Some days your well-planned schedule is going to go off the rails. Training is one of the first activities to get jettisoned when deadlines, emergencies, and dance recitals require our attention. Rather than skip training altogether, I have two 30-minute workouts that will help you stay on track. Consistency is perhaps even more important …
By Syd Schulz, CTS Athlete and Pro MTB Racer There I stood, again, at the top of the infamous Graveyard section at Angel Fire Bike Park for what felt like the 100th time. Ol’ Graveyard and I go way back. The first time I rode it was in 2013, in my first ever enduro race. …
In this episode of CTS Training Talks we cover: Developing season goals Identifying limiting factors like available training time Structuring a training plan around priority events CTS Senior Coach Clayton Feldman talks with Gayle Connell from the Naked Women’s Racing Team about identifying goals and building a plan that will lead to a successful season. …
Haute Route San Francisco (April 20-22), Haute Route Asheville (May 18-20), and especially the seven-day Mavic Haute Route Rockies (June 23-29) are all demanding multi-day events that require special attention to recovery. No matter how fit you are coming into one of these events, it’s critical you focus energy on recovery between stages. Here are …
Haute Route San Francisco (April 20-22), Haute Route Asheville (May 18-20), and Mavic Haute Route Rockies (June 23-29) are all coming up soon and we wanted to provide you with some guidance and training advice on how to prepare for challenging multi-day events like these. We recently sat down with former ProTour rider, 2x Pro …
The Mavic Haute Route Rockies is likely to represent a significant increase in your total weekly training volume and workload. In many cases, the event may be on your bike for TWICE as many hours as you normally ride in a week. As you’re preparing for the upcoming challenge, it is important to recognize that …
Whether you are a triathlete, runner, cyclist, or another endurance athlete you need accurate physiological data to guide and monitor your training by. Lactate threshold and VO2 Max are two of the most commonly, and effectively, used performance markers used by many athletes and coaches. The point is to learn the highest intensity at which …
By Syd Schulz, CTS Athlete and Pro Mountain Bike Racer It’s January, the trails are closed due to slop, the weather is gross and (depending on where you live) there isn’t even enough snow for decent skiing. Maybe you just got in to a big goal event, or your New Year’s resolution is to get …
The next big thing for the National Football League and National Basketball Association will probably be the use of augmented reality technology to help fans get closer to the action. But no matter how they change the viewing experience, they can’t create an experience that allows a fan to feel what it’s like to play …
By Mara Abbott 2016 Olympian, CTS Athlete, and new CTS Contributing Editor When you commit to your true goals, they will demand hard work and require concessions. They will request that you sometimes give up the certainty you are going to make it through all this in one piece. Your true, authentic goals are …