Training Tips - Article
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How to prioritize events for optimal training and enjoyment
As much as we'd all like to be Wout van Aert — who is seemingly able to be on flying form year-round — most of us can only peak a couple of times a year....
Ten Ways to Improve Your Cycling
If you ride bikes long enough you’ll make plans to do a ride or event that scares you a little bit. Like the Haute Route, a Gran Fondo or a gravel race in...
The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Masters Cyclists
You've probably heard of the book "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People". I'm a fan and over my coaching years, I've noticed how the same principles apply...
Optimize Your At Home Weight Lifting This Offseason!
Fall is traditionally the offseason period for most of the cycling community (except you 'crossers!) and as such it's time to start thinking about strength...
Using power data to review your Season
How to review your "season" using power data Top athletes are always looking ahead and planning long term. One of the best ways of doing this is by taking time...
Training for the Iceman Cometh MTB Race
If you have ever heard of or been to Kalkaska, Michigan chances are you have done or heard of the Iceman Cometh. The Iceman Cometh is a 30 mile point-to-point...
How to Warm Up for Cyclocross Racing
At the start of every cyclocross season, athletes ask us how to warm-up for cyclocross racing. It's a great question, and we’ve seen very few athletes be able...
The Perfect Cyclocross Race Start
The cyclocross race start is unlike the start of any other discipline of cycling. Cyclocross race starts are unique because athletes need to have their best...
Power Demands from US Masters Road Race Nationals
What it took to the win the 2019 Masters 35 - 39 National Road Race Championships, by Coach Jake Rytlewski & performed by Jonathan Jacob, Bissell ABG Giant...
Race Specific Cycling Intervals
Race specific cycling intervals : what are they, how and why you should do them. Smart training revolves around precisely understanding the power demands of...
Training for the Triple
Whether you're doing one day of the Triple Bypass or going big for the Double Triple challenge, the key to having a successful ride is endurance, endurance,...
Anaerobic Intervals
Anaerobic intervals for cycling are short high powered efforts that do not use oxygen. A 1 minute effort performed at 120-150% of the athletes Functional...
How to Measure FTP Improvement with Normalized Power
We don't always have to perform a field test in order to measure our FTP. If you've gone hard for 20 - 60 minutes during group rides you may use normalized...
#SecretTraining Cyclocross Tips for May
May is here and Spring has sprung. With days getting longer and temperatures warming up, there are no more excuses....wait, yes there is: Covid-19. I know it's...
Interval Training for Cycling
Let’s talk about riding faster! If there was a nutritional supplement out there guaranteed to make you a faster cyclist (there’s not), you’d take it right? In...
Sweet Spot versus Zone 2 Training Plan Design
The physiological benefits of sweet spot training are illustrated in the table below: As you can see, there are more x's in the sweet spot column than there...
Off Season Cyclocross Training #SecretTraining
TIME TO DO WORK It’s January. The holidays are over. Your New Year resolutions are set in stone and your 2022 cyclocross racing goals are written down, too*....
Plan Your Training for the Year
How to Plan Your Training for the Year The two most important training phases to improve endurance and power output are: #1 Aerobic Endurance " Base Training "...
10 Reasons to Ask Santa for a Powermeter
I bought my first powermeter in 2000 following Greg Lemond's well-publicized use of a powermeter in the 1990s. Back then, you might have seen a powermeter or...
Setting Up Training Zones
Setting up training zones for heart rate and power in TrainingPeaks is easy to do with 20 minute Field Test data. Once the athlete has uploaded their file, we...
