By Chris Carmichael, Founder and Head Coach of CTS As COVID19 has forced athletes to delay their goals for the season and train solo instead of with groups, many cyclists have built a stronger-than-normal base of aerobic and lactate threshold power through interval workouts and indoor training. And even though we don’t know when we’ll …
By Nina Laughlin, CTS Pro Coach, Land Run 100 Champion & 5th place SBT GRVL Potholes, sand, mud, and loose gravel. Baby head boulders, tire-slashing rocks, ruts, and roots. If these lists seem random, think again. Gravel riding is full of challenges and gravel race organizers like to think out of the box, so it’s …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning I recently have noticed two types of ultrarunners emerge. The first is the ultrarunner who’s training is lacking something. Maybe it is the length of your long runs or maybe it’s the second hard interval session of the week. These ultrarunners are training in a fog at …
By Chris Carmichael, Founder and Head Coach of CTS Cyclists looking for fun, camaraderie, and competition are flocking to eracing and discovering… it’s really hard! For cyclists who have been riding and racing outdoors for years or decades, it’s important to recognize that eracing is not going to be – nor does it intend to …
By Reid Beloni CTS Senior Coach Retül Level 1 Fit Technician We perform a lot of bike fits at our CTS training centers, and we have the opportunity to see a lot of cyclists at events and camps. Bike fit is more than a collection of angles and distances, and before we start measuring or …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning During a recent conference call with our ultrarunning coaches, we were discussing some of the major changes we’ve made to our athlete’s training during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some athletes have been forced to alter their routes due to trail closures and others have had logistical constraints with …
By Chris Carmichael, Founder and Head Coach of CTS Creativity is the name of the game when it comes to staying fit or gaining fitness during worldwide ‘Stay at home’ orders. Like many of you, my social media feeds and email inbox have been filled with all manner of indoor cycling and at-home strength workouts. …
Your choices in the hours after your workout will either enhance the effect of that workout or detract from it. It’s up to you. Many athletes put great emphasis on completing high-quality workouts only to shortchange their progress by making silly mistakes after. Here are 7 of the worst post-workout choices you can make. …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning One of my coaching principles is to ‘coach the person first’. The main message of that philosophy is to treat athletes as people first. Their athletic endeavors, whether finishing their first 100-mile race or nabbing their next belt buckle, are all part of the equation but do …
By Chris Carmichael, Founder and Head Coach of CTS Athletes’ eating habits are just one of the many aspects of life that have been disrupted by the current public health crisis. In the very beginning, the produce section and meat aisle of the grocery store were stripped clean – along with the toilet paper …