Cycling Training Tips
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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 [...]
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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 plain recovery. Recovery rides are [...]
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It’s an interesting question because of spinning’s popularity and the fact that many serious riders enter spinning classes frequently in the winter season. I believe most people can benefit from spinning classes. Spinning bikes are different to ride than regular road cycling bikes, but the physiological adaptations are so close to adaptations from road cycling. [...]
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When a new year begins it’s a great time to implement new training strategies. Here is a list with 33 great ways to boost your cycling performance in 2010. I’m sure that you can find inspiration for your cycling training and wish you a very happy new year! Indoor Cycling 1. 7 Secure Ways to [...]
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Ever thought about why your attacks are unsuccessful? There are 3 main reasons why your attempts to win races don’t work out as you wish: 1) Insufficient VO2 max/ Threshold power When you ride with the fastest riders it may be difficult for you to just stay with the group. In this case there will not [...]
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