Shimano and Trek Bikes are about to present a new interesting city bike. Portland.org has got some interesting spy pictures of this new bike. The Jonathan Maus on Portland.org received the spy pictures from a friend, who visited a show for dealers.
This new group is supposed to revolutionize city bikes and appeal to a whole new group of […]
There are many myths about training principles in the bicycling world but there are even more in the weight lifting gym. I have seen a lot of strength training programs for cyclists on the internet, but most of them are of a very poor quality. It is obvious that many coaches are good at endurance training, but lack experience and knowledge about strength training. I have a feeling that many of these coaches do not know how the neuromuscular system works and how it adapts to the weight lifting.
This training program is designed for serious riders who already have a solid mileage. I will recommend that you use a heart rate monitor or even better a power meter in your training. During short intervals a heart rate monitor is worth nothing because the reactions from the cardiac system are delayed with a few […]
For riders winter season is a boring time with indoor training like spinning, home trainer or stationary bicycling. I think it is boring too, so I have invented a couple of training programs which have proved to be very effective and short in time. All of these programs can be done without a heart rate […]
Yesterday I presented a 12 hr pr week training program. Now I will go a step further and present a similar program for 14hr per week. Remember that these programs are only guidelines, and it is strongly recommended to have a solid mileage before you start out. I promise that I will post a beginner´s […]
How effective can a set of short-term sprint intervals compared to regular endurance training at a comfortable pace be? It is well known that interval training can be time saving, but in July 2006 there was published an interesting study in The Journal of Physiology. The scientists compared the outcome of low volume sprint training […]