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 …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE Normalized Power: What It Is And How To Use It In Cycling Training by Jim Rutberg and CTS Cycling Head Coach Adam Pulford, Normalized Power® (NP) is a valuable training metric used to account for the variability of power output during different …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE The 40+ Masters Cyclist Training Playbook Do masters athletes actually need more time for recovery, or are they just busier with work and family demands and therefore struggling to manage their training load? This has been an ongoing debate for a long …
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CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE RPE: Cycling Training: How to Climb Faster Nearly every cyclist wants to climb faster, but most cyclists focus on the wrong things and miss out on a lot of potential uphill speed. Yes, high sustainable power and relatively low body weight are …
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CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE Five Recovery Mistakes That Quietly Kill Your Cycling Gains What athletes do between training sessions matters more than any workout I give them. In the 20-plus years I’ve coached cyclists, I’ve seen athletes who hit every target power and nail every interval …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE The Three Pillars of High-Quality Training for Cycling Most cyclist have no idea whether their training is high quality or not. Instead, they know some basic metrics: hours ridden, miles logged, average speed achieved, and maybe some average or normalized power values. …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE How to Test Fatigue Resistance and Improve Durability in Cycling Here’s what happens to a lot of cyclists during long rides – especially Time-Crunched Cyclists who typically only ride 60-90 minutes on weekdays: You feel strong at the start. Your power numbers …