of five segments and driven by nine Hill-type muscle-tendon complex models). With that we not only show, but also explain why limiting radial forces is a bad idea: it will decrease maximal attainable AMPO and will decrease efficiency.
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Subject
Physiology (medical),Physiology
Cited by
2 articles.
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