Trigger Point Technologies’ Team High Road had Great Success at the recent Tour of Georgia

Georgia 7: Kanstantin Sivtsov wins overall

High Road’s Greg Henderson finds the finish line first in Atlanta Sunday afternoon. (Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

Team High Road, a Trigger Point Technologies product sponsor, finished the 2008 Tour de Georgia with a hard-fought stage win for its sprinter Greg Henderson on the short 100.9 kilometre circuit in downtown Atlanta Sunday, giving the team a wildly successful race – with three stage wins, the overall classification and the points classification win.

Brasstown Bald revelation Kanstantin Sivtsov (Team High Road) won the overall classification, followed by Trent Lowe (Slipstream) and Levi Leipheimer (Astana).

After a 12-man breakaway held just over a minute on the field for the better part of the race, the High Road team finally got help from the sprinters’ teams on the final 10km circuit. Rock Racing pitched in to help bring back the move, but in the final kilometers, several other riders jumped clear to join the remnants of the breakaway, the last of which would not be caught until the final 200 meters. In the harsh uphill finale to the stage, Henderson was able to muscle past CSC’s Juan José Haedo to take the stage with Andrew Pinfold (Symmetrics) taking third.

The team successfully defended overall leader Sivtsov’s narrow four second lead over Lowe, with Leipheimer rounding out the final podium. Lowe did not try to contest any of the bonus sprints, but nearly lost his second place when an ill-timed flat tire put him off the back of the field with less than four laps to go. His team dropped back to pace him and returned him to the safety of the field, which allowed him to maintain his overall podium position and keep the jersey of best young rider.

New Discovery

Jim Vance, TrainingBible coach located in southern California, experience with Trigger Point products “I can’t believe how well these products work! I take them with me on every trip, and use them before and after each hard workout, as well as races. I couldn’t recommend these products more! If you value massage, then this is the best home massage kit you can get. Get it and you’ll experience healthy, consistent training, and better performances.”

Trigger Point Technologies and Active Release Technique at Ironman Arizona

TPT was able to participate in something new this year at Ironman Arizona. For the first time Cassidy Phillips, founder of TPT, and Mike Leahy, Founder of ART, were able to speak on the topic of how creating positive biomechanics will affect cycling performance. Mike worked on specific areas of the lower back and in the SI joint region. This allowed the rider to be more comfortable and generate more power on the peddles while creating a cleaner peddle stroke. Beneficially the heart rate lowered as well, creating a solid foundation for a better bike time on an Ironman course. Mike and Cassidy then agreed that the best way to address the day to day biomechanical challenges is to use the TPT products. Using the Tools in association with seeing your ART Provider is going to give you the advantage you need to stay healthy and perform at your best.

After working with ART providers and using TPT tools to manipulate muscle groups such as the piriformis, quadriceps, soleus, and pectoral muscles, athletes can immediately notice a difference in the muscle tissue. This newly generated muscle elasticity is crucial in sustaining a top level of performance while maintaining a superior aerodynamic position, all while providing the athlete with added wattage and power previously lost in inefficient biomechanics caused by exceedingly tight muscles and/or trigger points.”

To learn more about what Trigger Point has done in the wind tunnel related to this topic please read the linked post.

TPT is also very proud of all the athletes that participated in the 2008 Ford IM Arizona Triathlon. With temperatures in the mid-90s and enervating winds on the outbound leg of the three-loop bike course conspired to plant this season’s opening event firmly into the record books as having the third highest dropout rate in Ironman history. Nearly 18% of the field failed to make it to the finish line.

For those who carried on, and for those who watched, it was a very exciting day. The pro men put on a stunning display of competitive fire, with only 73 seconds separating the first and fourth finishers. TPT is very happy to report that four out of the six IM Arizona top men’s pro athletes are currently using our products:

Second Pace – TJ Tollakson, Des Moines IW. – 8:34:36
Third Place – Jordan Rapp, Scarborough, NY. – 8:35:04
Fourth Place – James Bonney, Austin. TX. – 8:35:32
Sixth Place – Jonathon Caron, CAN. – 8:48:01

And three out of the top eight IM Arizona women’s pro athletes are currently using TPT products.

Third Place – Heather Gollnick, Bradenton, FL. – 9:32:07
Fifth Place – Linsey Corbin, Missoula, MT. – 9:34:38
Eighth Place – Hillary Biscay, Tuscon, AZ. – 9:53:21

Bree Wee And The Lavaman Triathlon

Bree Wee a sponsored Trigger Point Technologies athlete had this to say after the Lavaman Triathlon. “Just a BIG thank you again for the GREAT TP products! I am amazed at the difference I experience just with the short time I have been using them! We had 3 weeks of 30 hrs of training in Australia with the Lifesport crew… then I got home just in time to race the Lavaman Triathlon (April 7th) … THANKFULLY I got a bit of a recovery with your tools and had a great day on the lava!”

“A decent swim put me far enough in the lead to hold off Tyler Stewart and her fast-as-heck bike skills! A solid bike and run gave me the win by 4 minutes!! I am so thankful for you helping keep me injury free!”