Interval Training for Cycling: Unlocking Your Full Potential
We talk a lot about different kinds of intervals for cycling training, but we don’t always talk about why we do them! What is the value of doing intervals in the first place? Why do we want to make our riding harder? Well, you don’t really need to do intervals. But if you want to […]
Mastering Threshold Interval Training: HIIT-Style Workouts
The Midwest Gravel Tour kicked off at the start of March at the Dirty South Roubaix in southern Illinois on Saturday. My training has been different over the winter this year, more polarized with slow endurance and more threshold intensity. In the past, I put in long miles with my heart rate firmly in the […]
Focus on unique process goals rather than results goals to find more success in training
It’s a constant challenge to focus on the process of training specifically for an event and not develop expectations about results. Whether we are training for a cycling or running event, we start to feel a certain way about how we might end up doing. We – or at least I do – daydream about […]
6 Surprisingly Challenging Exercises to Build Core Strength and Stability
Most research suggests that doing active isometric work to build core strength and stability is far more effective and safer than crunches or sit-ups. For everyday endurance athletes, a strong core is key to creating forward movement. We have to have a stable core (your trunk from hips to shoulders) in order to move our […]
Polarized or Pyramidal or a Blend? Your Unique Training Model is Key to Endurance Success
By now, you’ve likely heard the debate about the best model for training between advocates of polarized training model and pyramidal training model. Essentially, the polarized group says that endurance athletes like runners or cyclists should do most of their training at a long, slow pace and just a small amount of training at a […]
Do These 2 Things to Improve Durability for Endurance Athletes
If you want to improve as a cyclist, ride your bike If you want to improve as a runner, go for a run. But strength training and yoga will make you a more durable endurance athlete over the long run. Build the foundation for durability as an endurance athlete To use an overused metaphor, strength […]
