June 8, 2023 Heat Tolerance and Aging By Coach John Hughes I was 46 when I bought my home in Boulder, CO in 1995 and the heating and cooling systems were like a cabin. When it was cold I chopped wood and built fires in the wood stoves. When it was hot I opened both…
June 1, 2023 Ask the Coach: Did I Bonk on an Endurance Ride? By Coach John Hughes RBR Reader Kevin wrote, “I have raced tandem bikes for 14 years. I have reached a point I don’t race; I participate in long endurance rides. Last Wednesday was the Bone ride from Madison to Milwaukee Wisconsin and…
May 25, 2023 4 Reasons Why Core Strength Is Important By Coach John Hughes RBR Reader Matt wrote, “I’m going to start commuting 15 miles round trip. My old commute bike has flat bars. How difficult would it be to put on drop bars? Or should I buy a new road bike? I find the…
May 18, 2023 Anti-Aging: Training in Your 50s, 60s and Beyond By Coach John Hughes In the past, I’ve described the physical changes with aging in your 50s — both true aging and pathological aging. By training effectively you can slow (and even reverse in some cases) true aging. Exercise along with life style changes…
May 11, 2023 Ant-Aging: New Research on Fatigue By Coach John Hughes What is fatigue? Seems obvious. When you’re tired after a bike ride. Fatigability and fatigue: Scientists are parsing this question. They distinguish between fatigability and fatigue. Fatigability is “an objective measurement of a person’s ability to do a physical or cognitive task —…
