By Coach John Hughes Brent Bookwalter, a pro who raced for BMC, advised that if you have a choice between an extra 20 minutes of riding or spending that time recovering, choose recovery. Think of the holidays as time for quality recovery, a time to gain freshness. Freshness means that you are fully recovered from…
By Coach John Hughes Eli writes, “We are approaching the end of the biking season for all but the most hardy riders. I will be riding an exercise bike. “I have asked the same question of many others including fitness trainers at the gym and a cardiologist in the bike club. No one has been…
By Coach John Hughes As an RBR reader you probably know the major factors that affect how long you will live: Smoking shortens the life expectancy of 30-year-old men by 6.6 years and women by 5.5 years. Diabetes shortens the life expectancy of 30-year-old men by 6.5 years and women by 5.3 years. Heavy stress…
By Coach John Hughes Improving your speed isn’t super hard and doesn’t have to be very painful. Here’s how the training paradigm works: Overload -> Damage + Recovery = Improvement Your body is used to riding a particular amount of miles at a certain speed a week. If you want to improve you have to ask your body…
By Coach John Hughes I’m halfway through my six weeks of recovery from the surgery to correct my badly deformed hammer toes! At my second post-op the podiatrist said I am doing well. I told her I’d been walking with the walker to maintain a bit of fitness, which promoted a stiff lecture not to…
