It can be difficult – even impossible – to maintain your fitness levels when on vacation. After all, it is a time for relaxing and chilling out with your family and friends, so your cycling training program tends to take a back seat. But lazing on the beach or enjoying a few holiday cocktails does […]
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I often recommend VO2 max and threshold power interval training as the most effective training methods. Though, it would be too extreme to devise the ultimate time-effective training program, including nothing but intervals and race days. A more realistic approach to the 80/20 rule would be to eliminate some of the 80% that have the
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I love structured cycling training plans. Strategically and optimized interval training that fits perfectly to your current fitness. Beautiful, right? Take, for example, my 12-week winter training program: it forces you to tackle scheduled intervals three times per week and perform an increasing amount of training. Very controlled and easy to follow. And it works.
Cycling Races Are Not Organized in 15-minute Sub-threshold Intervals Read More »
IF YOU think you’ve reached your cycling peak, then you should be applauded for training hard and doing all the right things. But when preparing and taking part in a race, are you doing everything you should be? We can always find ways to boost our performance. However, the minor improvements can make a massive
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Most cyclists and triathletes have heard about and experienced the consequences of insufficient carb-loading before races. Carbohydrate loading has been used for many years to boost performance in cycling races lasting more than two hours in duration. While there are various methods of carb-loading, the process involves consuming large quantities of carbohydrate-rich food to fill
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