By Coach John Hughes In the past, I’ve described the physical changes with aging in your 50s — both true aging and pathological aging. By training effectively you can slow (and even reverse in some cases) true aging. Exercise along with life style changes can significantly reduce the risk of pathological aging. I specialize in coaching riders in their 50s, 60s and beyond. … [Read more...] about Anti-Aging: Training in Your 50s, 60s and Beyond
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How to Ride at a Slower Pace Than You’re Accustomed To
Question: I am considering going on a 10 day bike tour in Italy. Everything about the trip looks great except for the fact the average speed of the riding is significantly below what I am accustomed to. Is there a device one can attach to a road bike that can consume 50 to 75 watts? -- Luc G The RBR Coaches Respond … [Read more...] about How to Ride at a Slower Pace Than You’re Accustomed To
Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)
by Gabe Mirkin, M.D. To make muscles stronger, you need to exercise intensely enough to damage the muscles. You can tell that you are damaging muscles when you exercise vigorously enough to feel burning during exercise and soreness in those muscles eight to 24 hours later, which is called Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness or DOMS. Muscles are made of thousands of muscles … [Read more...] about Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)
Anti-Aging: Growing Older in Your 50s
By Coach John Hughes Turning 50 can be hard for a roadie — you start to slow down just a little and you don’t recover quite as quickly. I remember when I turned 50 in 1999, almost 20 years ago. I rode some big events before then: 40 y.o. 1989 Won the first Furnace Creek 508 through Death Valley 508 miles & 30,000’ of climbing in 30H 54M. 43 y.o. 1992 Course record … [Read more...] about Anti-Aging: Growing Older in Your 50s
Interview: A Beginner’s Guide to Ketogenic Diets for Cyclists
By Lars Hundley Recently, I ran into a blog about following a ketogenic diet as a cyclist, http://www.ketoadaptedcyclist.com, written by the attorney, certified Bulletproof nutritional coach, and road cyclist, Valerie Peterson. As someone who tries to avoid white sugar and wheat, I learned from personal experience that it takes a while to adapt to riding well when you’re … [Read more...] about Interview: A Beginner’s Guide to Ketogenic Diets for Cyclists