Press Release: CTS Bolsters Leadership Position with New Product Partnerships

For Immediate Release For more information: Contact  CTS Bolsters Leadership Position with New Product Partnerships Including Ridley, SRAM, Ritchey, ENVE, Powertap, Wheelbuilder, Ergon, and Zevlin (January 21, Colorado Springs, CO) – As performance coaching and training camps pioneer CTS celebrates its 15th Anniversary in 2015 the company today announced a wide range of new product partnerships. …

Press Release: CTS Partners with Ridley Bikes

  For Immediate Release For more information: Contact  CTS Partners with Ridley Bicycles Partnership includes Coach bikes, Belgium Race Experience, Dealer Opportunities  (January 20, Colorado Springs, CO) – CTS today announced a partnership with Belgian bicycle brand Ridley Bicycles that will see all CTS Coaches riding Ridley bikes for 2015 and beyond. CTS has also …

Weekend Reading: Should Time-Crunched Athletes Go Long?

  For the past several years I’ve been pretty focused on training for time-crunched athletes, particularly the use of high-intensity, low-volume training for athletes who have fewer than 8-10 hours a week to devote to training. Time-Crunched Athlete training plans, books, and concepts have helped a lot of athletes rediscover their passion for sport (it’s …

Step-by-Step Instructions on How to Ride Rollers

  By CTS Premier Coach and Kinetic Performance Director Jim Lehman If you’re looking to add a valuable new component to your indoor training, then it’s time to learn how to ride Kinetic Z rollers! Here’s a quick how-to guide to getting started. Why ride rollers? Before learning how to ride rollers, let’s talk about …

Weekend Reading: The Best of Everything From 2014

As we get ready to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of CTS in 2015, I want to take the opportunity to look back over 2014 and call out some of the most memorable moments of the year. It was a year that included highs and lows, as every year does, but thankfully there were many more …

News Release: Strava Gears Up with Training Plans for Cyclists, Powered by CTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Michael Oldenburg +1 415.971.4235 oldenburg@strava.com   Strava Gears Up with Training Plans for Cyclists Plans from CTS Help Improve Performance on Strava Segments SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., (Jan. 8, 2015) — Strava, the online network connecting the global community of athletes, has introduced training plans for cyclists. Developed by …

Why Base Training in Winter Will Never Make You Fast

  By Jim Rutberg, CTS Pro Coach and co-author of “The Time-Crunched Cyclist” and “The Time-Crunched Triathlete” I would love to build a huge aerobic base the old fashioned way, but I love my wife and I’m pretty fond of my kids and my career. To ride 12-20 hours a week these days I would …

Do These 4 Things in December To Be Fit in January

  January is traditionally when endurance athletes in the Northern Hemisphere dig in and recommit themselves to goal-oriented training. The months of November and December are often less structured, even for time-crunched athletes who rely more heavily on shorter, higher-intensity workouts to maintain and improve fitness. It’s a smart idea to think of the next …