As with any form of exercise check with your doctor and if this is the first time doing something like these take it slow and start with one round rather than the prescribed amount.
While you have to ride a bike to get better at riding a bike, you can speed up your gains with [...]
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Here is just a sample list of Metabolic conditioning workouts. An easy thing to do is do two to three of these workouts a week working your way through the list.
These workouts have a unique element to track progress. Either time, number of rounds or total reps. Always track your score from each workout so [...]
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With the weather hovering above freezing, it reminds you that spring is just around the corner. If you haven’t started training for the upcoming season, now is the time to start.
Here are some tips to get you on your way.
Any training is better than no training. Get started now.
Don’t do too much to [...]
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To get the most from your time spent on the bike you need to follow a plan. Like any journey it’s hard to get where you want to go without a map. The issue is what should your plan contain. Training for cycling can seem very confusing as the demands are so varying and the [...]
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What will make you faster?
A lot of people think you need to ride a lot to get to a very high level of fitness. For many this equates with 6 days per week with 2-4 hour a day to be competitive in the local group rides and races. Most people who have careers and [...]
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By Dave Gagnon - Cycle Cambridge/GRG Racing
Many of you who don’t know me really well might perceive me as just another gravity type rider. You know, the riders who don’t want to pedal up the hill so they get pulled up the hill by gondola and then bomb down the hill on the bike. Yeah, [...]
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One of the big secrets of high performance training is regular fitness testing. Here at the shop we offer a testing service with an evaluation afterward. This article will give you the tools to test yourself and evaluate what the results mean.
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By Fred Matheny of www.RoadBikeRider.com
The major activity of any cycling club, racing or touring, is the group ride. As a result, it’s important to know how to hang tough on a given ride and make yourself welcome on the next one. Success is often due to more than fitness.
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By Fred Matheny of www.RoadBikeRider.com
We shouldn’t feel excessive admiration for pro racers who log 600-mile weeks. They have plenty of time to ride and recover—that’s their job. The real heroes are people like you, who find time to ride while still having a life away from the bike.
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By Fred Matheny of www.RoadBikeRider.com
Andy Pruitt’s name has become synonymous with sports medicine for cycling. As director of the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine in Boulder, CO, Pruitt has made a career out of treating world-class riders such as Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie. In 1996, Pruitt served as chief medical officer for the U.S. [...]
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