QUESTION: What is better to use while riding? Energy bars, gels or energy drinks? —Tom C. RBR’S STAN PURDUM REPLIES: Since all three deliver a good dose of carbohydrates, which are what you need to keep energy flowing while you ride, it doesn’t make a lot of difference whether you use bars, gels or energy…
And How That Similarity Should Guide Everything Related to Your Rides By Kevin Kolodziejski The quick and clever comeback that shuts up the guy trying to make a fool out of you. Can there be anything more verbally memorable — or pleasurable to recall — than that? Based on the fact that a former teaching…
By Coach John Hughes “Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.” President John F. Kennedy. We’re each an experiment of one, i.e., your training should reflect your personal goals, riding history, current fitness, weekly and monthly schedules, etc. – not a cookie cutter program you’ve read somewhere. Part 1 covers the effects of aging, current…
By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. Several recent studies show that resistance training for strength may be more effective than aerobic exercise, such as jogging or walking, to help prevent high blood pressure and heart attacks. This may surprise you because many champion body builders and weight lifters have died at very young ages from heart attacks,…
By Kevin Kolodziejski In one of his lesser works, Mark Twain wrote that there will be no humor in heaven. While you can’t be asked to confirm or deny his claim until sometime in what we both hope will be the far-off future, I can ask if there will be no humor in your bathroom…
