By Coach John Hughes An endurance workout on a trainer doesn’t have to be a multi-hour grind. These workouts are designed to maintain endurance fitness in 30 to 60 minutes plus warm-up and cool-down. An endurance workout should be done in two training zones, which bring about specific adaptations. If you go harder or easier your body doesn’t adapt the same way. The benefits … [Read more...] about 11 Trainer Workouts for Endurance
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Vehicular Cycling: Tips for Safer Cycling, Part 2
By Coach John Hughes Many of you made very helpful comments on Part 1 last week — I’m super pleased at the interest in rider safety! Fellow roadies comments: It’s no good that I am right if I am also dead — Monica: I am the most defensive rider out there. My philosophy is never ever ride in front of a stopped vehicle until I make eye contact with the driver. Never … [Read more...] about Vehicular Cycling: Tips for Safer Cycling, Part 2
Ask the Coach: How Can a Beginning Cyclist Improve?
By Coach John Hughes Bill P.: I’m 40 years old and my doctor says I need more exercise. I walk our dog and garden; otherwise I’m sedentary. I tried running and that hurt and I don’t know how to swim. I got a road bike and have been riding for a couple of months. I ride about 10 – 15 miles a day four or five days a week. I really enjoy it. What should I do to … [Read more...] about Ask the Coach: How Can a Beginning Cyclist Improve?
Vehicular Cycling: 23 Tips for Safer Cycling
By Coach John Hughes Several years ago a man was descending from the foothills in Boulder, CO with his wife. Several pedestrians hit the button to flash warning lights signaling they were about to use the crosswalk to cross the road. Vehicles — including bikes — are required to stop. The wife did, husband didn't. He hit a pedestrian, who suffered minor injuries, but the man … [Read more...] about Vehicular Cycling: 23 Tips for Safer Cycling
Cycling Training Zones for RPE, HR and Power May Differ on the Trainer
By Coach John Hughes The key to training effectively is riding at different intensities depending on the purpose of the workout. Your intensity shouldn’t be the same if you are training for endurance or for power or for speed or doing an active recovery ride. This applies whether you’re riding outdoors or on the trainer. To train at different intensities you need a way … [Read more...] about Cycling Training Zones for RPE, HR and Power May Differ on the Trainer