By Mara Abbott, Olympian, CTS Contributing Editor Last week, I took my first coaching job. I won’t be charting watts or checking TrainingPeaks. The workouts will be measured in yards, not hours or miles – I am now officially the new assistant coach of Buffalo’s girls high school swim team. Swimming was my first love …
By Chris Carmichael, Founder & Head Coach of CTS Early in 2019 there were headlines saying “High Cadence Cycling Offers No Benefits to Amateurs” and asking “Is High Cadence Cycling Actually Slowing You Down?” They – and others – were referring to a Feb 2019 study in the International Journal of Sports Medicine that showed …
By Chris Carmichael Founder and Head Coach of CTS Does standing in a supercooled environment for 2-3 minutes provide meaningful recovery benefits for cyclists? Whole body cryotherapy (WBC) is a recovery modality some athletes and cycling teams have added to their post-workout routines, but does it work? How Cryotherapy Works To experience WBC you need …
By Mara Abbott Olympian, CTS Contributing Editor As a Centennial State native, I care deeply about the Colorado Classic. My personal attachment to the success of any competition in those mountains cuts even deeper than the impact last weekend’s female-only edition might have on the profile of women’s sport. It has always been hard to …
By Chris Carmichael, CTS Founder and Chief Endurance Officer Whether you are planning on racing SBT GRVL or preparing for another gravel event, here are some tips from my gravel racing experiences at SBT, Unbound Gravel, and others: Eat your breakfast Take the time to figure out what kind of pre-race breakfast works for …
By Renee Eastman, CTS Coach, M.S., C.S.C.S. Renee has been a coach with Carmichael Training Systems since 2001. She has her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology and masters’ degree in Exercise Science. Her sport is cycling and is a 6-time Masters National Champion. She raced competitively in her 20s and 30s, and now is back for …
By Chris Carmichael Founder/Head Coach of CTS If you ride a bicycle long enough, you eventually end up on the ground. Sometimes it’s from your own mistake, and sometimes it’s the result of mistakes riders make near you. Other times – hopefully more rarely – it can be from a collision with a vehicle. Whether …
By Renee Eastman, M.S., C.S.C.S. Renee has been a CTS Coach since 2001. She has her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology and masters’ degree in Exercise Science. She is a 6-time Masters National Champion in cycling. She raced competitively in her 20s and 30s, and now is back for more at age “40-something.” I never thought …
By Chris Carmichael Founder and Head Coach of CTS There will come a day, in the not-so-distant future, when the cars that pass you as you ride down the road will be driving themselves. With the known dangers posed by woefully imperfect humans behind the wheel, it’s tempting to view autonomous vehicles as the savior …
By Chris Carmichael, CEO and Head Coach of CTS What a wild Tour de France! We’re one day from the end and the yellow jersey is still up for grabs. Julian Aliphilippe held on to the leaders jersey right up until the summit of the Col d’Iseran, and then a HAIL STORM led to the stage being …