Photo courtesy of biciphoto.com For Immediate Release For more information, contact: Jim Rutberg +1 719.360.2672 jrutberg@trainright.com (February 16, 2017, Colorado Springs, CO) – Recently retired professional cyclist Matthew Busche is moving from the pro peloton to professional coaching, CTS announced today. A CTS-coached athlete during his racing career, Busche recently graduated from the rigorous CTS …
By Chris Carmichael I am a cyclist in my mid-50s and I spend a lot of time riding with athletes up to 30 years younger and 25 years older than me. People ask me about the impact of age on endurance athletes, and here’s what I tell them: Your potential declines, but your ability to maximize …
There are a lot of athletes who do not train to win races. Many train because they enjoy being fit and performing at their best in non-competitive events like cycling tours, charity rides, or the local group ride. Still more train because of the role being fit and active and engaged in sport plays in …
The Super Bowl is this weekend and this year we have two workouts for you to choose from! As we have in previous years, we have an indoor trainer workout loosely styled after a drinking game. New for this year, we have downloadable .zwo, .fit, and .erg files you can use with a smart trainer …
By now you have no doubt seen bros running around, lifting weights, or even riding around at sea level or moderate elevations with altitude training masks. The idea is to simulate the hypoxic condition of exercising at altitude (about 5,000 feet above sea level and higher). With some products, there’s also a component of ‘resisted …
Women’s and Men’s Premier Stage Races Will Bring the World’s Most Talented and Popular Cycling Stars Back to California Former Champions Kristin Armstrong, Jens Voigt and Freddie Rodriguez Named Official Race Ambassadors LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Jan. 31, 2017) – Amgen Tour of California organizer AEG announced the 575-mile course for the 2017 UCI WorldTour race, …
Forgive me co-opting “alternative facts”, the catchphrase popularized by President Trump’s advisor, Kellyanne Conway. I’ll leave political discussions to other blogs and – for those of you with a strong stomach – social media; I was amused by the phrase and thought it would be a new way to describe some myths and falsehoods in …
By Jason Koop, CTS Coaching Director and author of “Training Essentials for Ultrarunning” Chances are, if you are asking the question, you should power-hike (walk). At slower speeds, walking is a more economical form of locomotion than running. It is only when you speed up to near the 12-min/mile range on level ground that walking …
No one likes a stomach bug, least of all an athlete motivated to train or getting ready for an upcoming event. Whether it is from a bad plate of food (bacteria) or something your kids brought home from school (virus), you have most likely had minor gastroenteritis and the end result will be a physically …
Including Pinarello, Shimano, Giordana, Kenda, Niner, SDG, and ESI Grips (January 17, Colorado Springs, CO) – CTS, one of the premier coaching and training camp companies in the endurance sports industry, today announced their complete range of 2017 partnerships. These partnerships are indicative of CTS’s continued leadership position within the endurance sports and performance coaching …