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
THE INSIDER’S GUIDE TO ZEN ON YOUR BIKE This is a guest post by Susan Alexander. 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 […]
Thinking hard may make you slow
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
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
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 […]