The Best Cyclocross Workouts for Race Day—and When to Stop Doing Them
You Don’t Need Harder Workouts. You Need More Specific Ones. Cyclocross season creates a unique training dilemma. You spent months building endurance, increasing your FTP, and improving your aerobic fitness. Now races are here. Should you keep doing threshold intervals? Should every workout become all-out VO2max suffering? Or is racing every weekend enough intensity? Many […]
Will Gravel Fitness Help Your Cyclocross Season? Why You Don’t Have to Start Over
You’ve spent all spring and summer training for gravel. Now cyclocross season is only a few weeks away, and you’re wondering if you’ve been training for the wrong sport. Will all those long endurance rides make you too slow? Will the gravel races leave you tired before the first cyclocross race? Or do you need […]
Time-Efficient HIIT Workouts for Busy People: How to Build Fitness in Less Time
By Coach Paul Warloski Between long workdays, family commitments, and everything else life throws at us, it’s easy to feel like there’s no time for quality training. But even if your schedule doesn’t allow for long endurance sessions, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) can help you maintain fitness, boost performance, and stay consistent — all in […]
The Best Way to Fuel Early Morning Workouts: Quick Pre- and Post-Workout Nutrition for Endurance Athletes
I typically dislike early morning workouts – a lot! But I’ll be teaching some crack of dawn cycling classes starting in December, so I need to know what to eat before and after the workouts. Fueling effectively before and after these sessions is crucial when you’re preparing for gravel racing, trail running, or next year’s […]
Optimize Your Cycling Potential: Balancing Endurance and Intensity Workouts
I’ve been having discussions with one of my newer cycling athletes about endurance riding. They consistently ride sort of hard all the time, and often add extra rides in at similar pacing. And while there’s a place for riding sort of hard, like in group rides or focused tempo intervals, this rider is slowly starting […]
Your Guide to High-Intensity Interval Training to Improving Cycling and Running Fitness
Are you looking for a way to take your fitness and performance to new heights? Look no further than high-intensity interval training (HIIT)! This powerhouse training method has taken the fitness world by storm, and for good reason. Whether you’re a cyclist or a runner, HIIT can help elevate your endurance game like never before. […]
