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 —…
May 4, 2023 Anti-Aging: How to Come Back After Surgery or Illness By Coach John Hughes RBR Reader Rob T. asks, “I was recently knocked off my bike by a driver going 55mph on a county road in Illinois that had no shoulder. Fortunately, no major damage to me or my bike or my two…
April 27, 2023 Ask the Coach: Losing Fitness in Your 60s By Coach John Hughes Last week my former client June wrote me, “Hi Coach Hughes! I enjoyed so much working with you to train to ride my first century when I turned 60 in 2018. Time flies, doesn’t it? Each winter I lose more…
