As humans with a goal or purpose we like to know that we are making progress and moving in the right direction. To this end athletes and coaches have worked on developing the tools to quantify what we do and that we are indeed making progress. Over time this developed into an attempt to predict the future and tools such as the PMC (performance manager chart) were born.

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Before reading this it’s worth noting that I am not a lifestyle coach. I’m not qualified in any way to coach anyone in lifestyle. This Part 1 on goal setting is to provide context, or a “why”, for how I set my own performance goals in cycling. Over the years I’ve shared this idea with maybe 20-40% of the clients I coach one-to-one. Some people have very clear ideas about their own life and how it should operate and they tell me how cycling, running, sport, health and fitness fits within their framework. Those people should skip straight to PART 2 (coming soon) Others seek guidance, ask for my opinion, or are curious to know how my personal framework is constructed. This is offered in that context but many people will not need to read this PART 1 blog on goal setting.

Part 4: Food for Thought.

In 1687 Sir Issac Newton published his book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica and in it were his three laws of motion. The second law as he defined it stated: that the net force acting on an object is equal to the product of its mass and acceleration, or F = ma. This law can be used to explain how an object's motion changes when an unbalanced force acts on it. When it comes to cycling these days there is a great deal of focus on that force, or as many of us have come to know it “power”. The formula for power is Force x Angular Velocity = Power and in actual fact our power meter doesn’t “measure” power, rather it measures Force and Angular Velocity and then multiplies one by the other. In cycling however power, or the force we act out against an object, is not the entire story when it comes to the control we have over this particular law or equation. We also have control over the Mass upon which the force is going to be applied, and in many cases in today’s endurance environment it is manipulation of the amount of this mass that offers the greatest radical improvement in performance for the majority of participants in a mass start race like the Marji Gesick.