By Rick Schultz, MBA, DBA How to Gain Up to 20% on Your Next Functional Threshold Power Test Or, Let's see what your real potential is. Disclaimer Here's a testing protocol to show you your absolute 100% potential for a 20 minute Functional Threshold Power (FTP) effort. This FTP test shouldn’t count towards an actual number to base actual training on, but just to show … [Read more...] about How to “Cheat” On Your Next FTP Test
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Ask the Coach: Peaking for Two Cycling Events
By Coach John Hughes RBR reader Dan Austad asked on September 12, “I am planning to do the National Senior Game's 5K time trial on June 15 and the 10K time trial on June 16, 2018. (If I get an invitation maybe the road races on June 18 and 19) and then do Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP), which starts on August 17, 2018. I also plan to compete in tennis at the Senior Games from … [Read more...] about Ask the Coach: Peaking for Two Cycling Events
Exercisers Should Follow a Heart-Healthy Diet
By Gabe Mirkin, MD A study of 798 asymptomatic and apparently healthy master athletes (runners, cyclists, triathletes, rowers and hockey players), 35+ years old, who exercised fairly vigorously 3-7 days a week, found that 10 percent had greater than 70 percent blockage of the arteries leading to their hearts (BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2018;4 (1):e000370). This … [Read more...] about Exercisers Should Follow a Heart-Healthy Diet
Ask the Coach: Should I Be Riding More Miles? Part 2
By Coach John Hughes The Case of Walt Last week I described the case of my client Walt. Walt is an experienced ultra athlete and is training for a 500-mile race in October, longer than he’s ever ridden. Although you probably aren’t a long-distance rider you can learn from Walt’s experience. August 18-19 Walt raced the Mid-Atlantic 24-Hour. When the race was stopped at 16:37 … [Read more...] about Ask the Coach: Should I Be Riding More Miles? Part 2
Ask the Coach: Should I Ride More Miles? Part 1
By Coach John Hughes My client Walt is training for a 500-mile race. He had an excellent race at the Mid-Atlantic 24 Hour on August 18-19. The race was stopped at 16 hours 37 minutes. Our plan was for him to cover about 286 miles by then. He actually rode 307.05 miles and averaged 18.5 mph. He was on pace for ~ 434 miles - 20 miles more than planned, which would have been a … [Read more...] about Ask the Coach: Should I Ride More Miles? Part 1