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March Indoor Cycling Training – #1

Bob — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:22:20 +0000

We began what will hopefully be our final month of indoor training last evening. The riders have been training all winter and are fit, strong and anxious to take their fitness outdoors.

We’ve spent time this winter focusing on cycling specific strength on the bike, threshold system training and VO2 Max system training. So the goal for [...]

Check out this Cycling Training Ride

Bob — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:43:34 +0000

Hey riders. I hope your off-season training is going well. Many of you are indoors now and will be for the next few months. Don’t waste your time spinning your pedals with no plan. Each ride should have a goal and should lead you to a designated outcome.

The first block of our indoor training sessions just [...]

Off Season BikeTraining — Get Faster!

Bob — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:20:22 +0000

The cycling off-season can last anywhere from 1-2 months to nearly 6 months. Exactly what you do with your training during this time will largely determine the success of your next season. So spend your time wisely.

Your first step is to critically assess your cycling weaknesses. Are your sprints weak? How about your climbing ability? Are you able [...]

Should You Lift During the Cycling Season?

Bob — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:29:25 +0000

The #1 question I’m asked – by far, is this:

“Now that the cycling season has begun, should I continue to lift?”

Let me answer this question with a question: “Are you paid to ride your bike?”

If the answer is no; if you don’t get paid to ride your bike for a living, the short answer to “Should I [...]

The best part of cycling training is……

Bob — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:43:48 +0000

Cycling fatigue is like flu shot. In order to effectively fight the flu, we first must be injected with a dose of it. Our body adapts to it then is able to rebuff the flu when we’re exposed to it.

Similarly, we must expose ourselves to relatively high levels of exercise-induced stress to create fatigue. Our [...]