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What to Wear in Various Weather

What to Wear Cycling in Varying Weather, a Conversation with Coach Ertl This article began one December when I started trading emails with Coach David Ertl. Coach Ertl lives and rides in Iowa. I grew up in neighboring Missouri and can attest to the terrible weather (and the 100-degree-plus extremes — in normal years!) possible in […]

Dictionary of Cycling Lingo

A List of Common Terminology to Decipher the Sometimes Arcane Patois of Road Cycling Ever wonder what cyclists are talking about when they start throwing around weird slang? We’ve created a bicycling dictionary for you, with definitions of the most common phrases and words related to cycling. Did we miss a word? Leave a comment […]

2 Exercise Success Stories: And the 1 Health Supplement Responsible for Both

By Kevin Kolodziejski  Most of the East coast’s been blistering hot, so if you live there, the last thing I expect you’ll do anytime soon is take part in a Civil War reenactment. To put on a 100-percent woolen uniform, a forage cap, and a pair of straight-last boots, and walk about with a musket while role-playing […]

Recovery: The Training You’re Skipping

By Ric Stern That’s the thing you can do when you’re dead, right? Or, at least that’s what I sometimes say as a joke — usually to someone who doesn’t exercise and is marveling at how “amazing” it is that I cycle every day. But there’s more to it than waiting until you (or I) […]

Quick Tip: Weigh Yourself Before and After a Ride to Learn Your Sweat Rate

Ever wonder if you’re drinking enough on hot rides — or too much? Your bathroom scale can tell you, and it only takes one ride to find out. Sports scientists call this a sweat rate test, and it’s the same method pro team staff use in the field. Every liter of sweat you lose weighs […]

Quick Tip: Add a Pinch of Salt to Your Bottle on Hot Rides

If you finish summer rides with white streaks on your helmet straps and salt crust on your jersey, here’s the cheapest hydration upgrade in cycling. Add a pinch of table salt to your bottles. Sodium is the biggest electrolyte you lose in sweat, and many riders lose more of it than their drink replaces. Sweat […]

Why Every Masters Cyclist Needs Strength Training

By Ric Stern In a previous column we discussed how training harder can help maintain or improve fitness as we age. Today I want to take one of the things I touched on there — strength training — and dig into it properly: how it helps you as a cyclist (or triathlete, or runner), how […]

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