Interview with the Sufferfest King

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Interview with the king of Sufferlandria IWBMATTKYT   There is one thing for sure. I despise riding inside. I would rather ride out in the weather or do something else entirely, like go for a walk or run. Yes I have watched videos and even have all the fancy trainers and gadgets in the lab. [...]

Only 28 Minutes of Riding Improved Power by 6%

Thirty Second timer setting for interval training

30 second sprints can give a big boost to your power Adding a few sprints to your weekly workouts may give you an edge over the competition. When scientists compared trained cyclists who did their normal endurance sessions with riders who added a series of sprint sets twice a week, they found the intense efforts [...]

Does carbohydrate plus protein intake improve cycling performance?

Tour de France riders Timing Nutrition

In the world of exercise, nutritional intake is an important factor in determining not only the response to training, but also athletic performance. To date there have been a number of nutritional strategies used in cycling to improve performance. However media and commercial interest in these various nutritional strategies has resulted in a lack of [...]

An Insiders Guide to Zen on your Bike

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THE INSIDER’S GUIDE TO ZEN ON YOUR BIKE It’s 5:30 a.m., still dark outside, and frigid. A block from my apartment, New York’s die-hard cyclists loop the Central Park Reservoir (neither rain nor snow nor sleet …). I’m not one of them. I’m the consummate insider. When it’s cold or wet or dark (or some [...]

Thinking hard may make you slow

Meditation at Sunset

Before a big ride or race, you put air in your tires, fuel in your belly and water in your bottles. But, you may be forgetting to check one very important piece of gear – your ego. Like your tires, you don’t want to over-inflate your ego, but now new research suggests that, like your [...]

Interview With Fatcyclist

Comedian Mastermind From the fatcyclist.com

Interview with a comedian mastermind In this interview I caught up with Elden Nelson the mastermind behind the blog Fatcyclist Elden got his start in blogging just to have a sounding board for his weight loss journey. It has now turned into one of the top blogs about cycling. In the interview we talk about [...]

Masters athletes keep their muscle with age

@fitolddog finishing Ironman from http://athletewithstent.com

Being a life-long athlete keeps your mind and body strong. @fitolddog finishing Ironman from http://athletewithstent.com     Scientific studies have shown that as we age, both our mental and physical abilities begin to decline. Research on sedentary seniors has shown that between the age of 40 and 50, we can lose more than 8 percent [...]