Total Cycling Performance » Tour of California http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:59:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The #1 Factor for Cycling Performance http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/02/the-1-factor-for-cycling-performance/ http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/02/the-1-factor-for-cycling-performance/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:03:29 +0000 Bob http://totalcyclingperformance.com/?p=49 Endurance.

Cycling is an endurance sport.  Whether a long ride for you is 30 miles, 60, 100, 200 or more, your body must possess the endurance necessary to get you through the ride, race or event. 

What is endurance?  Essentially, endurance is your muscles ability to withstand fatigue over a certain time period.  Cycling is an aerobic sport, so in order [...]]]> http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/02/the-1-factor-for-cycling-performance/feed/ 0 Cycling Training – Indoor Intervals! http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/02/cycling-training-indoor-intervals/ http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/02/cycling-training-indoor-intervals/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:50:40 +0000 Bob http://totalcyclingperformance.com/?p=48

How’s your level of conditioning?  Are you getting more fit?  What are you doing this winter to prepare for your upcoming season?

This video shows riders in my indoor training session performing a “threshold interval.”  The focus of this ride was to improve sustainable power at threshold by working right at this level for extended periods of [...]]]> http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/02/cycling-training-indoor-intervals/feed/ 0 Cyclists: Follow-up Request, then Let’s Go! http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/02/cyclists-follow-up-request-then-lets-go/ http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/02/cyclists-follow-up-request-then-lets-go/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:46:04 +0000 Bob http://totalcyclingperformance.com/?p=38 If you haven’t seen yesterday’s post in which I asked you — yes, YOU — for your input, please go back and read it.  Then contact me with your input and feedback as I request.  To those of you who emailed yesterday, Thank You!  If you haven’t yet, please do so. 

Then we’ll move ahead.

This past [...]]]> http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/02/cyclists-follow-up-request-then-lets-go/feed/ 0 Cyclists — Today is YOUR Day! http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/02/cyclists-today-is-your-day/ http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/02/cyclists-today-is-your-day/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:54:16 +0000 Bob http://totalcyclingperformance.com/?p=37 My only purpose in writing this blog is to provide you, the dedicated cycling enthusiast, with quality, valuable information that will help you train and prepare for your cycling races and events.  I want you to look forward to visiting and reading my blog, every day.  And I want you to share it with every cyclist you know.

In [...]]]> http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/02/cyclists-today-is-your-day/feed/ 0 Indoor Cycling Training – Interval Progression http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/02/indoor-cycling-training-interval-progression/ http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/02/indoor-cycling-training-interval-progression/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:00:12 +0000 Bob http://totalcyclingperformance.com/?p=36 I’ve been leading a group of riders through a series of indoor training sessions.  Dave D, Dave S, Matt, Mike, Orson and Ted have been training hard to improve their Functional Threshold Power and their power at VO2 Max.

We’ve been riding twice per week together, for  short but intense interval sessions.  We’ve ridden 5 of the [...]]]> http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/02/indoor-cycling-training-interval-progression/feed/ 0