QUESTION: How hot is too hot to be out riding my bike? I came home the other day from an afternoon ride and felt a little sick for the rest of the afternoon, with no appetite. – Arnold W RBR’S STAN PURDUM REPLIES: If you’re looking for a number, start with a feels-like temperature of…
By Greg Conderacci The other day I was struggling through a hilly 200K ride when suddenly severe cramps stabbed my legs. If you’re a long-time fan of Coach John Hughes, as I am, you know why: too old, too hot, too fast, and not enough training, hydration or electrolytes.
By Coach John Hughes This column is about the optimal riding weeks plural because we’re each an experiment of one. The optimal riding week for you may not be the optimal week for your buddy. And the optimal weeks depend on the times of the year. Most of my new clients are riding too many…
By Kevin Kolodziejski Death, Taxes, and the Loss of Muscle Mass If he had been a cyclist, I’m sure Ben Franklin’s body would’ve looked much different — and so would one of his most famous sayings. If the prodigious writer would’ve been as prodigious a rider, he would’ve been ripped instead of roly-poly and better able…
By Martin Sigrist I recently talked about what, for me, is the biggest drawback of training with power: getting fixated on numbers. This can become self defeating, if you know your threshold is 300W then anytime you see a wattage starting with 3 your mind will start telling you its not something you can keep…
