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You’ll Crush Your Next Long Gravel Race When You Dial In These 4 Things
You’ll Crush Your Next Long Gravel Race When You Dial In These 4 Things Are you a gravel rider who craves adventure and loves to push your limits? By incorporating scientific principles into your training, nutrition, mental toughness, and equipment choices, you can optimize your performance and leave the competition in the dust – pun…
Read MoreThree Ways to Ride Faster for Longer to Maximize Your Gravel Racing Performance
Three Ways to Ride Faster for Longer to Maximize Your Gravel Racing Performance In gravel racing, generally the longer you can maintain riding close to your functional threshold power (FTP) , the faster you’ll be over the course. So at a certain point in your training, you stop trying to increase your functional threshold power…
Read MoreImprove Your Threshold Power to Improve Your Gravel Racing Speed and Comfort
Improve Your Threshold Power to Improve Your Gravel Racing Speed and Comfort Gravel racing on bicycles requires building as big an FTP, or functional threshold power, as possible in order to maintain your power during long races. Most of the time, gravel races are between 30 and several hundred miles. As an older guy, I…
Read MoreHIIT Improves Aerobic, Anaerobic Capacity in Runners, Cyclists Over 50
HIIT is Powerful Tool for Improving Aerobic Capacity and Anaerobic Power in Older Everyday Athletes High-intensity interval training is an effective way for cyclists and runners over 50 to improve their physical performance. By pushing the body to greater levels of exertion, HIIT workouts can boost endurance, strength and speed in even the oldest athletes. …
Read MoreThree researched recovery tools for runners and cyclists to improve performance
Three researched recovery tools for runners and cyclists to improve performance Sleep, meditation or mindfulness, and good nutrition are proven tools of recovery are essential for all cyclists and runners. Cyclists and runners need to worry about recovery after exercising because during a workout, the body undergoes stress and experiences muscle breakdown. If the body…
Read MoreUse Periodization to Plan What Kind of Training You Do To Prepare for Your Event
Use Periodization to Plan What Kind of Training You Do To Prepare for Your Event Your goal event is in a few months. How do you prepare? How do you organize your training so that you’re at your best for the event? One way to prepare is to organize and plan your training with a…
Read MoreYou Can Quickly Improve Speed And Strength With HIIT But Results May Short-Lived
You Can Quickly Improve Speed And Strength With HIIT But Results May Short-Lived High-intensity interval training (HIIT) receives a lot of attention from casual gym-goers to elite athletes. And with good reason. HIIT for runners and cyclists works – not only to build speed, power, and VO2max, but to build aerobic endurance and general fitness.…
Read MoreYoga Can Be One Of Your Most Effective And Complete Recovery Tools
Yoga Can Be One Of Your Most Effective And Complete Recovery Tools Yoga for recovery might be the secret to faster recovery and improved performance. Yoga, once thought of as a practice reserved for hippies and spiritual gurus, is now being recognized by cyclists and runners as a powerful tool for boosting athletic recovery. From…
Read MoreThree Valuable Ways Yoga Helps You Dramatically Increase Durability and Strength
Three Valuable Ways Yoga Helps You Dramatically Increase Durability and Strength Yoga is one of the best things cyclists and runners can do to get stronger and more durable. Maybe yoga has a bad reputation among older cyclists and runners. Maybe people perceive it as too new-agey, or they feel like they aren’t flexible enough…
Read MoreShort on Time? Optimize Training to Improve Endurance Performance
Short on Time? Optimize Training to Improve Endurance Performance Given limited available time, how can we structure training to improve performance? Or put another way, what is the minimal amount of time to train and still improve performance while running or riding? The answer is, as usual, it depends – mostly on your goals and…
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