Starting Out in Cycling Or Starting Back After a Break I had a conversation on Twitter with a Pro rider joking about how when they were starting out in cycling when they knew nothing and listed all the mistakes they made! No or insufficient water No food No cycling shorts Pants under …
Why I Hate Stretching!! And What to do Instead Not exactly a new topic! The arguments about stretching have been going on for as long as I can remember. But for some reason, there still seems to be this obsession with stretching. Here’s Why I Hate Stretching! I think the thing I …
Lactate Testing – What to do and how to use the Results I don’t know if it’s just my Twitter feed, but the amount of talk about lactate testing and lactate-based training seems to have increased a lot in recent months. As a strong believer in large amounts of Z1 training (3 …
12-Weeks to Your Event? How to Maximise Your Training Gains RECAP: So, you’ve entered an event, training has been a bit hit and miss, but you’ve been doing some on and off, but… now you are 12-weeks out from the event…what to do? …this is a story I hear fairly often. The …
12-Weeks to Your Event? How to Maximise Your Training Gains So, you’ve entered an event, training has been a bit hit and miss, but you’ve been doing some on and off, but… now you are 12-weeks out from the event…what to do? …this is a story I hear fairly often. The question …
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5 Tips for the Time-Crunched Athlete Finding time to train is an ongoing battle we all face. We can’t all be pro athletes with 25 hours a week to train and the rest left to eat and sleep! We have busy home lives, work lives and we need to make it work all together. Here …
Balancing Training – Work – Family and Everything Else! Where to Start? No matter what your training goal is, balancing all the elements of your life is tricky! Whether it’s a partner, kids, busy job, social commitments, or anything else…not many people have the time to train like a pro athlete. Perhaps more …
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“Cycling in Switzerland is a joy! The air is fresh, the views are amazing, the roads are smooth, there are no gel wrappers, old tubes, etc on the side of the road and the terrain is ideal!” Cycling in Switzerland Pretty big news!! The move came about quite suddenly, with an opportunity for our family …
What makes a Great endurance athlete? Key Terms: Robust Athlete Durable Metabolic Control When you start. working with an endurance athlete the reasons they do it may vary, the goals may vary and the time they have to train will vary. However, there are things that stay the same; things common to …
Everything is logged somewhere already In this day and age almost everything is logged on internet-based programmes like Strava or Garmin Connect. Personally, I enjoy everything being logged, I like seeing my ride route and a few details of the ride. However, this is not a training diary. You could use it as a training …
