Clarke Boulter Cycling Coach

Clarke Boulter Cycling Coach INCREMENTEL | Performance coaching for masters cyclists
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📍 Based in Dubai | Coaching Worldwide

The INCREMENTEL sistema blends science with real-world cycling experience, giving you the tools to train with purpose and push beyond your limits.

10/06/2026

FTP is a measurement. Not a workout type.

A new peer-reviewed study of 888 runners and cyclists found that VO₂max accounted for up to 76% of the difference in endurance performance between athletes, from recreational level all the way to world class.

Not tempo rides.

Not threshold intervals.

Not long mountain climbs.

The aerobic engine behind them.

If you want a higher FTP, stop obsessing over the number and start building the capacity that drives it.

📄 Mougin et al. (2026). 35 Years of Joyner’s Endurance Performance Model: Assessing the Contribution of Physiological Determinants of Performance Proxies in 888 Individuals from Recreational to World Class.

09/06/2026

On Friday, I was hit by a car whilst cycling.

The result was five broken ribs, a punctured lung, minor spinal injuries and a bike that appears to be beyond economic repair.

Lying on the road struggling to breathe was one of the most frightening experiences I’ve had in a long time.

The good news is that the pneumothorax should resolve on its own and I’m now back home.

What surprised me most wasn’t the pain.

It was that not once did I think about giving up.

Project 300 in 90 is now on hold.

The goal has changed.

It’s no longer about hitting 300 watts.

It’s about making the start line at the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in Japan this August.

Recovery is now the training.

A huge thank you to Ben and his cycling buddies who stopped to help, along with the emergency services and hospital staff who looked after me over the last few days.

The road to Japan just got more complicated.

Not cancelled.

04/06/2026

Many cyclists over 50 don’t need to train more.

They need to stop spending so much time in the middle.

Not easy enough to maximise endurance.

Not hard enough to maximise VO₂ max.

Just hard enough to create fatigue.

Structure matters.

02/06/2026

Maybe this is as good as I get.

That’s the question behind Project 300 in 90.

Not whether I can reach 300 watts. Whether I’ve already reached my ceiling.

Current FTP: 265W. Target FTP: 300W. Time available: 90 days.

The Gran Fondo World Championships are the week after. This is a real performance target.

I’ll document the training, the setbacks and the result.

No hiding.

If you’re over 50 and still chasing performance, check the comments. I’ve got something for you. 👇

01/06/2026

Thought I was fully recovered. I wasn’t.

Back-to-back races. Four hours sleep between them.

Ten days of vivid dreams, broken sleep and zero motivation. Too tired to train fully.

Three weeks later, one long ride in Dubai’s summer heat and I woke up feeling exhausted all over again.

Recovery over 50 isn’t always measured in days. Sometimes it’s measured in weeks.

The body keeps the score even when your ego doesn’t want to.

28/05/2026

How’s your training going at the minute?

27/05/2026

4 by 4s today at 110% of FTP.

Rep 4 made the 300w FTP target feel a long way off.

But that’s the point of Project 300 in 90.

If you want the number, you have to earn the number.

I used to think getting faster was mostly about working harder and riding more.Then I started to understand the science ...
26/05/2026

I used to think getting faster was mostly about working harder and riding more.

Then I started to understand the science behind cycling performance.

Zone 2 often feels too easy to be effective. But it is.

VO2 max has to be dosed properly. Too easy and you don't get the adaptation you're after. Too hard and the session falls apart.

Sweet spot and threshold matter too. Not just physiologically, but mentally. They train the ability to hold pressure, especially on hills and long sustained efforts.

Then there is strength training and recovery. Two things most cyclists ignore until age makes them impossible to ignore.

Eventually I came back to a simple idea:

Most of the work should be easy. Some should be hard. Recovery has to be respected.

That became INCREMENTEL’s 3-2-1 Blueprint: a simple workout framework built to survive real life.

That is the real challenge: turning the science into something riders can actually apply.

Complicated plans can look brilliant on paper.

But if they don’t fit around work, family, fatigue and normal life, they don’t work for most riders.

That is why I built INCREMENTEL around simple, intelligent structure.

Not random training.

Not complexity for the sake of it.

The right work, in the right place, repeated consistently.

26/05/2026

Coaching tip:
Stop coasting on Zone 2 rides.
Details below 👇

25/05/2026

Raising FTP is not just about doing more threshold.

For Project 300 in 90, the aim is to improve the whole performance system: endurance, VO2 max, threshold, strength, sprint power and recovery.

Today was sprint work.

But the principle stands: if you want a higher FTP, don’t just chase one workout. Build the system that supports it.

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Khor Fakkan

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Tuesday 10:00 - 16:00
Wednesday 10:00 - 16:00
Thursday 10:00 - 16:00
Friday 10:00 - 04:00

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