There is no man in the history of British cycling who knows how to eek every last watt out of his legs better than Sir Chris Hoy.

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Hoy won 84 international medals, not least six Olympic golds, in a career which spanned three decades. The training advice of Britain’s most decorated Olympian is advice worth listening to.

While Hoy routinely triumphed on the biggest stage, those medals were won behind closed doors, away from the public eye and instead at the Manchester velodrome, on the road or in the gym.

“You knew that every day counted and that the medals were won not on the night, but in the years beforehand,” Hoy told RoadCyclingUK, when we asked the 37-year-old to reveal his top five training tips at a track day organised by Science in Sport.

Want to train like Britain’s most decorated Olympian? Scroll through for Hoy’s top tips on bike position, training drills, motivation, nutrition and more.