I’ve had lots of requests for MTB workouts. Thank you, that’s a great suggestion. Here’s one of my favorites to help prepare you for the specific demands of the race start.
Put yourself at the start line. You’re jittery and nervous, knowing that you [...]
Proper bicycle training prepares your legs, your lungs and your mind to race, and you’ve spent hours and hours doing just that. However, nothing prepares you for a race more than a race. So today, let’s prepare you for the specific demands of a race, whether it will be on [...]
Most cyclists engage in some sort of hill training. The hilly training day might be hill repeats on a short hill, a long hill or mixed hills. Regardless, the style and result is typically very similar: start at the bottom of the hill (often too hard) ride as hard as possible (slowing on the way up [...]
Shake up your cycling routine a bit by including a “fartlek” workout once in a while. Just because you’re scheduled for a “hard” training day doesn’t mean it can’t be fun. Mix it up by riding with one or more of your favorite training partners and make it a fartlek workout. You’ll [...]
Cyclists love to participate in group rides, and with good reason. Cycling can be a solitary sport, and group rides offer riders a chance to ride together, to socialize often times to test your fitness.
Group rides can be a source [...]