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Newsletter Issue No. 1094
November 9, 2023 Calories or Carbs: Which Is More Important? A Coach’s View By Coach John Hughes Dear Reader, remember we are all an experiment of one in nutrition. As you read what follows consider if it makes sense and applies to you. In an earlier column Calories or Carbs? Mike E. asked, “I…
Newsletter Issue No. 868
June 27, 2019 PDF version for Premium Members is here. 14 Ways for Big Riders to Improve by Coach John Hughes Despite being a big rider in the peloton, “Miguelón” or “Big Mig,” won the Tour de France from 1991 through 1995, the only five-time winner to achieve those victories consecutively. He won the Giro…
Newsletter Issue No. 1030
August 18, 2022 Anti-Aging: Interval Training Increases Longevity By Coach John Hughes Multiple studies describe the benefits of intensity training for older adults. This column describes the research and benefits. According to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) “The recent enthusiasm for interval-based exercise can be traced to research from Canada and Europe in…
Newsletter Issue No. 834
November 1, 2018 PDF version for Premium Members is here. Anti-Aging: Going the Distance in Your 50s By Coach John Hughes In last week’s column Anti-Aging Training in Your 50s, 60s and Beyond I described the training principles that apply to all of us older riders (I’m 69). This week I’ll discuss how to…
Newsletter Issue No. 1019
June 2, 2022 Cycling Aches & Pains, Part 1: A Pain in the Butt By Coach John Hughes I went to the ER at Mercy Medical in Durango, Colorado, less than 1,000 miles into the 1996 Race Across AMerica. They peeled down my shorts, looked at my butt and said, “Your race is over. You…
Newsletter Issue No. 1139
September 19, 2024 Discs Brakes On Tandems & A Reader’s Epic Story Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley In last week’s Tech Talk, I asked you to weigh in on a few recent thoughts I had on disc brakes on road bikes – and BOY, did you ever! So many comments came in that I’m…