Cycling Training Tips
From the category archives:
Ever wanted to climb the hills faster? I bet you have. Just like any other rider, you can see the clear benefit of riding faster uphill.
This post is the first in my series:
How to Become a Better Climber
Know what you are preparing for
When I make an individual training program I always take the race profile [...]
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Ok, my last post about threshold power was a bit long (>2000 words)… I hope you enjoyed it, because it took some time to put all the different pieces of threshold power training together in an easy understandable post.
Here is the link again: How to Increase Your Threshold Power
I would like to share some great [...]
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The essential physiological skill in most cycling events is threshold power. If you are capable of generating many Watts at your threshold power, you are very likely to be a successful rider. Sprinters, climbers and time trialists all need a great threshold power. A good performance at threshold power is mandatory to win a cycling [...]
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Image by Luca Pedroni
An individual time trial is a straight-forward discipline that is used as introduction to cycling races in many countries. After a short introduction to the simple rules beginners are able to ride a fair time trial.
Nevertheless, time trials are difficult to master and even professionals can improve their time trialing significantly. [...]
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Many riders spend too much time on recovery training because they keep telling themselves (and everyone else) how important their recovery training is. They believe that recovery rides are just as important as regular training. I don’t agree. These riders are not aware of the difference between recovery rides and simply just recovery.
Recovery rides are [...]
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