by Gabe Mirkin, M.D. You don’t need special sports drinks or power bars. Even the most elite athletes can get the nutrients they need from ordinary foods, water and salt. Healthy and fit people usually don’t need to eat during a bicycle ride when they cycle at a casual pace for less than two hours….
Adnan Kadir, co-founder of VeloPro, is a USAC Level 1 cycling coach with nearly 30 years of international racing experience and more than a decade of coaching experience. He writes regularly for Racecenter NW magazine, holds several Oregon state championship titles, and races for Aeolus Endurance Sport/VeloPro team. We contacted Adnan with some questions about…
by Arnie Baker, M.D. Aerobic capacity and aerobic endurance are important cycling fitnesses. Aerobic Capacity Aerobic capacity is the ability to work using oxygen in combination with fats and carbohydrates as fuel sources to produce energy. At low-aerobic levels, fat is the primary fuel source. At high-aerobic levels, glycogen—stored carbohydrate in muscle—predominates as a fuel…
by Stan Purdum Note: This is excerpted from Stan Purdum’ book Roll Around Heaven All Day: A Piecemeal Journey Across America by Bicycle. Bicycling eastbound in central Kansas on my ride across America, I rolled into tiny Rush Center. In a grocery store, I grabbed an early supper. The sun, which had been shining merrily…
PROBLEM: You can’t remember all those rides you thought you’d never forget. Sure, it might be on Strava, but can you remember much else about it? SOLUTION: Resolve to keep a daily cycling diary on paper or as a text file. It’ll become the best book you own.
