Tis the season to be basically living on your bike thanks to the coming of Spring and soon to be summer!  We have race season in full bloom and this is the time of year when everyone ups the duration and intensity of their workouts.  As for cycling, I have found this to be one of the most demanding sports on the human body.  If you race, you can expect to be pushing the limits of your body both in the anaerobic [...]

The thought of riding in a group can be intimidating even for the most experienced experienced. It really should be a very enjoyable experience that can help boost fitness. When riding alone often times the athlete falls into a bit of a rut, not pushing themselves and riding at the same intensity all of the time.  An important part of improving fitness is doing occasional interval work at higher intensities and group rides can force [...]

  Joe Gustafson just sent over this article from the JoeTopia database. If you’ve read any of his other ones, you know he’s good at what he does. Check this one out on muscle cramping… This scenario has happened to almost anyone who pushes themselves in a race or in a hard training day, I’m sure more than once. Your grinding away in the saddle on that long up-hill climb and all of a sudden [...]

I was reading through a cycling magazine earlier this week and came across an article about how to bring more gear into your life without spending extra cash. It really got me thinking not just about how to afford more gear but also to be more monetarily efficient. So here are those 7 ways to free up some of your hard earned dollars. Drink from the tap A year’s worth of bottled water runs you [...]

If you have ever finished a long week of racing or one of those long grueling Century rides, and felt muscle soreness in places you didn’t know you had muscles, you’re probably a good candidate for a deep tissue massage. I have a few team mates that incorporate a massage into their training program as a top priority. I decided to look into the benefits of a massage, and what the advantages of getting a [...]

Drink lots of water 60% of your body weight is water weight and you actually lose more than you think during a ride. That loss of water has a huge impact on your performance and must be replenished ASAP. Plain cold water is, under normal circumstances, just fine for re hydrating the body, since solid food replaces the electrolytes that are lost. So, if you eat properly, you do not need to take any extra [...]

Photo by James Broadway Article by Wade Wallace Don’t Start Out Too Hard I see it time and time again from inexperienced riders. They’ll flex their muscle and start out a long climb going balls out. Let ‘em sink I say. You can usually tell by his body language if he’s going out too hard. If you’re much out of your comfort zone then just let him ride away. There’s an 90% chance that he’ll [...]

You skeletal muscle is made up of two major types of fibers fast twitch (type II or white fibers) and slow twitch (Type I or red fibers).  The fiber types are broken down further from there.  Without getting too technical here is the breakdown of our muscle fibers. Slow Twitch We are endurance athletes so we all know about slow twitch fibers.  They are the most used type of these fibers has long efforts.  This [...]