PIHC Cycling Course starting Tuesday 24 June

Course Outline
PIHC Cycling Group Hotel will undergo specific clinical and professional supervision and guidance for a period of 10 weeks, at a twice a week frequency.

Of the two sessions per week, the majority will comprise of cycling within the group for a duration of 1 hour, with the start and end point being the Perth Integrated Health Clinic @ 41 Havelock Street, West Perth

The level of difficulty will increase on a graded basis as members of the group develop in their health and wellness as well as fitness levels.

The two days that are suggested at this stage, subject to group consensus at the day of briefing, are:
Tuesday mornings – 6.30am to 7.30am
Thursday evenings – 5.30pm to 6.30pm

Synopsis of Course
Preparation: x1 Health Assessment
Week 1: x1 Group Induction and x1 session of Cycling
Week 2: x2 sessions of cycling
Week 3: x1 session of cycling & x1 session on nutrition for cycling
Week 4: x2 sessions of cycling
Week 5: x1 session cycling & x1 session on cycling performance enhancement
Week 6: x2 sessions of cycling
Week 7: x1 session cycling & x1 session on postural care
Week 8: x2 sessions of cycling
Week 9: x1 session of cycling & x1 session on feet care for cycling
Week 10: x2 sessions of cycling & graduation

For more info http://www.pihc.com.au/cycling.html

Women's Track Development Series

Friday May 30th - Another night for Women on the Track - 6-8pm. $15 for the session. If you haven't been before, you are more than welcome to attend - bring helmet, shoes and pedals

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Bob Barnes and myself are running a 3 week Track course for Women on Friday 9th, 16th and 23rd May. 6-8pm .Cost is $45 for the 3 sessions which includes bike hire. Bring helmet and shoes and plenty of clothes as the Speed dome can be cold. Come and Try - the track is a good way to keep fit over winter without getting wet!
Meant to say, bring pedals and helmet and hopefully you will bring your shoes as well!!!

The first session was attended by about 10 women and several are already 'hooked' . If you couldn't come last Friday you are more than welcome this week! If you have any questions or queries don't hesitate to drop a line.
cheers
Lorraine

Perth Integrated Health Clinic

Perth Integrated Health Clinic (PIHC) is involved in cycling from two different aspects 1) treat neuro-muscular conditions in cyclists and 2) run a cycling course:

neuro-muscular conditions in cyclists

• PIHC is involved in the neuro-muscular treatment and biomechanical preparation of cyclists. We have treated many cyclists both in our clinic and on-site at various cycling events
  
• Treatment might be provided for such issues as joint injuries, low back pain, neck pain, knee problems, feet problems, calf or quadriceps muscle injury or muscle stiffness
  
• Bike set-up and positioning on the bike can be explored
  
• Assistance can be provided for cyclists in regard to their strength, endurance and stamina during training and competitions
  
• PIHC treatment for cyclists has been endorsed by Cycling WA whereby we have established a Screening Programme for Cycling WA members

Cycling Course

• PIHC also has its’ own cycling course which caters for the needs of ALL cyclists. We have cyclists in our training group of all ages, clinical conditions, fitness and occupations as well as levels of cycling experience – from novice to commuters who wish to learn the basic cycling skills
  
• This cycling course has been endorsed by Cycling WA whom encourages its members to use this course in its weekly newsletters
  

More information can be found on the pihc website: www.pihc.com.au/cycling

Looking for a cycling/training holiday over east?

The following is an email Caroline recieved from Cycling-Inform and thought others might be interested in. Caroline particpated in of these camps in 07.

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The Cycling Camp that Your Partner will want you to Attend,

A brand new first; the RaceRight Cycling Camp - The cycling camp that yourpartner will want you to attend:

We have been planning this camp for months and are very excited to bereleasing the details. This camp is for cyclists who want to learn how to race right.

The camp date is set for the 23-25 May 2008. It will be held within one hours drive from Melbourne and based in Warburton.

The RaceRight Cycling Camp is run by coaches who are passionate about helping you optimise your performance and achieving your racing goals. The weekend camp delivers informative lectures from leading practitioners inour sport. It covers nutrition, strength training, race strategy, cyclingskills and time efficient high performance training techniques. We will teach you how to harness the power of high intensity training that will give you more time to spend with your partner or family and enable youto ease the stress between your cycling and work/life balance.

You will learn riding skills that will help you reduce the chance of you having an accident while out racing or training and give you and your partner more peace of mind.

The interactive lectures underpin actual on the road tuition to reinforceand practice the skills discussed and will be tailored to your level offitness and experience. The camp is designed to suit any club level cyclist that has an interest in understanding how to really improve upon their training and racing performance.

One such skill you will learn is the correct way to initiate a breakaway that guarantees your success almost every time. Stop wasting your energyand learn how form a breakaway group knowing that you have the highestchance of success. You'll also learn how to identify the breaks thataren't going to make it so you don't waste your time chasing them down orgoing with them.

There are strictly limited places available! To find out more about this camp use this link: http://www.cycling-inform.com/sendstudio/link.php?M=2106&N=108&L=936&F=T