By Martin Sigrist Takeaway: Sport is not just a test of physical fitness. It is a challenge to mind and body. Training only with the aim to improve the body, training that is “mindless” is a missed opportunity, a waste of our most precious resource, time. My recent RBR articles have two central themes. The next couple will reinforce these, then I’ll move onto … [Read more...] about Mindless Training is a Waste of Time
1Training & Health
12 Tips to Avoid Overtraining
By Coach John Hughes Ned Overend at age 35 won the first UCI World MTB Championship in 1990 in Durango, Colorado, and won again in 1991. In 2015 at the age of 60, he won the first US Fatbike championship. On training, he said, “I do exactly what I have always done; it just takes me longer.” A prior four-week training block now takes him six to eight weeks because he needs … [Read more...] about 12 Tips to Avoid Overtraining
Intensity and Endurance: the Special Challenge of Road Cycling
By Martin Sigrist Takeaway: The special challenge of road cycling is its combination of duration and intensity. No other endurance sport has events that last as long and require, in order to be the best, intense maximal efforts, with the hardest usually being at the end. This presents special challenges not just to the body but also to the mind. That is one reason why … [Read more...] about Intensity and Endurance: the Special Challenge of Road Cycling
Could Carbonation Be Keeping You Up at Night — and Dooming Your Diet?
By Kevin Kolodziejski Uri Geller I’m Not I will make no attempt to bend a metal spoon because of it. I won’t even start playing the Pennsylvania lottery. But I may possess some strange sort of eater’s ESP, based on research I stumbled upon about three weeks ago. Last year I was facing a problem that’s probably a puzzler for other old-timers who still worship at … [Read more...] about Could Carbonation Be Keeping You Up at Night — and Dooming Your Diet?
Anti-Aging: 4 Reasons Why Year-Round Strength Training is Good for You
By Coach John Hughes On Sunday I met one of my goals for the year. I rode from my house up to the Vista Ridge trailhead, which included 10 minutes of all out effort. I was deep in the hurt locker! Then I enjoyed one of my favorite mountain bike trails. Last year by the time I got to the trailhead all I could do was coast home. I’m fitter this year because I’ve done … [Read more...] about Anti-Aging: 4 Reasons Why Year-Round Strength Training is Good for You