Newsletters

  • Newsletter Issue No. 1041

    November 3, 2022 Anti-Aging: How to Do Strength Training Correctly By Coach John Hughes I’m gimping around with a sore left hip / IT band / gluteals.  I made a stupid rookie mistake. Here’s what happened. Read more. A Tour of Park Tool Headquarters Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley In two recent Tech Talks…

  • Newsletter Issue No. 1040

    October 27, 2022 Anti-aging: Five Exercises to Prevent / Help Lower Back Pain By Coach John Hughes “It is estimated that 15% to 20% of adults have back pain during a single year and 50% to 80% experience at least one episode of back pain during a lifetime.” National Library of Medicine Athletes aren’t immune. …

  • Newsletter Issue No. 1039

    October 20, 2022 Anti-Aging: Effective Training By Coach John Hughes I’m an embarrassed 73-year-old.  I’ve won ultra-distance races of 500 and 750 miles. I’ve finished the solo Race Across AMerica (RAAM), riding 3,000 miles from the Pacific to the Atlantic with minimal sleep. I’ve been coaching for 30 years. My clients have completed events ranging…

  • Newsletter Issue No. 1038

    October 13, 2022 Anti-Aging: Back on Top – Shut Up Legs By Coach John Hughes For several years John Elmblad and I drove around Colorado following the US Pro Cycling Challenge. As I remember one year Jens Voigt launched a solo attack on the stage over Independence Pass (12,095 ft.). “Shut Up Legs!” Voigt probably…

  • Newsletter Issue No. 1037

    October 6, 2022 Anti-Aging: Fatigue resistance research By Coach John Hughes Several weeks ago I wrote about Anti-Aging: Mastering Fatigue. The bottom line is your perceived exertion of how hard you are working controls how far / fast you can ride, not the physiological workload of your body. Matt Fitzgerald in How Badly Do You…