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By Coach John Hughes What you think influences how you feel, and how you feel affects your performance. For example, on my trainer I can put out about 5% more power if I’m thinking, “I feel strong and I can nail these intervals” than if I think, “This is really going to hurt”!…
Anti-Aging: How to Do Strength Training Correctly
By Coach John Hughes I’m gimping around with a sore left hip / IT band / gluteals. I made a stupid rookie mistake. Here’s what happened. General Conditioning Mud season has started where I live in the high country in Colorado. We had our first snow of six inches. The low temperatures are in the…
Energy Drinks Can Have Negative Side Effects
By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. Energy drinks can raise blood pressure and may cause irregular heartbeats, according to a recent study conducted at Travis Air Force Base in California (Journal of the American Heart Association, April 26, 2017;6(5)). This extremely well-planned, -performed and -controlled study shows that two hours after drinking 32 ounces (four cups) of…
Anti-Aging: Experiment of One, pt. 3
By Coach John Hughes “Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live.” — Mark Twain You’re unique. You’re similar to other riders in some ways and differ in other ways. In this series of Experiment of One columns I’m giving you a number of different anti-aging columns from which you can read…
Intervals? In December? Lessons From Peter Sagan
By Coach John Hughes Last week’s column was about the importance of Year-Round Base Training. This column discusses how one pro does his own base training this time of year. Peter Sagan’s Training Program Cycling Weekly recently published Peter Sagan’s training program for a week. Sagan is a triple world champion who has won a…
Quick Tip: Powder and Wrap Spare Tubes
Today’s quick tip comes to us from RBR reader Brian Rees, who offers a tip about carrying a spare tube or tubes: I not only put my spare tube in a ziplock bag with a touch of baby powder to make it easier to install, I put that inside a shoe-shine cloth (provided in some…
