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? —…
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….
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…
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…
By Coach John Hughes I started coaching my client Pete last March for the Hoodoo 500 in August 2018 in Utah. Hoodoo is a qualifier for the Race Across AMerica (RAAM). Pete had to finish in 48:45 hours including both riding time and time off the bike. He DNF’d in Panguitch at mile 380 after…
