Tag / Cycling
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Aerodynamic Testing
What is it? Aerodynamic testing is an assessment of your aerodynamic drag. Drag can be influenced by any of the following and more: Body Position Helmet Wheels Skinsuit Why is it important?…
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Ultimate Fitness Christmas Gift Guide
Christmas time is one of the most magical times of the year for many. For others, it’s pretty stressful. I am terrible at knowing what to buy as gifts for friends and…
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Time Trialing 101
The 2020 season has been a very unusual one. It started a lot later than any other year, significantly changing how our training was structured. As races were confirmed on the calendar…
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Using FTP
Functional Threshold Power (FTP) has become the standard for testing cycling performance in recent years. It has not become the standard because it is what professionals or sports scientists recommend, but because…
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How to improve cycling with a longer off-season
2020 has become a difficult year for many athletes to plan for. Race schedules are uncertain and offseason training suddenly got extended indefinitely. Organized athletes have had to restructure everything. Disorganized athletes are left…
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How to Cycle Fast!
Cycling has become a very popular pastime in the last decade. Sportive events have acted as introductions to group cycling extremely well. For some, sportives are a challenge, others an opportunity to…
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The wrong workout at the wrong time.
Well structured training plans often have daily sessions prescribed in great detail providing the work time and intensity that the athlete should complete. In controlling these variables a coach and/or athlete can…
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When training hard doesn’t work
Increasing fitness is a cyclical process of applying stress, adapting and progressing. Progressive overload is used in training to provide effective stimuli over weeks and months to increase our abilities. Progression can…
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What to think about as the season comes to its end.
September marks the end of the summer competition calendar. The end of a race season can be an unusual time for athletes. For some it’s a case of surviving until they can…
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Going from race to race
Many diligent athletes will have a season plan. They will have a structured plan for training progression that will bring them through the entire offseason in preparation for their season opener. This…
