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Cyclists often pursue unusual methods to enhance performance, including experimenting with supplements, tweaking equipment, and trying new technologies for marginal gains. Photobiomodulation (PBM), involves using red to near-infrared light to stimulate effects within the body. Depending on the targeted tissue, PBM can lead to a range of outcomes. However, according to this content, there may be better ways to improve your time trial performance than exploring photobiomodulation.
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If you’re looking to improve your time trialling, there are probably better ways to go about it.
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Cyclists tend to do some pretty weird and wonderful things in the hope of improving performance. We’ll try any supplement or diet trend with even the faintest promise of improvement, we’ll tinker with and tweak our bikes until the cows come home, and we’ll try all sorts of strange tech in the hope of accessing even the most marginal of gains.
What is PBM?
As you might be able to tell from the name, photobiomodulation (or PBM) is a technique that involves shining light into the body in order to stimulate various effects. The light used is in the red to near-infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum – normally with wavelengths between 600 and 1,100 nm – and depending on what sort of tissue you point that light at, it can generate a range of different outcomes.
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