It’s not uncommon that lousy weather makes serious outdoor training impossible. Of course, you know that cancelling is not an option if you want to achieve good results, but it makes good sense to look for alternatives in extreme weather situations. Since you can’t change the weather (I guess that’s quite beyond this blog post), […]
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2014 has arrived, and now is one of the best moments to change habits and implement more innovative and more healthy practices. Maybe you would like to beat your personal best in a 40K time trial or win the local criterium. That’s fine. It would help if you had goals for your training. If you
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In the very beginning of 2013, I published a couple of goals for my website: First, publish a book and e-book bestseller on Amazon.(goal NOT achieved – didn’t release any books in 2013) Reach 15.000+ Email Subscribers.?(goal NOT achieved – currently ^13300 subscribers) Publish a couple of comprehensive articles about cycling training.?(goal NOT achieved – published two
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Did you watch Christopher Froome (Team SKY) on Stage 8 of the Tour de France? During the last 7km, he could ride faster than any of his competitors. It was mainly a steady, hard pace that allowed him to reach the finish line more than 1.45min before his worst opponent. I’ve seen a few discussions
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From a spectator’s point of view, a peloton looks like a static group of riders rolling at a high rate of speed. However, the peloton is a dynamic bit of organized chaos, and where you are within it will make or break your results at the end of the day. There’s a lot to remember.
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So what is the best interval session for a road cyclist? The fact is that there is no single interval session that will cover all your needs for high-intensity training. On the other hand, though, some intervals should be an integral part of your training regime – at least if you ask me. Interval training
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Here’s a classic problem: you love mountain bike racing, and you love road racing, but you’re not quite sure how to tailor a training schedule that will give you the best of all worlds when it comes to racing each discipline. Have no fear. Training to race on the road and the mountain bike don’t
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Here are some great tips from Cecilia ‘Ceal’ Potts, who is a former professional cyclist. Her greatest cycling accomplishment was winning the Junior Cross Country Mountain Bike World Championships in 1997, so it is a great pleasure to publish her tips here on Training4cyclists.com. People I ride with often ask me if there’s one thing–a
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THIS is the story behind developing an effective, motivating, and personalized interval session, the perfect booster for VO2 max. If you want to skip the theory, you can go directly to the VO2 max session here. I have analyzed many heart rate and power files from cycling races during the last few years. I have
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Dear readers, I hope you are all well and ready for an exciting 2013! In December 2012, I asked my email subscribers to tell me what holds them back from becoming better riders. More than 700 people answered that question, and I wrote back to each of these helpful people. There were so many different
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