CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE 7 Cycling Products That Aren’t Worth Buying Cycling can be an expensive sport, but you can make it outlandishly expensive by wasting money on cycling products that neither make you faster nor improve your experience on the bike. We’re not here to …
Time-Crunched Cyclist TrainingTrain Smarter and Get faster, in 6 hours per weekLimited training time doesn’t have to prevent you from achieving your cycling goals. In fact, cyclists who only have 6-8 hours per week to train have some advantages over higher-volume athletes. Unlocking your performance is a matter of embracing the “Time-Crunched Cyclist” identity and …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE The Most Damaging Self-Coached Athlete Mistakes Although there are a ton of resources out there for self-coached athletes, I see cyclists managing their own training make the same mistakes over and over again. I also recognize that not every athlete wants to …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE How to Nail Your Next 100-Mile Bike Ride A century ride, or 100-mile bike ride, is a right of passage for cyclists. In a world that sometimes normalizes extremes, like 200-mile gravel races and 100-mile high-altitude mountain bike races, you could mistakenly …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE Torque Training for Cycling: How To Do It The Right Way Torque workouts are one of the misconstrued aspects of cycling training. Most athletes think torque training is simply shifting into a heavy gear and grinding along at a low cadence. That’s …
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CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE Best Ways To Build Recovery Weeks for Cyclists Recovery weeks sound like the easiest part of training to get right. Take a week off. Rest until you feel fresh and ready to train again. After 20 years of coaching cyclists, I can …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE The Two Best Intervals to Increase VO2 Max Hard interval workouts make up a relatively small percentage of total training time, but they are critically important for maximizing performance. If you have been diligently executing your VO2 max intervals but you’re not …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE What Is Chronic Training Load (CTL) And How To Use It To Improve Cycling Performance Chronic Training Load (CTL) is one of the key metrics athletes and coaches track on the Performance Manager Chart in TrainingPeaks software. It is commonly thought of …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE Cycling Nutrition: What to Eat and Drink During Bike Rides of Any Length When you ask a group of cyclists what they eat and drink on rides, you’ll get almost as many answers as there are riders in the group. Everyone fuels …