1Training & Health

by Gabe Mirkin, M.D. A regular exercise program can help to prevent disease and to prolong lives, but every serious exerciser learns sooner or later that exercising too much can cause injuries and health issues. A recent study from Austria reports that emotional symptoms can often be an early sign that a person is exercising too much: restlessness, mood changes, … [Read more...] about Overtraining, or Too Much Exercise

By Martin Sigrist Takeaway: Your cadence is one of the most important factors in determining how fast and how far you can go on a bike. So it’s sensible to spend a little time experimenting and ensuring that your rpm is best for you in all the conditions in which you will ride. Two quick questions. Do you know your preferred cadence? Is it your preferred cadence by … [Read more...] about What’s My RPM?

By Martin Sigrist Takeaway: Riding through the night is an experience like no other on a bike and a bike is the perfect form of transport on which to experience it. Those of us in the northern hemisphere were just recently at the darkest point of the year. The winter equinox occurs on 21st December and from then on, even though the worst of the weather may yet be still to … [Read more...] about From Dusk til Dawn

By Kevin Kolodziejski What in the World’s ‘Gotta Wanna’? That’s what I was thinking, too, nearly 46 years ago when a high school basketball coach who sounded a bit like Rocky Balboa after six espressos used the phrase in a lecture at a summer basketball camp I attended. His topic was playing defense, something he said that everyone in that gym — tall or short, fast … [Read more...] about Ways to Keep Your ‘Gotta Wanna’ This Winter