By Martin Sigrist Takeaway: CTL = Chronic Training Load and is a simple rolling average of the last 7 weeks training that tells you, precisely, how fit you are. It is the most important number in training as if you can raise it and still show signs of improvement you will maximise your chances of…
By Coach John Hughes Stretching regularly will relieve tightness, increase your comfort on the bike and improve your recovery. The following program takes about 10 minutes per session. You’ll get results with just three sessions a week. Your muscles have a natural range of motion (ROM) that is a result of your genetics. The ROM…
By Martin Sigrist Takeaway: Power based training introduced a variety of new concepts and acronyms. This is the first of an occasional series that will explain these in plain English. TSS or Training Stress Score is the first as it is fundamental. It is an objective measure of how much stress a workout causes. This…
by Gabe Mirkin, M.D. In the 1920s, experiments suggested that the accumulation of lactic acid in the bloodstream interfered with a person’s ability to exercise by causing muscles to stop contracting. However, Carl and Gerty Cori won the 1947 Nobel Prize for discovering the “Cori Cycle,” in which lactic acid produced by reduced oxygen levels…
By Rick Schultz For those that have been cycling both indoors and outside (In Real Life – IRL), these two related questions come up all of the time. “Why is my trainer harder to ride (i.e., harder to pedal) than my road bike IRL?” “Why is my FTP lower inside than IRL?”
