Here are some great tips from Cecilia ‘Ceal’ Potts, who is a former professional cyclist. Her greatest cycling accomplishment was winning the Junior Cross Country Mountain Bike World Championships in 1997, so it is a great pleasure to publish her tips here on Training4cyclists.com. People I ride with often ask me if there’s one thing–a […]
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Even though I believe in intelligent training methods, there is no doubt that hard work is mandatory to reach the stars. The saying is “no pain, no gain,” and there’s no doubt a bit of suffering can go a long way if you want to beat the opposition. The first rider I made a training
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THIS is the story behind developing an effective, motivating, and personalized interval session, the perfect booster for VO2 max. If you want to skip the theory, you can go directly to the VO2 max session here. I have analyzed many heart rate and power files from cycling races during the last few years. I have
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Dear readers, I hope you are all well and ready for an exciting 2013! In December 2012, I asked my email subscribers to tell me what holds them back from becoming better riders. More than 700 people answered that question, and I wrote back to each of these helpful people. There were so many different
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The most decisive moments in a cycling race often happen at an intensity close to VO2 max. Therefore, I have emphasized how crucial VO2 max is for race performance several times. Also, I have used intervals targeted for VO2 max widely in my e-books to support my view on this training method. It’s clear that
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