Sports science isn’t sure that conventional resistance training helps endurance performance. It depends on the individual’s weaknesses. If you’re naturally strong but lack aerobic power, you’re probably better off riding and working on strength on the bike with short hard hills and low-cadence/high-gear repeats. If you lack strength in your legs, weights can help improve…
I like to keep my bike clean. But those wet, gritty rides that we suffer through in the winter really do a number on your bike, don’t they? The grit seems to end up everywhere, but especially on the chain and cassette, on the underside of the downtube, fork, seat stay and brakes. And it…
Triglycerides + Oxygen = CO2 + Water + Heat The triglycerides that form body fat combine with oxygen to be converted to carbon dioxide plus water and generate heat. To lose 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of body fat, you need to breathe in 29 kg of oxygen, and breathe out 28 kg of carbon dioxide…
In fact, according our recent reader poll, by far the biggest percentage of readers are aiming simply to stay fit and health in 2015 – some 36% of you. Other top goals include increasing your cruising speed (9%), completing a multi-day tour and improving your climbing ability (8% each), and improving endurance or some other…
By John Marsh, Editor & Publisher Within the past week, I was tipped to two separate absolutely appalling stories of cyclists being run down by motorists. They’re appalling not just for the fact that they happened, and are similar in that both cyclists were struck from behind. Rather, the events that preceded one, and that…
