By Coach John Hughes Here's a cycling truism for the season: Riding on the road is fun. Riding on the trainer is not fun (unless you’re a masochist!). If you're a typical roadie, though, you’re always looking for ways to improve: better equipment, smarter training, losing weight, etc. So, figuring out a way to add your trainer time to this list of ways … [Read more...] about How to Make the Most of Your Trainer Time
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Fit for Life VI: The Four Pillars – No.1 is Consistency
By Coach John Hughes The first column in this series was Squaring the Geriatric Curve. As you get into your 50s your physical capabilities naturally and inevitably start to decline. You can’t stop this; however, you can control the rates of decline of your different physiological systems. Squaring the geriatric curve means slowing the rates of decline as much as … [Read more...] about Fit for Life VI: The Four Pillars – No.1 is Consistency
Fit for Life V: 105 Isn’t Old!
By Coach John Hughes Robert Marchand, a 105-year-old cyclist, set a world record by riding 22.547 km (14 miles) in one hour on January 4. He rode on the track of the Velodrome National, a state-of-the-art venue used to host the elite of track cycling in Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, France. This was not Marchand's first record. In February 2012, he set the world … [Read more...] about Fit for Life V: 105 Isn’t Old!
On the Rivet III: Keep Falling! Keep Getting Up!
By Coach John Hughes “If you aren’t falling you aren’t trying!” —Davis Phinney I'm writing this column on January 1. Yesterday, New Year’s Eve, my wife, Carol, and I finished booking a three-week XC skiing holiday in Norway. Today, we went skiing — my 26th day this season — to build fitness to enjoy our holiday. Clearly, I Was Having a Bad Day! We skied trails … [Read more...] about On the Rivet III: Keep Falling! Keep Getting Up!
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