April 13, 2023 Your Free Home Gym By Coach John Hughes RBR reader Sam wrote, “In last week’s column Anti-Aging: Spring, Summer and Fall Resistance Training you stress the importance of resistance training for longevity and to address muscle atrophy. I don’t belong to a gym and I don’t want to buy a lot of…
April 6, 2023 Anti-Aging: Spring, Summer and Fall Resistance Training By Coach John Hughes As we age resistance training becomes more important. I call it resistance training because strength training has the connotation of going to the gym and lifting free weights or using machines. You can do your resistance training at home without buying…
March 30, 2023 Avoid Cycling Injuries with These Tips By Coach John Hughes Your legs make about 5,000 revolutions each hour you ride! In one study of 518 recreational cyclists an astounding 85% reported at least one non-traumatic injury in a year. The affected joints were: Read more. Going to Lower Gearing on My Gravel…
March 23, 2023 The Important Role of Carbohydrates By Coach John Hughes RBR Reader Chris e-mailed me, “I have questions following up on last week’s column on Anti-Aging: How to Improve Your Diet and Performance This Winter. You wrote, ‘Eating the optimal mix of carbs, protein and fat off the bike will improve your performance…
March 16, 2023 Anti-Aging: 7 Mental Skills to Make You Faster By Coach John Hughes “Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.” — Yogi Berra, 18 time Major League Baseball All-Star. The same thing applies to cycling, especially to going faster. The days grow longer (and hopefully drier and warmer). Let’s ride!…
