By Coach John Hughes In two recent issues of the Newsletter, Dr. Mirkin wrote two excellent columns on why the standard formula for calculating max heart rate is inaccurate, and he gave two much better formulae for athletes based on a study done in Liverpool, England: “The maximum heart rate of male athletes was calculated to be 202 – (0.55 x age), and … [Read more...] about Why Your Max Heart Rate May Be Irrelevant
1Training & Health
RBR Favorites: The Helmets We Wear
Editor's Note: Some time ago, a Premium Member wrote in to ask if we could update an article we ran in 2011 in which a couple of us on the RBR Crew provided a quick rundown of our favorite tires, and why we liked them. It was an excellent idea. So good, in fact, that I immediately decided to make it a regular feature – providing a rundown from RBR Contributors on our … [Read more...] about RBR Favorites: The Helmets We Wear
How This Heart Health Issue Came to Be
By John Marsh, Editor & Publisher Mike Tierney, who writes The Wheel Builder column for RBR, emailed Coach David Ertl and me a couple weeks ago with the attention-grabbing subject line: "Angina." I knew immediately (if not 100% accurately) what that word meant. My dad died at 66 after suffering from heart disease and related problems for more than a third … [Read more...] about How This Heart Health Issue Came to Be
Why Your Lactate Threshold May Be Irrelevant
By Coach John Hughes We all know what lactate is – it causes the burn in our legs. However, physiologists differ in what they call it, how to measure it and how to use it: lactate threshold, anaerobic threshold, ventilatory threshold, onset of blood lactic acid (OBLA), etc. You don’t need a Ph.D. to understand it all, nor do you need to be confused. … [Read more...] about Why Your Lactate Threshold May Be Irrelevant
How Much Should You Train to Get Faster Cycling?
By Coach John Hughes How much should you train as a cyclist? The answer: Probably not as much as you think. My friend and fellow cycling coach Neal Henderson says that 65% of the athletes he sees train too much, 25% train too little and 10% get it right – the pros who are paid to perform. Henderson is the head of Apex Coaching and was named the 2009 USA Cycling Coach … [Read more...] about How Much Should You Train to Get Faster Cycling?