3 Weekly Goals for Cycling and Life

Life is busy.  We have jobs and families, and all the time commitment related to these and the rest of life.  If we don’t schedule our exercise and training time, other pressures will mount and will force us to lose a training day.  And cycling is as important as any other activity in our lives.  [...]

Food is Fuel – Nutrition Basics

Climbing is all about power-to-weight ratio.  To climb faster we must increase our power at threshold and/or reduce bodyweight. 

Through effective training we can increase our power at threshold, and this is always one of our most important goals.  However, the quickest and simplest way to affect this ratio is to simply lose weight.  Most of [...]

Plan This Week’s Cycling, Training and Eating

Sunday is a great day to plan your upcoming week, and we should each try to make it a habit.

Plan each day’s cycling workouts today, if you haven’t already.  By now you likely have a pretty good idea of what’s going on in your life in terms of work, travel, family and other committments.  You also [...]