by simpleendurance | Jul 20, 2021 | Cycling, Cyclists Over 50, Endurance Training, Mental Training, Workouts
Three Things to Know about Testing for Your Anaerobic Threshold Unless you do a blood lactate test, all of the testing options are just estimates and reasonable guesses. Ramp tests from Zwift and Trainer Road seem to be fairly accurate options. There are other ways... 
by simpleendurance | Dec 17, 2020 | Adventure, Cycling, Endurance Training, Mental Training, Running, Women Athletes, Workouts
Is Training With No Events Discouraging?? Most of us need ways to find motivation to keep pushing ourselves in training with no events on the schedule. I’ve heard from so many clients at the gym that they lost motivation back in April, and can’t stomach... 
by simpleendurance | Nov 18, 2020 | Adventure, Cycling, HIIT, Mental Training, Running, Weight Management, Women Athletes
Bicycling and Other Endurance Sports Can Help Us With Our Physical, Mental, and Emotional Fitness Riding a bicycle keeps me sane. No, really. Ask my wife. If I go more than a few days without pedaling a bicycle, I get a “little irritable.” She’s... 
by simpleendurance | Jul 24, 2020 | Cycling, HIIT, Mental Training, Running, Strength Training
I learn the hard way by maintain focus on process. Lessons need to beat me upside my head before they sink in. And what I have slowly learned over a 35 year career of doing endurance sports is that to focus on process in training our bodies and minds helps us... 
by simpleendurance | Jul 3, 2020 | Cycling, Mental Training
Deprey: the Process of Training is the Whole Point When we focus solely on getting results in our endurance sports, we create unsustainable expectations for ourselves. But when we focus on the training process before results instead of training just for results, the... 
by simpleendurance | Apr 21, 2020 | Adventure, Mental Training, Strength Training
Let’s share our thinking about endurance training during coronavirus We’re all feeling a little stressed – maybe a lot stressed – in the time of the Coronavirus pandemic. But as athletes, we also worry about our racing and our endurance... 