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Using Cycling to Support Your Immune System
Although it’s necessary to challenge (and even break down) our body in order to elicit greater fitness adaptations, there will be times when it is more beneficial to use cycling to balance out ongoing, and accumulated stress that tax our immune system, with positive...
To E, or not to E?
I make my living coaching cyclists, and lately, the conversation of ebikes keeps coming up. Last year I used a Specialized Turbo Vado as a professional tool. I was able to use the ebike for recovery days, pacing fast athletes, and doing both long endurance rides,...
Being Committed
Passion is an element necessary for what we do. As athletes we make sacrifices in our personal life and allocate a portion of our limited financial and time budgets to the cause of obtaining our objectives and personal goals. We get up early to train, ride in hostile...
Training On A Limited Time Budget
How does a dedicated, competitive racer fit training into a 9-5 life (40 plus hrs. at work, kids, spouse, pets, life's daily duties...) This is one of the most common dilemmas that I face as a coach. I feel that everyone should make the most of the time that they do...
Base Training Gets a Bad Rap!
Lately, you may have been hearing that you should skip the base training and only do “sub-threshold” training or V02 max (CP6) intervals. If you’re training to race, or are an intermediate to advanced cyclist looking to improve your cycling pace, then you clearly need...
Setting Goals for Cycling Season
By Thomas Chapple Each year I sit down with my cyclists and review their previous cycling season and talk about goals for the upcoming year. I help them outline goals that follow a simple format. They should be measurable and time limited, challenging yet realistic,...